It’s been a crazy past 24 hours. Basically we received word that Atlantis, which is currently being housed in the Vehicle Assembly Building, is being moved Friday morning back to the Orbiter Processing Facility. I have been in touch with with a NASA PR representative in an attempt to gain media level access to Atlantis which would allow us to …
Lost in Space
On February 19th, I made a post regarding cuts to NASA’s budget that puts future human space flight missions in jeopardy I had a few direct responses to the post, some for and some against, but I also came across this critique to the general sentiment of my post that made me second guess my original argument. “NASA, we have a …
Riptide Studios On Twitter
Hey Chasers, Our parent label, Riptide Studios, which was founded by Chasing Director Paul Muzzin, is now on Twitter. Let’s help get those initial follower numbers boosted! You can find Paul’s project here: @riptidestudios https://twitter.com/#!/riptidestudios Blessings, Matthew
Connecting
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50th Anniversary of First Orbit
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 …
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 …
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 …