Science

I Wish This Amazing Photo Of The Space Shuttle Piercing The Clouds Were Real

I wish NASA took more photos of the shuttle from other aircraft. There are many that I like — like Atlantis launching next to an F-15 — but this one is the best. Too bad it’s not a real image but a montage. [E-y-e-l-e-s-s]


April 11, 2012
Science

Space Shuttle To Terrify Washington DC With Low Flyover

The US capital is a little uptight — particularly after 9/11, it’s easy to send the calm city of lobbyists and think tank dweebs into a frenzy. Here’s an idea: let’s blast a space shuttle strapped to a 747 over everyone’s heads.


March 28, 2012
Science

One Beautiful Image Of The Space Shuttle

Some cray-cray individuals think that the Canary Islands were the door to the lost continent of Atlantis. That’s one of the reasons I like this image of Atlantis — the space shuttle — flying parallel to the Canarian island of Tenerife.


March 16, 2012
Science

The Shuttle Launch Like You Have Never HEARD It Before Thanks To Skywalker Sound

I’ve seen many launches of the space shuttle from the point of view of the rocket booster, but none, none I tell you, match this one. It’s simply amazing for one reason: the sound. Put your headphones on and listen.


January 19, 2012
Science

US Mysteriously Deletes Russian Mars Spacecraft’s Tracking Data

After Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin accused the United States of being the main suspect in rendering their Phobos-Grunt Mars spacecraft useless, the United States Strategic Command has mysteriously deleted all the spaceship’s data from their Space Track database.


January 18, 2012
Science

Russia Accuses US Of Sabotaging Spacecraft

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says the United States may have rendered their Phobos-Grunt Mars spacecraft useless using a radar on the Marshall Islands.


January 17, 2012
Geek Out

Giant Spider Terrorises Space Shuttle And Anchorwoman

Just a little fun around the News 12 set, eh guys? A little spidey crawled across the lens while we were filming the space shuttle! Heh. Cute little spider dude. Aw, it looks like — AH JESUS HERE IT COMES.


September 15, 2011
Science

This Is NASA’s New, Awesome Deep Space Rocket

NASA got a new deep space exploration system, the Space Launch System. A new heavy rocket designed to take astronauts well beyond planet Earth’s orbit. It’s beautiful. It’s like the Saturn all over again, but better.


September 11, 2011
Science

NASA Launches A Mission To The Centre Of The Moon

At 9.08 local time, NASA shot two spacecraft into space to visit our beloved moon. As part of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission, the rockets will map the entire lunar surface and interior to see how it formed and evolved.


August 30, 2011
Science

This Is Probably The Weirdest, Goofiest Video NASA Ever Made

This video of life in the space shuttle was recorded in the 1980s. I don’t know what kind of dehydrated space mushrooms these space goofballs ate or what kind of astroturf they smoked, but I love it.