When the last NASA space shuttle lands this month, everyone wear Ape suits. Quick, pass it on.
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Pass it on!
When the last NASA space shuttle lands this month, everyone wear Ape suits. Quick, pass it on.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Who is more futuristic?
Both inspired by the 1960s, who is more "futuristic": NASA Barbie or Sydney Opera House Barbie?
Sunday, August 02, 2009
On the tiles
Yep, good guessing. It's not a NASA space shuttle's heat tiles in close-up, it's... the Sydney Opera House!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Happy anniversary, Apollo 11!
Wow!
I've spent the last few weeks demonstrating some of the joys of my school's new interactive whiteboard (IWB), and browsing on Google Earth has been addictive for most of the school's population.
But, in similar vein, NASA has just released some very cool pictures from their Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or LRO), which has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. "The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident."
The online comments added by moon hoax conspiracy theorists are hilarious.
I really liked the appended comment from a NASA Moderator: "This is just the first glimpse of many more images to come. When we're in the operational orbit of only 31 miles, resolution should be two to three times better, and we should be able to get the right lighting conditions to identify the rovers."
All images credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University.
Boy, sitting in the school hall watching a fuzzy black and white television in 1969 (Year 5) at Arncliffe Primary School seems sooooooo long ago, but it also seems like it was only yesterday. Happy Moon Day (on a Monday, even!).
Also worth checking out: The Moon in Google Earth
I've spent the last few weeks demonstrating some of the joys of my school's new interactive whiteboard (IWB), and browsing on Google Earth has been addictive for most of the school's population.
But, in similar vein, NASA has just released some very cool pictures from their Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or LRO), which has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. "The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident."
The online comments added by moon hoax conspiracy theorists are hilarious.
I really liked the appended comment from a NASA Moderator: "This is just the first glimpse of many more images to come. When we're in the operational orbit of only 31 miles, resolution should be two to three times better, and we should be able to get the right lighting conditions to identify the rovers."
All images credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University.
Boy, sitting in the school hall watching a fuzzy black and white television in 1969 (Year 5) at Arncliffe Primary School seems sooooooo long ago, but it also seems like it was only yesterday. Happy Moon Day (on a Monday, even!).
Also worth checking out: The Moon in Google Earth
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