apollo

Cameras

Norman Rockwell: The Original King Of The Photoshop

3:20AM Wilson Rothman | Back when Norman Rockwell ruled Saturday evenings, Adobe wasn’t even a gleam in some nerd’s eye, but a new book shows that the painter was, nevertheless, a Photoshop god. More »
Science

This Is Not Your Ordinary Family Photo

11:40AM Jesus Diaz | This is the Duke family. The father, Charles Moss Duke Jr born October 3, 1935. The mum, Dorothy Meade Claiborne. The two sons, Charles and Thomas. They are probably in their garden, sitting on a bench. They look so happy. More »
Science

Moronic Newspapers Reprint Onion’s Conspiracy Article As Fact

4:44AM Jesus Diaz | I thought some “readers” were joking when they claimed they believed the Onion’s story on a conspiracy theorist finally convincing Neil Armstrong about how the Moon landings were faked. They weren’t. Like these two newspapers, who reprinted it as fact. More »
Science

Indian Moon Probe Takes Clear Photo Of Apollo 15 Mission

2:30PM Jesus Diaz | NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took photos of the Apollo landings last July. They were supposed to end all conspiracy theories, but there are still idiots who said they were false. Thankfully, the Indians took their own photo. Spot the tracks! More »
Vehicles

Buzz Aldrin Double Fists An iPhone And A Blackberry On A Blimp

10:00AM Sean Fallon | Apparently Airship Ventures’ Zeppelin Tours of San Francisco welcomed a distinguished passenger on board recently—none other than Buzz Aldrin. Apparently, the view did not take precedence over his rigorous work schedule. More »
Computers

How To Build The 1MHz Apollo Guidance Computer For Just $US3000

2:40AM Jesus Diaz | $US3000. That’s how much it costs to build the $US150,000 Apollo Guidance Computer today—the first computer to use integrated circuits, with a 1MHz clock, four 16-bits registers, 4K RAM, and 32K ROM—using 1960s-like components. More »
Science

‘You Want Me To Walk On The Freakin’ Moon Wearing What?!’

5:00AM Jack Loftus | These shots of gear from the first Apollo moon mission show just how far we have—and haven’t—come in the 40 years since man first walked on the moon. More »
Science

NASA To Take Photos Of Lunar Landing Sites, End Conspiracy Theories

5:59AM Jesus Diaz | Suck it up, conspiracy theorists, because soon your cuckoo stories about the US simulating the Moon landings will be over forever. NASA has confirmed to Gizmodo that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will take photos of all the Apollo landing sites: More »
Random Stuff

Houston, We Got Porn On the Moon

3:40AM Jesus Diaz | A pornish cartoon. That’s what a surprised Apollo 16’s Commander Fred Haise found while walking on the Moon. It was in his checklist—mounted on his forearm—but it wasn’t the first time that happened: More »
Science

The Apollo 8 Original Press Kit

6:00AM Jesus Diaz | Used to a thousand inane press kits announcing useless pieces of junk, I wish it was 1968. Then, I could have received this Apollo 8 Press Kit, detailing the first manned mission to the Moon. More »