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February 16th, 2010
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Archive for the 'ladiesandgentlemenwearefloatinginspace' Category
Polish Space Stamps 1963
November 28th, 2009
How Many People Are In Space Right Now?
September 9th, 2009
Just something to check on every once in a while.
Einstein Tomb
September 9th, 2009
but does it float x geoff manaugh
The Moon Trees
August 21st, 2009
List of trees planted from seeds taken aboard Apollo 14.
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 14th, 2009
NYTimes slideshow of moon landing photos by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Also notable for having a tip-top slideshow player.
Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party
June 14th, 2009
"Time lapse video of night sky as it passes over the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas. The galactic core of Milky Way is brightly displayed. Images taken with 15mm fisheye lens."
Mond
May 1st, 2009
JAXA’s origami space shuttles
December 8th, 2008
Tailor made for Leah.
A Violent Return, Odd Welcome to Earth
October 5th, 2008
"They just didn't have anything, just very poor people who live out on the steppes. You could tell by the way they were dressed. It was like 'humm … these aren't rescue guys, these aren't SAR (Search and Rescue).'"
Invertebrate Astronauts Make Space History
September 8th, 2008
Water bears can survive under the very very harshest of conditions. Also they are sort of cute and terrifying at the same time. And now they have made and survived (mostly) an unprotected near-earth orbit.
Apollo 12 launch
November 19th, 2007
A shot of the Apollo 12 launch from the base of the rockets. Incredibly dramatic. I remember fragments of this footage from In the Shadow of the Moon and elsewhere, no doubt.
World’s First Image Taking of the Moon by HDTV
November 12th, 2007
High def footage of the moon shot by a Japanese satellite orbiting the moon on Halloween this year.
Unintentionially fascinating quote: "The satellite was confirmed to be in good health through telemetry data received at the Usuda station."
Trips to the moon
October 20th, 2007
Mentioned in the liner notes of the Criterion "For All Mankind," which does this year's "In the Shadow of the Moon" one better by being soundtracked/scored by Brian Eno. This is the earliest known account of a (speculative) trip to the moon
Voyager Golden Record
September 11th, 2007
Excellent, though sort of needlesslay flash-heavy interface for hearing/seeing the golden record sent out with the Voyager. Amazing: "Johnny B. Goode" is on there. via kio.
Atlas
May 29th, 2007
The soundtrack of my recent european tour. This must be about as mathy as they come.