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Felix Baumgartner jumps, Oct. 14, 2012. Image by spaceplasma on Tumblr…I own nothing. For some reason Blogger is being crabby about embedding video again, so...
Click on this link to see Felix Baumgartner attempt to jump from space this morning. Godspeed, Felix! UPDATE: HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Emily Carney is a...
Al Worden engages in some awesomely WTF behavior circa 1967. Photos from Falling to Earth’s page on Facebook. Yes, he is drinking a beer. So...
Note: Live stream video originally posted is no longer available. This is the Red Bull post-event video. Watch Felix Baumgartner free fall jump live...
Me with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, October 7. It left the Earth’s bounds less than 7 hours later. Here are some links to the...
About as real as it gets: Space X Falcon 9 launch, 8:35 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2012. Lori Garver, NASA’s Deputy Administrator, October 7,...
I’ve gotten some messages over the last few weeks concerning people who think I personally know some of the astronauts I fangirl over/write about here....
Hey guys and gals, I know I don’t update this space as diligently as I should (life and work happens, and I’ve been very busy...
The memorial service for Neil Armstrong, held yesterday, September 13, at Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral. Thank you to NASA Television on YouTube for posting this....
Neil Armstrong passed away this afternoon. Here’s his family’s statement, which ends with these words: “For those who may ask what they can do...
“This docking adapter is a sonofabitch. F–k it.” Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford, cuss word architects, 1966. So I’m currently avoiding writing about the NASA...
11:03 p.m.: To watch it live, check out NASA TV online. Programming begins at 11:30 p.m. EDT. Hey guys! 11:33 p.m.: Here’s MSL now: Thanks...
Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.
Apogee Books has reissued its volume on Surveyor for the program’s 60th anniversary. The book is a wonder, containing a veritable treasure trove of documents on every conceivable facet of the Surveyor program.
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST NOTE NEW TIME! The...
