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Memorial Day
Published on 25 May 2009 at 1:54 pm.
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Almost every nation has a day to honor those who have died in defense of their county. The day goes by different names, and it is celebrated at different times of the year. In the United States, it is Memorial Day. Traditionally, Memorial Day is May 30. However, in 1968, the day was changed […]
Merry Christmas
Published on 24 Dec 2008 at 11:51 am.
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Merry Christmas everyone!
The image at the top of this post is a European Southern Observatory image of NGC 2264. The image hit the web a week or so ago, but I thought that I’d hold off posting it until now. NGC 2264 is located in Monoceros, rising in the evenings this time of year. […]
Spacecraft
Published on 2 Dec 2008 at 9:56 pm.
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The plural of spacecraft is … spacecraft.
English is sometimes a strange language. Like all languages, English has rules for handing words. Unlike most languages, though, English has a lot of words that don’t fit the normal rules. Remember the spelling rule “i” befor “e”? Except that does not hold for words like “neighbor” or “weird.” For […]
Sun setting on Phoenix
Published on 29 Oct 2008 at 7:18 pm.
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The Sun rises and sets. That’s a fact of life that is an everyday occurrence to most of us. But, for much of the Phoenix lander’s life on the surface of Mars, sunrises and sunsets didn’t happen. At a Martian latitude of 68° 13′ N, the Sun does not set near […]
Houston, you have a problem
Published on 12 Sep 2008 at 10:21 am.
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When an explosion blew out the side of the Apollo 13 Service Module and threatened the lives of three astronauts on the way to the Moon, they radioed back to Earth that they had a problem. Scientists and engineers in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control worked tirelessly to come up with a […]
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The 22nd Carnival of Space
Published on 4 Oct 2007 at 4:27 pm.
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Advanced Nanotechnology is hosting the Carnival of Space this week. It is up and running, so go take a look at it! If you write a space related blog of your own, you might want to submit something to the next Carnival of Space. Instructions for submitting can be found here.
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Happy Fourth of July
Published on 4 Jul 2007 at 12:04 pm.
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Happy Fourth of July to everyone. For my readers outside of the United States who don’t know it, this is the day that we celebrate Independence Day. For my readers here in the US, let’s take time out to reflect on what it means to be free. Also, let’s remember that a […]
