Using the camera on the end of its robotic arm, Curiosity took a breathtaking and giant portrait of itself on SOL-84 (October 31, 2012) Click here to view it at a whopping 5463 x 7595 resolution!
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Ever since NASA announced the final homes for the four remaining space shuttles I have been ecstatic about Endeavour's trip out to California. Endeavour will be on display in the Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, at the California Science Center beginning October 30, 2012. I can only imagine the amount of engineering and planning it will take to guide the shuttle along the city streets with it's tail hight of 58 feet and wingspan of 78 feet.
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Eleven years ago I woke up on a normal morning during my senior year of high school. It would not be a normal day. As my carpool left for school the first tower had fallen but not the second. I remember wondering what the New York skyline would look like if only one tower were to remain. By the time we arrived in the parking lot the radio had informed us that was not a possibility.
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This months time magazine for August 2012 is graced by an artist image of the Martian rover, Curiosity. "MARS" fills a fourth of the cover image, taking more space then the iconic "Time" at the top. When I pulled this periodical from the stacks it triggered an old memory. I felt that I had seen this cover before. When upon my next visit to my parent's attic storage of my youth, I was able to pull out one of my "save it" boxes. Old school papers, newspaper clippings, Star Trek Voyager TV guides and magazines filled this box.
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In the wake of Neil Armstrong's death, Life Magazine is going to re-publish their 1969 special edition spread about the Moon landing. I cannot wait to pick this up!
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Today was more of a Sci day and less of a Fi day. My Planetary Society package arrived in the mail with 8 beautiful plant mini posters. (sorry pluto) Also included was my first issue of their magazine with some great articles on Ray Bradbury, light pollution and the Curiosity rover.
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