On February 20th 1962 John Glenn stepped into his mercury space craft, Friendship 7, and became the first human being to circle the globe. I can only imagine the dichotomy of experience one would have in orbit. You sit in a silent, zero gravity serenity above the crest of the blue horizon and yet the mind is racing with tasks …
Mars 39% Farther Away After New Budget
As an update to the previous blog post on the 12th which talked about potential decreases to the Mars Exploration project, it seems that the predictions about budget cuts to this project have indeed occurred. The Article from the BBC explained that NASA’s planetary science budget loses 20% of its current 1.5 Billion. Mars exploration, which is a part of that …
Patrick Stewart Doesn’t Age
For you Star Trek fans out there. Something I noticed when picking up the first TNG episodes on Blu-Ray. In Episode The Inner Light, Picard lives 20 years in another life.
Next “Giant Leap” Not Worth It?
Tomorrow, February 13th, US President Obama is scheduled to make an announcement surrounding budget cuts that will most likely result in NASA’s withdrawal from a human flight to Mars. Furthermore, it is expected that the projected budget cuts will result in a significant reduction in funding for future robotic missions. The funding for space exploration has always been controversial. Why reach to the …
Big Bang Theory hosts Astronaut Mike Massimino
In an conflation of comedy, science and science fiction, astronaut Mike Massimino will be joining the cast of Big Bang Theory tonight. Episode 515, The Friendship Contraction, will host Massimino, a past Atlantis and Columbia veteran. Massimino’s STS 125 Atlantis mission in May of 2009 was the final Hubble servicing mission featured in the IMAX documentary Hubble; one of the …
Canadian Teens Send Lego Man to Stratosphere
I saw these fellow Canadian space aficionados and had to post this article. If only digital cameras and GPS existed when I was in high school!! -Matt Check out the article here!
Atlantis Moves to the Vehicle Assembly Building
At 8:30am EST today, Space Shuttle Atlantis was moved from the processing hangar, where it was stationed after completing its final mission, to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). It was in the VAB this past October that we were up close and personal with Endeavour. The enormous structure, one of the largest in the world, dwarfed the shuttle when we …
Spaceflight Now | STS-135 | Mission Status Center
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/status.html Live Stream of Atlantis’ appearance at the Vehicle Assembly Building
Help Find Bubbles in Space!
Hey Chasers! I found this amazing project today and just had to share it. The Milky Way Project is a citizen participation initiative that allows you to identify bubbles in stellar gas created by massive stars through images from the Spitzer Space Telescope Images are provided to you to mark what you believe to be these stellar bubbles that are …
The Faces of Chasing Atlantis
Fellow Chasers, Here is a first look at “Chasing Atlantis.” I hope that you enjoy this teaser. It won’t be the last! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. – Paul