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Windows Phone 8 Details Leak: Bigger And Faster

9:00AM February 3, 2012 | Sam Biddle

While Microsoft is still trying to get people to care about Windows Phone, details of the next big version are already nailed down, claims Pocketnow. The site says it’s acquired a Microsoft video spilling the beans on Windows Phone 8. More »

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Video: Animated Rocket Launch Makes Me Feel Like A Kid

4:00PM September 18, 2011 | Kwame Opam

This glitchy music video, created by Desrumaux Celine, is like watching the Apollo launches, but through the lens of a Hanna-Barbara Saturday morning cartoon. More »

Science

Space Poopin’

1:00PM July 22, 2011 | Mat Honan

As NASA completes its final shuttle mission, we thought it would be fun to look back at this training manual from the Apollo program. Ever wondered how an astronaut pooped in zero gravity? Here’s your answer. More »

Science

I Just Can’t Believe They Went To The Moon In This Thing

6:00AM July 12, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

When I looked at this photo my first thought was “Oh, what a cute paper model of the lunar module! It’s so nicely done!” Then I read that this was not a model, but a photo of the real thing. More »

Science

How America’s First Reusable Space Shuttle Got Off The Ground

6:00AM July 9, 2011 | Gizmodo US Edition

With the launch of STS-135 today, the US Space Shuttle program will end with a whimper. To celebrate the shuttles’ service to both our nation and the sciences, the NASA Space Shuttle Manual by David Baker discusses the launch of the very first, Columbia. More »

Mobile

First Comes Mango, Then Tango, Then Apollo For Windows Phone

4:20PM June 29, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

It’s an exciting time to be a Windows Phone User. The Mango update is coming this fall and a new rumour suggests Microsoft is working on two more releases, Tango and Apollo. More »

Science

How The US Could Have Landed On The Moon With The Soviets

3:30AM May 26, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

There are few moments in history as defining for a nation and the world as May 25, 1961. That’s when President John F. Kennedy announced a plan to put a man on the moon before the decade was over. More »

Science

The Soviet Plan To Go To The Moon Was Stupid

4:26AM February 8, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I look at the Soviet plans to go to the moon and I wonder if they secretly contracted the Marx Brothers to design it. I guess it’s easy to say that on hindsight – looking at the Apollo program – but couldn’t they really see that this was not a very smart option? More »

These Are The Hands Of The Apollo Astronauts

12:20PM November 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

There are Neil’s. And there are Buzz’s. And Pete Conrad’s. And Alan Shepard’s. These are the hands of the Apollo astronauts, the plaster casts created to make their custom gloves in Houston, Texas, 1968. High five! More »

Science

NASA Talks Tough On Its Future, Again

7:00AM September 20, 2010 | Jack Loftus

NASA, huh? Since the halcyon days of Kennedy and the shuttle program it’s sputtered slightly, thanks in no small part to unnecessary wars, poor economics and other earthly foibles. Also: explaining its purpose, especially as it relates to the layperson. More »