Archive for May, 2010
My cuss level on twitter is 10…
by Tony on May.31, 2010, under manned spaceflight
My cuss level on twitter is 100% clean! What’s yours? http://theoatmeal.com/quizzes/twitter_cuss from @oatmeal
Happy Towel Day http://en.wiki…
by Tony on May.25, 2010, under manned spaceflight
Happy Towel Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day
Mars Phoenix lander May 2008 – November 2008
by Tony on May.24, 2010, under outreach ideas
Phoenix lived from her landing date of May 25, 2008 through the final attempts to ping the lander this February.
After numerous additional attempts to contact the lander around the Martian summer solstice, a point where the most sunlight hits the landers solar cells, JPL declared the lander dead. Still, the lander functioned for 5 months, well over the 90 days it was planned to serve.
Amateur astronomer maps Mars
by Tony on May.24, 2010, under astronomy
Amatuer astronomer maps Mars from images taken with his CCD and homemade 222mm newtonian telescope. Images were taken over 3 month period and combined in software to generate a cylindrical projection.
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NASA Image of the Day
Pavlof Volcano From Station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) photographed this striking view of Pavlof Volcano on May 18, 2013. The oblique perspective from the ISS reveals the three dimensional structure of the ash plume, which is often obscured by the top-down view of most remote sensing satellites. Situated in the Aleutian Arc about 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, Pavlof began erupting on May 13, 2013. The volcano jetted lava into the air and spewed an ash cloud 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) high. When photograph ISS036-E-2105 (top) was taken, the space station was about 475 miles south-southeast of the volcano (49.1° North latitude, 157.4° West longitude). The volcanic plume extended southeastward over the North Pacific Ocean. › Additional information/larger images. Image Credit: NASA
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