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Tag Archives: NASA
Show Us Those Aurora Photos
This week we’ll be talking about the sun, and how what happens there can change our night sky. Intense solar storms can amp up the northern lights. After a particularly big flare this past weekend (pictured on the left) the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Radio Segments, Uncategorized
Tagged Aurora Borealis, NASA, northern lights, solar flares, solar storms
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The Future is Now: Vincent Fournier’s Space Project
Belgium-based photographer Vincent Fournier is drawn to the contrast between rough, primal landscapes and sleek high technology. His “Space Project” series focuses on national space programs, which often do high-tech research in extreme geographic locations. He’s traveled around the world … Continue reading
The Juno Mission’s Tiny Stowaways
On last week’s show, we talked about NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter, set to launch tomorrow (audio here). But we neglected to mention one terribly important detail. In addition to loads of technical equipment to analyze Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetic … Continue reading
Art at the Air and Space Museum
Over the last 50 years, NASA has invited artists such as Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, and Annie Leibovitz to create work inspired by space exploration. A new exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum showcases that work and captures … Continue reading
A Look Back at the Space Shuttle
Fact A: The space shuttle is awesome. Fact B: Just about everything is better when it’s read by William Shatner. Given these facts, it’s probably worth 14 minutes of your time to check out this NASA video about the space … Continue reading
A Spacesuit Ballet
Of the spacesuit he wore on the moon, Neil Armstrong wrote, “it was tough, reliable, and almost cuddly.” But that cuddly suit, made by the company Playtex (yes, that Playtex), had some stiff competition (literally) from rival rigid, metal designs. … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Radio Segments, Video
Tagged Apollo, Fashion, music, NASA, space, videos
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NASA Gets Crafty
NASA and Etsy (the online arts and crafts market) may seem like unlikely partners. After all, NASA’s creations take billions of dollars and thousands of employees to make, and Etsy prides itself on a homemade, do-it-yourself ethic. But the two … Continue reading
NASA Launches Flickr Page
Today, NASA joined forces with Flickr to create NASA on The Commons, a huge online collection of historic photographs. The images show the beginnings of the space program: everything from the site of the Johnson Space Center when it was … Continue reading
Save the Hubble! Jimmy Fallon’s Milky J Starts a Rumble
If you’ve been watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, you might have noticed a new recurring character: Milky J. He loves the Hubble Telescope, and he’s not giving it up without a fight.
