Archive for July 18th, 2008

Orion spaceship missing NASAs mark

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Florida Today is reporting that the Orion spacecraft is too heavy, and that NASA will be missing their target launch date.

JibJab

Friday, July 18th, 2008

I just watched the new JibJab video, and despite all the people saying they liked it, I just found it kind of blah.

Cool photos: Jupiter’s Red Spot chews up and spits out a storm

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Discover Magazine has an article with cool photographs of Jupiter’s Red Spot chewing up and spitting out a storm.

Moon transits Earth

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Check out this QuickTime™ animation of the Moon making a transit of the Earth. The animation is a composite of photographs of the Earth taken by the Deep Impact spacecraft conducting its EPOXI mission. The animation is courtesy of NASA