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This is a movie based on the lives of real women in the NASA space program in 1961. And if there was any fairness, the Johnson Space Center would be named after one of them instead of a President ( Read more... )

This group has taken some of the audio from the first Moon landing and made what I consider to be a darn catchy song, as well as a pretty darn nifty tribute.

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NASA has compiled a 'highlight reel' from the Solar Dynamics Observatory out of 5 years of recordings made while orbiting the Sun, made at various wavelengths. And set it to music. And, just... damn.

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ETA: Well they posted it on the 5th anniversary nearly a year ago, but still, wow.

I am sooooo late on this recommendation, but really, go see The Martian ( Read more... )

So a little probe flew past Pluto yesterday and is sending back data and pictures of a cute pinkish planet (which conveniently was passed at an angle that made some geographic features look a bit like a giant cartoon heart) that, even if it's not officially a planet anymore is still like the Ambassador of the Kuiper Belt or even the Solar System's ( Read more... )

I don't remember if I posted about it when it happened, but the European Space Agency landed a probe (Philae) on a comet back last November, which was amazing considering it was like throwing a pea from Paris and landing it in the eye of the Statue of Liberty or something. However, due to some difficulties on landing it bounced into a shady spot ( Read more... )

I just found this out and emitted a sharp high-pitched squeak of a kind I have never emitted before.

NASA has announced that their new Mars Rover heading for Mars in 2020 is to be called SHERLOCK. Well, S.H.E.R.L.O.C. really, for "Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals", but the intent is there. I ( Read more... )

Title: Ad Astra
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Alternate Postings: At AO3
Rating/Content: PG13, set during the early bits of 2.03, during the case montage, astronomy, a bit melancholy, memorials, possibly incorrect location layout, might be OOC.
Warnings: none
Word Count: 1325
Disclaimer: Not my world.
Notes: Written for watsons_woes July Writing Prompt #18: ( Read more... )

Ever wonder what it was like to be a rocket booster for the Space Shuttle? Well, apparently NASA put some darn sturdy little cameras on them for a few flights and compiled that into a video. This is footage (with sound!) of a Shuttle lift off, rocket booster separation and splashdown, from the boosters' perspective. Amazing and beautiful.

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I'm currently watching (while doing misc cleaning etc) what is essentially two guys installing a refrigeration unit. On the space station.

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