LFairbanks Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think I would go if I knew I could come back at some point. Looks desolate, yet intriguing. Would you go? http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/pia18390/#.U6t7qRbB5BU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 On this day in 1969, the US launched Apollo 11 which would be the first lunar landing. http://www.nasa.gov/content/launch-of-apollo-11/#.U8cmSFbB5BU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Artist renderings and explanation of SLS. Initial test will be flown this December and launched to an altitude of 3,600 miles above the Earth. Space Shuttle orbited around 250 miles above the Earth. Eventually the largest of the configurations will be launched beyond lunar (moon) orbit. Which is roughly 250,000 miles above the Earth. Should be exciting. http://www.nasa.gov/sls/multimedia/gallery/sls-through-clouds.html#.U_-T5EvB5BU http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-commits-to-heavy-lift-mega-rocket/ http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/#.U_-biUvB5BU http://www.space.com/12957-nasa-giant-rocket-space-launch-system-infographic.html Edited August 28, 2014 by LFairbanks Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 What a spectacular view. http://www.nasa.gov/content/an-astronauts-view-from-space/#.VAaPo0vB5BU Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveVY Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 What a spectacular view. http://www.nasa.gov/content/an-astronauts-view-from-space/#.VAaPo0vB5BU Very cool! Love traveling and photographing nature but will probably never have the opportunity to take a pic like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 We have a finished product. Excited to see this fly. http://www.nasa.gov/content/orion-s-first-crew-module-complete/#.VA5YIEvB5BU Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael@Adams Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 What a spectacular view. http://www.nasa.gov/content/an-astronauts-view-from-space/#.VAaPo0vB5BU I have always been fascinated by pictures like that. So freakin nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 A view of the aurora borealis. http://www.nasa.gov/content/flying-through-an-aurora/#.VA-yu0vB5BU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/nasa-s-orion-spacecraft-nears-completion-ready-for-fueling/#.VBO4YEvB5BU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael@Adams Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 A view of the aurora borealis. http://www.nasa.gov/content/flying-through-an-aurora/#.VA-yu0vB5BU Here is another shot of the Aurora Borealis that is a long exposure. Pretty neat! https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7372097440_87dac21785_o.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Just became addicted to this thread.... Mongosg8, Michael@Adams and LFairbanks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 Just became addicted to this thread.... Atleast someone has. Sometimes I post and wonder if others even read it. I know not everybody may be into this stuff, but there has to be something that everyone should find interesting. I know my wife isn't into this kind of stuff, but she did find it pretty cool when I pointed out to her the ISS as it passed over, and about 5 minutes later here come the Space Shuttle trying to catch up. Posted the link here again for those that may have over looked it. I think I might have posted it on page one when I initially started this thread. http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/#.VBexuUvB5BU http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html Mongosg8 and Michael@Adams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Pretty weird to think each of those dots is an airplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Getting closer. Rocket Boosters for Orion. http://www.nasa.gov/content/rocket-boosters-prepared-for-orion-spacecrafts-first-flight/#.VCoXu77B420 Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Pretty cool picture of the Milky Way, with the Sahara Desert. http://www.nasa.gov/content/milky-way-viewed-from-the-international-space-station/#.VCzBiL7B420 Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hard to believe we are only 64 days away from launch. Looks like the rocket that will carry Orion on it's initial test flight is ready to rock and roll. December 4th. http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/october/nasa-s-orion-spacecraft-rocket-move-closer-to-first-flight/#.VCzBwr7B420 Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 http://www.nasa.gov/content/launch-abort-system-installed-for-orion-flight-test/#.VDNYS77B420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Pretty Interesting. Makes you wonder what this thing is capable of. http://www.space.com/27411-x37b-military-space-plane-landing.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Crazy how they are able to test things to simulate the extremes of Space. This new telescope won't orbit the Earth so to speak. It it will be stationary in its rotation with the Earth. Hubble orbits about 370 miles above the Earth. James Webb will be roughly 932,000 miles. To put that in perspective, the Moon is roughly 250,000 miles from the Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/content/james-webb-space-telescopes-heart-survives-deep-freeze-test/#.VEhvur7B420 http://jwst.nasa.gov/comparison.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Forgot about this until I saw it on the new this morning. Solar Eclipse this afternoon. Don't recall exact times, but I do know it will be visible before and after about 1600 mst. Taking my welding helmet to work to view. http://www.usatoday.com/story/your-take/2014/10/22/your-take-solar-eclipse-tips/17746401/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Pretty Crazy. At least there were no people on board. http://www.space.com/27551-orbital-sciences-rocket-explosion-photos.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) Over 2K miles per hour 43 years ago. Just imagine what they have now. http://www.nasa.gov/aero/the-warm-glow-of-mach3/#.VFGsRL7B420 Would love to see a sunrise like this in person. http://www.nasa.gov/content/sunrise-from-the-international-space-station/#.VFGskL7B420 Edited October 30, 2014 by LFairbanks Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Saw this on CNN tonight and thought I would share. Had the chance to meet Chris Hadfield, the astronaut with the tortilla in the video, when we were in Florida and attempting to watch a Shuttle launch that ended up getting scrubbed. http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/10/29/ac-pkg-kaye-life-on-space-station-astronauts.cnn.html Mongosg8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongosg8 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 For lucky man Chris. Hadfield is one great astronaut ..too bad he retired because I feel he was the most experienced one up there at the ISS. Love his entertainment and educational videos. Also like the video with Bare Naked Ladies LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Interesting picture of Titan. The moon that orbits Saturn. http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia18432/#.VFOb277B420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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