Jul 23 2011

Space Music: The Alien Sounds of Richard Devine

Tag: Space Culture — Robert Lamb @ 2:06 pm
Producer Richard Devine shares the secrets behind his melodic and ethereal space music.

Jul 23 2011

The Shuttle Is Dead; Long Live The Politics

Tag: Space Commercialization,Space Culture,Space People,Space Politics,Space Shuttle,Space Station,Space Technology,Space Telescopes,Space Travel,Spaceflight — Ian O'Neill @ 12:13 am
When space shuttle Atlantis fired up its engines on July 8, the bittersweet tears for the end of an era had barely dried when the question: "So, what's next?" was asked.

Jul 13 2011

An Astronaut-Eye View of the Space Station

Tag: Astronauts,Space Culture,Space People,Space Shuttle,Space Station — Rose Palazzolo @ 11:39 pm
NASA spacewalker Ron Garan is taking dramatic bird's eye view images.

Jul 07 2011

Space Music: Shuttle Tracks to Blast Off With

Tag: Space Culture,Space People,Space Shuttle,Space Travel — Robert Lamb @ 4:25 pm
Friday's planned Atlantis launch brings all this to a close and, amid all the emotion, you'll probably want to crank some appropriate space music.

Jul 06 2011

Eroding NASA Science: Space Telescope Scrapped?

Tag: Astronomy,Cosmology,Current Events,Galaxies,Hubble Telescope,Space Culture,Space Politics,Space Technology,Space Telescopes — Ian O'Neill @ 10:13 pm
After months of James Webb Space Telescope mismanagement accusations, a U.S. House subcommittee has recommended the $6.5 billion project's cancellation.

Jul 01 2011

NASA to Apollo 14 Astronaut: We Want Our Camera Back

Tag: Apollo Program,Astronauts,Current Events,Space Culture,Space People,Space Politics,The Moon — Ian O'Neill @ 3:23 am
Did ex-NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell illegally take one of the Apollo 14 cameras, only to try to auction it for profit?

Jun 30 2011

Space Music: Top 10 Cosmic Album Covers

Tag: Space Culture — Robert Lamb @ 7:30 pm
Space music's most talented musicians go for the eyes first with some killer album art, so with the help of the HowStuffWorks staff, Robert Lamb assembles the top 10 cosmic album covers of all time.

Jun 24 2011

The Case of NASA’s Contraband Sticky Tape

Tag: Apollo Program,Current Events,Humor,Space Culture,Space People — Ian O'Neill @ 8:17 pm
Sticky tape turned up in a Missouri auction house. NASA pounced to claim ownership. Either the agency is taking sticky tape pilfering very seriously, or something important is stuck to it.

Jun 23 2011

Space Music: We Are Star Dust, We Are Golden

Tag: Space Culture,Space People,Stars — Robert Lamb @ 5:25 pm
Robert Lamb blogs about Carl Sagan, star dust and some awesome cosmic renditions of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock."

Jun 01 2011

Space Music: Supernova Sonatas and Neil’s Armsong

Tag: Space Culture,Space People,Space Telescopes,Supernova — Robert Lamb @ 9:51 pm
Supernovae are among the most powerful events in the universe. And they can hold a tune.
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