Where did this boat come from? Peggy Whitson is a 48-year-old biochemist who fell from space and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan . The eight people who greeted her didn’t quite understa...
The scale of the universe Had enough of Powers of 10 ? Then check out Universcale , a site that’s a promo for Nikon, but also features some compelling and wonderful illustrations of t...
This Is Rocket Science Wait, remember when I said that Zolt Levay has the coolest job in the world , making images from Hubble data? Scratch that, now Mike Massee at XCOR Aerospace...
A very small planet When I was about 8 or 9 years old, I got to go to a conference on soil mechanics. It’s not as bad as it sounds; My dad has a PhD in soil mechanics, so I le...
SpaceShipOne wins the X Prize As a lifelong supporter of the idea of private space travel, I’m so thrilled to see Burt Rutan claim the Ansari X Prize . Now I have to work on having hundred...
NASA's GRIN GRIN : Great Images in NASA, a library of spectacular photography, courtesy of our space program. Don’t let the people who support NASA on military grounds se...
Oh yeah, of course Dan, Oh yeah, of course Dan , the King of Trivia, dug up the photo of Mir I was babbling about earlier. He protests that Mir really only looks bad on the inside,...
Oh please, oh please, oh Oh please, oh please, oh please . Let’s not let those damned Martians win this time....