L-90 Days until STS-133
The countdown clock for STS-133 is down tom just 90 days until launch.
Just about the coolest video ever of the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS 131
http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/videos/Go-For-Launch.html
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The best place to watch the @NASA STS-132 Shuttle Launch on your iPad is on SpaceVidCast.com
Unfortunately the NasaTV web page is not designed to work on iPad. It relies on RealPlayer for some reason. Hop over to SpaceVidCast.com and click on the home page link. You can watch full screen.
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Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
I had the opportunity to attend the world premier of an independent documentary called Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission while at SXSW this year. All I knew about this films going in to it was that it was about the son of an astronaut who go to go into space.… Read the rest “Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission”
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
Fifty years ago Sputnik flew and the Space Race began as an energetic competition of the cold war. In just a few short years man was in space and anything seemed possible. Kennedy set this nation off on the task of putting a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the 1960’s decade.… Read the rest “In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)”