Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Throwback Thursday - NASA & Apollo

NASA's Apollo program lasted from 1961 through 1975 with flights as early as 1961 and as late as 1972.  It encompassed 17 moon missions and may be the most storied time in the history of American space travel.  Read more of that time from the NASA website here.


Also, on space.com, check out "NASA's 17 Apollo Moon Missions in Pictures" here.


Finally, from qz.com and the Dean Koska YouTube channel, "The code that took America to the moon was just published to GitHub, and it’s like a 1960s time capsule."  have a look at that article here then watch the program in action!



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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Tech Tuesday - Space Tech

Over on sploid.gizmodo.com, "Imagine plunging into Earth's atmosphere using this re-entry spacesuit" here.


Also, on space.com, "Star Wars? The Coolest REAL Military Space Tech" is here.


Finally, on sciencealert.com, not from or for space, necessarily, but space-adjacent, "This NASA legend just unveiled a tech startup to beat Intel and Google" here.


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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Throwback Thursday - Space Travel, Past Programs, & Ghost Dad

Over on thedrive.com and theverge.com, they let us know "NASA’s Giving Away Brilliant Space Travel Posters For Free" here and "These NASA travel posters will make you dream about space exploration" here.


Also, on blog.archive.org, the Internet Archive Blogs announce "Internet Archive Does Windows: Hundreds of Windows 3.1 Programs Join the Collection" here.


Finally, on mirror.co.uk, they tell us that a "Teenager who found dead father's 'ghost' on racing video game tells moving story" here.


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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Throwback Thursday - Spacewalks, Spacesuits, & Flight Plans

Over on space.io9.com, they tell us about "50 Years Ago, The First Spacewalk Nearly Ended In Tragedy."  Learn more here.


Also, on popularmechanics.com, they show off "13 of the Strangest Spacesuits NASA Ever Imagined" here.


Finally, on smithsonianmag.com, they discuss "How NASA's Flight Plan Described the Apollo 11 Moon Landing" here.


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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Tech Tuesday - Sentient Robots, the Fear Lab, & Monster Magnets

Over on space.com, "When Robots Colonize the Cosmos, Will They Be Conscious?"  See what they think here.


Also, on smithsonianmag.com, "This Haunted House is Actually a Lab for Studying Fear."  Find out more here.


Finally, on sciencechannel.com, check out the Monster Magnet here.


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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Tech Tuesday - Mario AI, SPIDER in Antarctica, & Rabbit Poop Flamethrower

Over on the AAAI Video Competition YouTube channel, they recently uploaded a video titled "Mario Lives! An Adaptive Learning AI Approach for Generating a Living and Conversing Mario Agent."  Enjoy.



Finally, NASA tells how the "SPIDER Experiment Touches Down in Antarctica" here.


Also, on neatorama.com, they explain "How to Build a Flamethrower with Rabbit Poop" here.


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