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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Awesome Photo: Space Shuttle Atlantis "Looks" Homeward



There is something so beautiful (and totally cool) about this photo of the Space Shuttle Atlantis "looking" back at planet Earth. Don't you agree?

Photo from: NASA's Human Space Flight Gallery
Posted by Laura Woodmansee at 1:11 PM 1 comments
Labels: NASA, orbiter, Space Shuttle Atlantis

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

NASA in the News: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!


The title says it all. Eight interesting articles on NASA have popped up lately. In no particular order ...

1. AMAZING MARS IMAGES FROM NASA'S MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (MRO) VIA U OF AZ INSTRUMENT
2. “NASA HEAD REGRETS GLOBAL WARMING REMARKS”
3. "AMERICA'S RETREAT FROM EARTH MONITORING?"
4. “SECURITY ISSUES AT JPL”
5. “PETTY POLITICS AND UNCOORDINATED OUTREACH AT NASA”
6. “THE NEW SPACE RACE” (opinion, USA TODAY)
7. Wired: Commentary: THE UNCOMFORTABLE REALITY OF SEX IN SPACE"
8. Wired: "LISA NOWAK AWARDED NASA SPACE FLIGHT MEDAL"
Posted by Laura Woodmansee at 2:47 PM 0 comments
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  • ▼ 2007 (34)
    • ▼ June (2)
      • Awesome Photo: Space Shuttle Atlantis "Looks" Home...
      • NASA in the News: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!...
    • ► March (5)
      • NASA asks students for space decor
      • Students give "Harmony" to ISS
      • Space Comic features Ham the Chimp!
      • Wacky Cosmonaut Marketing Mashup
      • Meteorite hits house in Illinois!
    • ► February (10)
      • Students take a turn at space outreach
      • Virgin Galactic + NASA
      • Solid Rocket Booster Video
      • First Couple to Honeymoon in Space on Virgin Galac...
      • 181 Lunary Things to Do
      • NASA's Plans to Woo Youth, Congress, to Space Cult...
      • Popular Science Magazine is 'Calling All Inventors...
      • Superbowl Space Ad
      • Cool science show debuts on PBS
      • Apollo documentary wins Sundance award
    • ► January (17)
      • Rocket Science is still Dangerous
      • Powerpoints are the C.O.D. for Columbia
      • Funk's up on Threadless
      • Banana Art to hang over Texas
      • Marketing--for the masses?
      • Humor on a sphere
      • Space Cuisine
      • Sci-Fi Fashion List
      • ISS gets tips from Martha
      • Metric Moon
      • Life Imitates Space Art: Sexy Apple iPhone
      • Finally R2D2 is Alive!
      • Space Tourist #5 + 6 (+backup)
      • Qu'est-ce que gravite autour de la Terre?
      • Earth Can Rotate on Your Wrist!
      • Hyper Space Couture Design Contest
      • Koreans head to space with fanfare and food
  • ► 2006 (45)
    • ► December (13)
      • Sputnik is a Lifestyle
      • Get your Space Travel Supplies now!
      • The Society of Rockets
      • Hamming it UP
      • Cosmic Citizen Carl Sagan
      • New Scientist: How to think like a rocket scientis...
      • The Astronaut Farmer
      • Cosmic Comics
      • Web 2.0 hits Space
      • Space Now...Virtual
      • Sex in space hits Outside magazine
      • Towards an All-Inclusive Space Culture
      • Student Space Networking Event to be held in Houst...
    • ► November (17)
      • "Space on Earth" Launch
      • Cosmonaut Careers are Plummeting
      • Space Fashion
    • ► October (8)
    • ► September (7)

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