This image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on top of it’s 747 carrier was captured by NASA’s Carla Thomas at Edwards Air Force Base on July 1, 2007.
NASA has 2 modified 747 jumbo jets which are used as carriers to return shuttles from landing sites back to the launch complex at Kennedy Space Center.
Filed under: spaceflight, nasa | 1 Comment »
This is an image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis docking with the International Space Station.
The shot was taken from the ground through a 25 inch telescope with adaptive optics.
Link
Filed under: spaceflight, nasa | 2 Comments »
The Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Cape on Friday to begin it’s 11 day mission, during which it will dock with the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver equipment and replace an ISS crew member who has been there for 6 months.
STS-117 is the 118th Space Shuttle flight and will be the 21st […]
Filed under: spaceflight, nasa | No Comments »
This is one of the best UFO documentaries ever made.
Directed by Jose Escamilla it includes interviews with some very highly credible people and also features footage that is difficult to explain.
Filed under: weird, military, spaceflight, nasa | No Comments »
This is a vid on the Pale Blue Dot, an iconic image captured by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a distance of 6.4 billion kilometres (4 billion miles) on February 14, 1990.
The vid has been put together by aspiring film maker David Fu and it’s a great piece of work. Carl Sagan’s narration is […]
Filed under: astronomy, science, spaceflight, nasa | No Comments »
NASA says that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is on track for launch in 2013. The new telescope will replace the awesome Hubble telescope which has been responsible for a multitude of scientific discoveries and has captured countless amazing images of our universe since its launch in 1990. The JWST will be siginificantly larger […]
Filed under: astronomy, science, nasa | No Comments »
Fascinating interview with Buzz Aldrin (second man on the Moon) talking about a UFO encounter en route to the Moon on Apollo 11.
“There was something out there, close enough to be observed, and what could it be? Now, obviously the three of us weren’t going to blurt out, ‘Hey, Houston, we’ve got something moving alongside […]
Filed under: weird, spaceflight, nasa | 1 Comment »
Scientists believe they may have spotted caves in images taken by Nasa’s Odyssey spacecraft which is in orbit around the red planet. Seven potential caves have been identified on the side of the Arsia Mons volcano with entrances varying in size between 100m and 252m wide. In one of the images the floor of the […]
Filed under: astronomy, spaceflight, nasa | 2 Comments »
The image of Io above was taken by the New Horizons probe as it recently sped through the Jupiter system on it’s way to Pluto. The image was taken with the spacecrafts Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) from a distance of 2.5 million kilometers. Clearly visible in the 11 o’clock position of the Jovian moon […]
Filed under: astronomy, science, spaceflight, nasa | No Comments »
The biggest hurdle mankind faces as we get set for the next chapter is space exploration is the Human factor.
Whilst the technological challenges in getting us back to the Moon and then to Mars and beyond will no doubt be formidable, the biggest challenge will be how to keep astronauts both physically and mentally fit […]
Filed under: spaceflight, nasa | No Comments »
NASA is planning to send astronauts back to the Moon before 2020 and obviously wants them to be busy when they get there. The space agency has asked 1000 people from various backgrounds and institutions for ideas of what to do when we revisit our nearest neighbor.
Host entertainment events on the Moon that will generate […]
Filed under: science, spaceflight, nasa | No Comments »
This is bad news, the main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down after its backup power supply failed and probably will never be fully working again. The camera, called the Advanced Camera for Surveys, is the most used instrument on the Hubble Telescope and the best scenario scientists are now hoping for […]
Filed under: astronomy, science, nasa, technology | No Comments »