MPL Found?
There’s a story over at space.com that claims that the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) may have located the Mars Polar Lander which was thought to have crash-landed on Mars back in January 2000. NIMA normally processes images from spy satellites for the Department of Defense.
Goddards First Launch
The space age began 75 years ago today when Robert Goddard launched his first rocket.
Shuttle Piggyback
Here’s a fantastic photo of the space shuttle Columbia returning to the Kennedy Space Center on the back of it’s 747 carrier.
Andy Finishes in 17th Place
Andy Moderow just finished 17th in this year’s Iditarod Sled Dog Race!
The History of Pong
The history of Pong.
Higgs Boson
Here’s a nice explanation of the Higgs boson (I know you’ve thinking about it a lot lately), and the race to actually find the critter…
e-Paper
Here’s a review of theevolution of e-paper. I think e-paper has a chance because it preserves the ability to browse – something essential that’s lost with one or two page e-books.
Iditarod
Tomorrow is the start of the Iditarod, and we’ll be downtown to send off our friend, 18 year old Andy Moderow. We’ve known Andy since he was in Kindergarten with my son Brian…(feeling very old right now).
Hubble Heritage Project
I’m not sure why, but just about everything I’m finding to post these days is astronomy/space related. Oh well, here’s the Hubble Heritage Project with high quality pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I can spend hours browsing through the archives of the Astronomy Picture of the Day!
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