July 10 history |
Today in 1962, the world's first communications satellite was launched into space atop a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral for the world's first privately funded space launch.
Telstar 1 was part of...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:27:00 GMT |
Stephen Hawking urges new era of space conquest |
by Staff WritersWashington (AFP) April 21, 2008Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking called Monday for a new era of space conquest akin to Christopher Columbus' discovery of the new world, in a speech on the...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:12:00 GMT |
They’re Made Out Of Meat |
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEATby Terry Bisson(OMNI Magazine, 1991)"They're made out of meat.""Meat?""Meat. They're made out of meat.""Meat?""There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different pa...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:37:00 GMT |
August 3 History |
1492 : Christopher Columbus, sailing for the Spanish crown, weighs anchor for the new world.From his flagship Santa Maria, Columbus commanded a squadron that included the caravels Nina and Pinta. The ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:14:00 GMT |
July 20 History |
July 20, 1969 - The crew of Apollo XI become the first humans to step foot on the surface of Earth's moon. Unfortunately, the escalation of the war in Vietnam and NASA's urgent desire to build a re-us...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:25:00 GMT |
July 15-17 History |
On July 15, 1975, the final mission of the Apollo program began. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought together, for a brief moment, the two contestants in what has come to be known as "The Space Rac...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:38:00 GMT |
June 22 History |
On this day in 1978, the first moon of the planet Pluto was discovered by James Christy at the U.S. Naval Obervatory in Washington, D.C. Christy suggested the name "Charon", which was accepted by...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:40:00 GMT |
April 27 History |
On the evening of April 27, 1986 at 12:32am John R. MacDougall, a satellite TV dealer in Ocala, Florida was working at Central Florida Teleport, a company that uplinks services to satellites. He was o...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:23:00 GMT |
History Lesson |
On this date in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-31. Today, NASA and ESA released these photos of Galaxy Messier 82,...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:57:00 GMT |
Finding inspiration |
The PedestrianRay BradburyTo enter out into that silence that was the city at eight o'clock of a misty evening in November, to put your feet upon that buckling concrete walk, to step over grassy seams...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:53:00 GMT |
