The Blue Marble
By Vladimir Brezina Manned missions to Mars and colonies on the moon seize the imagination, at least of Presidents and would-be Presidents :-). Everyone else knows that these are dreams, half-baked,...
View ArticleThe Bright Lights of the Big City from Space
By Vladimir Brezina . [For best viewing, click on the HD icon in the top right corner, then expand to full screen by clicking on the icon in the bottom right corner] Video courtesy of the Image Science...
View ArticleZooming in on Planet Earth
By Vladimir Brezina I just can’t resist those satellite images! Following the Blue Marble and its more recent recreations, there are now some amazing new images of the Earth out on the Internet. These...
View ArticleMom, We Did It!
By Johna Till Johnson Occasionally a news story really resonates with me. This is one: An Indian spacecraft called Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has just reached orbit around the planet Mars. And the...
View ArticleUp and Back
By Johna Till Johnson You go on a trip. You come back. Nothing remarkable about that. Return of Falcon 9’s first stage (photo by SpaceX) Unless you’re a rocket, and you’ve gone up into space and then...
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