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Thursday: Watch Bill Nye Host YouTube SpaceLab Webcast
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2012/09/11 04:55 CDT
The Planetary Society CEO goes to London to MC a live conversation with ISS astronaut Sunita Williams and the kids who've had their experiments conducted in orbit.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/09/07 11:24 CDT | 3 comments
Curiosity's much-anticipated self-portrait with the MAHLI camera just arrived on Earth, and even though it was shot through the dust cover it is AWESOME.
Posted by David J. Fred on 2012/09/05 04:21 CDT | 3 comments
It might surprise most people to learn that multitudes of knots tied in cords and thin ribbons have probably traveled on every interplanetary mission ever flown. If human civilization ends tomorrow, interplanetary landers, orbiters, and deep space probes will preserve evidence of both the oldest and newest of human technologies for thousands, if not millions of years.
An amazing LEGO model of Curiosity
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/09/03 09:15 CDT | 1 comments
A petite model of Curiosity in LEGO accurately represents many of its features and functions.
August 22, 2012 officially proclaimed "Space Day" in California
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/21 09:58 CDT
Governor Brown has declared August 22, 2012 "Space Day." I'm not sure what it means, but I love the repeated use of the word "whereas."
Posted by Alan Stern on 2012/08/21 04:29 CDT | 2 comments
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