04.10.2010 

Neil deGrasse Tyson: What NASA Means to America’s Future.

He also recently got his frequent guest card punched on Colbert.

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 02.6.2010 
Satellites orbiting Earth, by nation. /via neatorama

Satellites orbiting Earth, by nation.

/via neatorama

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 10.30.2009 
NASA’s Aries rocket launch from Wednesday.

NASA’s Aries rocket launch from Wednesday.

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 08.20.2009 

Inflatable heat shield.

“The temperature the shield can withstand depends on how wide it is, says chief engineer Robert Dillman of Langley. A wider shield slows the craft down more and spreads the heat over a greater surface area.”

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 07.16.2009 
The Big Picture remembers Apollo 11 on its 40th anniversary with some stunning photography. I like this one of Buzz Aldrin, this one showing the VAB’s massive size, and of course, the Earthrise.

The Big Picture remembers Apollo 11 on its 40th anniversary with some stunning photography.

I like this one of Buzz Aldrin, this one showing the VAB’s massive size, and of course, the Earthrise.

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 06.8.2009 

Gorgeous HD video of the Moon’s surface taken by the Japanese spacecraft Kaguya. Since it’s completed its planned mission and observations, its orbit has been degrading. Lunar collision is expected in a couple days.

(mefi)

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 06.3.2009 
Airfoils are more powerful than we give them credit for.

Airfoils are more powerful than we give them credit for.

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 09.12.2008 
The eye of the storm. Hurricane Ivan as it approached the Gulf Coast, 2004. The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has a bunch of photos of hurricanes as seen from space. Most of them from either the ISS or the Space Shuttle. Here’s another impressive picture of Ivan from the ISS, with solar panels in the foreground. (via)

The eye of the storm.

Hurricane Ivan as it approached the Gulf Coast, 2004.

The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has a bunch of photos of hurricanes as seen from space. Most of them from either the ISS or the Space Shuttle.

Here’s another impressive picture of Ivan from the ISS, with solar panels in the foreground.

(via)

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 08.16.2008 

Dead Space “Garden” trailer.

So much alien exploding.

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