Stratos jump successful!!! (this time in LEGO)
Having a nerd fest ATM as I watch Space X launch a rocket :D
RIP Neil Armstrong
August 5, 1930 - August 25,2012
Moving Stars
I LOVE the fact that Portland has low enough light pollution that you can still see stars. I just got home from grabbing some dinner with a friend and when I got out of my car I stared at the sky, noticing two satellites right next to each other about to cross paths then noticing that one was moving faster than the other; meaning that they were at two different altitudes. I stood that staring at them for a few minutes. I love space so much.
I want to make a night trip to the Oregon Coast, lay on the beach and stare at the night sky, picking out satellites and planets, and capturing them with my camera revealing the Milkyway. :] I shall do that sometimes this summer.
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What John Glenn Saw When He Became the First American to Orbit Earth
Five minutes and four seconds into the flight of the Friendship 7, as John Glenn prepared to become the first American to orbit Earth, he radioed to NASA, his capsule turned and brought the Earth into sight. “Oh, that view is tremendous,” he said.
[…]
After a trip across the Indian Ocean, mission control told Glenn that he’d be seeing the lights of Perth in western Australia. He confirmed that he did see them. “The lights show up very well and thank everybody for turning them on, will you?” Glenn joked.
“In the periscope, I can see the brilliant blue horizon coming up behind me; approaching sunrise. Over.” Mission Control replied, “You are very lucky.” Glenn said, “You’re right. Man, this is beautiful.”
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What John Glenn Saw When He Became the First American to Orbit Earth
Five minutes and four seconds into the flight of the Friendship 7, as John Glenn prepared to become the first American to orbit Earth, he radioed to NASA, his capsule turned and brought the Earth into sight. “Oh, that view is tremendous,” he said.
[…]
After a trip across the Indian Ocean, mission control told Glenn that he’d be seeing the lights of Perth in western Australia. He confirmed that he did see them. “The lights show up very well and thank everybody for turning them on, will you?” Glenn joked.
“In the periscope, I can see the brilliant blue horizon coming up behind me; approaching sunrise. Over.” Mission Control replied, “You are very lucky.” Glenn said, “You’re right. Man, this is beautiful.”
One of the many men I would love to have the honor to shake their hand.
M45, The Pleiades
by Davide De Martin and the ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator
The Umbra of Earth
Image Credit & Copyright: Wang, Letian
A Geminid Meteor Over Iran
Credit & Copyright: Arman Golestaneh
Conjunction at Sunset
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano De Rosa
The Hunter’s Stars
Image Credit & Copyright: Brendan Alexander (Donegal Skies)
