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 …

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

Preparing for Our Own Liftoff

Hey Chasers, It’s been two months now since our return journey to the Kennedy Space Center. Yesterday Paul and I, over Skype across the country, looked at the first rough cut that he had put together for our first trailer called the “Faces of Chasing Atlantis” that highlights some of the key interviews during our first journey in July and …

Curiosity Prepares for Journey to Mars

Largest vehicle we are planning on sending to the Red Planet yet. Curiosity’s revolutionary landing system may be the step we need to one day have somebody from our own Blue Planet settle on Mars. Rather than the rover being couched in an airbag deployed shell which looses energy gradually by bouncing across the Martian surface on landing, curiosity will …

Our Globe from the ISS

Found this online tweeted by Commander Chris Hadfield today. What a stunning video. I’ve seen a similar view before, but this compilation is far more complex and includes some shots of Aurora from orbit.

Chasing Atlantis on IndieGoGo

Chasing Atlantis has been an incredible venture and we eagerly await the completion of our documentary so that we can share our story with all of you in the way that we experienced it. Our project is an independent venture and as such Chasing Atlantis is completely self-funded. Flights, car rentals, equipment rentals, and hotel accommodations were all paid for …