This picture shows a shiny polished metallic tip on what looks like an eroded rock. According to NASA this can happen when…
Year: 2013
LDCM Launch Separation Video is a Work of Art!
Looking as if it was directed by Stanley Kubrick himself in a scene from 2001 a Space Odyssey this is…
LDCM (Landsat) Launches on schedule
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is now in orbit, after launching Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. The…
Video Shows Two Systems Join To Become One Historic Blizzard 2/9/13
Two low pressure systems merged over New England around midnight (EST) on Feb. 9, 2013. This animation of NOAA’s GOES-13…
Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
(Source NASA) – Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic…
LDCM (Landsat) On track for launch early Monday
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is a GO for a launch in the early morning hours Monday Feb, 11 2013. NASA’s Landsat Data…
NASA proves it can re-fuel a Satellite on Orbit
NASA’S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies For many years steps have been taken to develop technology to refurbish/refuel…
Sunspot AR 1667 Unleashes C9 class Flare, CME could be Earth Directed
Update – The CME is not directly headed for Earth but should give us a glancing blow on Feb. 8-9.…
