I just learned a lot about sunspots from Dr. Phil Plait. He's quite excited about NASA footage that shows the formation of a cluster of sunspots earlier this year. Sunspots are actually regions of slightly cooler materi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/19/birth-of-a-sunspot-cluster/Did you file your taxes yet? No? Got a good excuse... ...taxes yet? No? Got a good excuse - like being in space ? Not good enough for the IRS: astronauts orbiting... ...S: astronauts orbiting Earth in the International Space Station have to file taxes just like everybody el... ...for them," NASA spokespe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/18/being-in-space-no-excuse-for-astronauts-not-to-file-taxes/On April 12th, 1961, 50 years ago today, Yuri Gaga... ...Gagarin {wiki} became the first human to go into space . Today is also the premiere of a full-length movi... ...bit. In a unique collaboration with the European Space Agency, and the Expedition 26/27 crew of the Inte... ...nd the Expedition 26/27 crew...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/12/first-orbit/(YouTube link) Everyone has dreams. This cat dreams of being a cosmonaut. If he'd read yesterday's post on that same subject, he might not have been so ambitious. This is an ad for a Russian lottery. -via The Daily...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/08/a-cats-aspiration/The Soviet Union used their space program as one of the front line battles of the C... ...re was Voskhod 2, the mission featuring the first space walk. The launch went up safely, got into an orb... ...lexei Leonov, became the first human to perform a spacewalk . Super. But th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/07/5-soviet-space-programs-that-prove-the-ussr-was-insane/(YouTube link) Have you ever wondered what as... ...an astronaut, currently aboard the International Space Station. In this video, she gives us the short ve... ...short version of what it's like to play music in space . -via Geeks Are Sexy
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/05/music-thats-out-of-this-world/How much would you pay for a dinner date with... ...stronaut autographs, or objects that have been in space . These are all up for bid now at the Astronaut Sc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/18/space-auction-to-fund-scholarships/In the 1970s I thought it would be awesome to be a... ...n the 1970s I thought it would be awesome to be a space pioneer and live in a colony in an orbiting spaceship . During that decade space colonies that could house 10,000 people were desi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/18/nasa-designed-space-colonies/Today's final launch of the space shuttle Discovery will have a robotic passenger a... ...ionately called R2) is going to the International Space Station so NASA can study how it performs in zero... ...the way for R2, including some that have been in space and some, like t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/24/nasas-robot-astronaut-and-its-forerunners/(YouTube link) I knew this, but only because I recall the approximate the number of miles to the moon, and the circumference of the earth. Those near my age might also remember that a fast rocket ship takes three da...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/22/how-far-away-is-the-moon/
