The Voyage Home
You’re done with Thanksgiving and you’ll be returning home this weekend, huh? Here’s a video of a trip home that’ll put your planes, trains, and automobiles jaunt to shame. Ron… moreSTS-135: The End
At 5:57 ET this morning, Atlantis touched down in Florida, bringing to an end NASA’s final shuttle mission. In case you missed it, here it is: Sigh. And this… more
STS-135… Lift Off!
At 11:29 EST Friday the Space Shuttle Atlantis left Earth for the last time. I was there. I still can’t fathom it. It was a long morning, but an… more
STS-135… Rain
Despite the rain and crippling humidity, the service structure was removed and Atlantis was revealed to an eager crowd of Twitter users. But I’ll get to that later. The morning… more
STS 135 Tweet-Up Day 1… Well, Day .5, Really…
Mattstronaut Wednesday was early check-in at NASA for Tweetup participants, or invitees, or Twitterers, or Tweeps, if you will. I borrowed my mom’s car (just like I was 18 again)… more
STS-135 is Coming….
After twenty-one straight days of working (including the pilot, podcast, and Fruit stand), I have come to Florida for what will be the end of the Space Shuttle program. Florida… more
A Message From MESSENGER
MESSENGER sent us the first ever set pictures taken by a spacecraft orbiting Mercury. This is the first, shared yesterday morning: Someone call the Doctor. There appears to be a… more
Space Shuttle Launch Time Lapse
A couple of Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs cameras, six weeks, and a hundred hours of footage = AMAZINGNESS. It’s hard to watch when they hoist it up with cables and… moreProstinauts
For former astronauts, life can be hard and dirty. Some become Senators and still others turn to the streets. This touching documentary addresses a growing pimple on the cheek of… more
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