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Space Week Roundup: The Right Stuff
Well, last week's space theme was exciting for readers and staff alike, not least of all because we had a real actual NASA astronaut baring his soul daily. Here are the highlights:
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Why We Need to Reach the Stars (and We Will)
We reached the Moon in a tin can, built a humble space station, and have a plan to reach Mars in a bigger tin can. But we need to reach the stars. And we will. More » -
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From Earth To Moon Redux: How The Next Moonshot Will Happen
May 2019: Our scheduled return to the moon. There's plenty of laboring to be done on the Constellation Program before then, but the foundation is set. Here's how you—as an astronaut—would experience the mission: More » -
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Some Other, Non-Giz-Affiliated Astronaut to Answer Questions Live From Space
Because NASA's hip with the kids, dammit, they're using both YouTube and Twitter to let the public ask questions of astronaut Mark Polansky, commander of the International Space Station. More » -
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Sex In Space: When's Someone Gonna Get Freaky in Zero G?
In his final installment as Gizmodo's cherished Astroblogger, real-life astronaut Leroy Chiao covers the taboo topic of sex in space. Will it happen? Has it happened? Guess you'll have to read to find out... More » -
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Are We Spending Too Much On NASA?
Yesterday Obama unveiled an $18.7 billion budget for NASA in 2010—a 5% increase over this past year. This is a preliminary figure that could change after a 3-month review of the agency is completed. More » -
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10 Everyday Gadgets With Ties To The Space Program
Chances are you use a gadget touched by space technology each and every day. Here are 10 common gadgets and products with ties to space exploration that have improved our lives here on Earth.
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Slooh: Control Big Telescopes Around the World in Your PJs
Used by astronomers for years, Slooh is an online service that lets people control space telescopes around the world and take images in real time. They've now launched a novice version for you and me. More » -
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The Trouble With Space Toilets
Even when astronaut guest blogger Leroy Chiao isn't asked, he knows people are dying to know: What's the deal with relieving yourself when there's no gravity to contain the mess? How does it actually work? More » -
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Eating Like an Astronaut: Our Six-Course Space Food Taste Test
Eating is one of life's most important activities, and the same applies in space. Every astronaut eats three times a day, and yesterday for lunch, Adam and I had space food. It was awesome. More » -
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The Air Up There: What Space Stations Smell Like
In Leroy Chiao's five-day stint as astronaut guest blogger, he's striving to illuminate the everyday aspects of life aboard the International Space Station, stuff that isn't in press releases. Today's topic? The air they breathe. More » -
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The Space Station We Were Supposed To Get 40 Years Ago
Across the Space Frontier is one of the most beautiful—if wildly inaccurate—books on space travel, mostly American space-race propaganda. Here are cutaways of the space station and rocket promised to be active by 1970.
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Confessions of a Space Camp Alum
In the summer of 1986, I spent a week at Space Camp in Huntsville, AL. Not only that, but in our final mission, I crashed our Space Shuttle. More » -
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NASA Running Out Of Fuel For Deep Space Missions Because Nobody Makes Nukes Anymore
Supplies of NASA's go-to fuel for space exploration, plutonium-238, are dwindling. The U.S. stopped making it 20 years ago and now NASA's Russian suppliers are running out after production shut down. More » -
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In Honor of Yuri Gagarin, the First Human in Space
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin stepped into his Vostok 1 spacecraft, started the pre-flight checks, and waited for countdown. Hours later, he muttered one of the most beautiful, yet obvious phrases in history: More » -
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This is Stephen Colbert's NASA Space Station Treadmill
The Stephen Colbert treadmill looks tiny, but there isn't a lot of space to go around up there on the ISS. How does this work? More » -
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NASA Giving Photosynth Tours of International Space Station
Wanna see where astroblogger Leroy Chiao spent over half a year? Check out NASA's brand-new ISS Photosynth virtual tour (requires Silverlight). [NASA Photosynth Collection] -
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All 172 Star Trek Voyager Episodes Played Back at Once
Computer! Yes captain? Place all 172 Star Trek Voyager episodes onscreen. Voyager? Yes. Not TNG? No, not TNG. You're sure not TNG? I said Voyager, dammit. And play them back at 14x speed! ...OK More » -
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The Charms of Soyuz: Blasting Off In a Crazy Russian Rocket
Our astronaut guest blogger Leroy Chiao is one of the few spacemen to have flown in both a US Space Shuttle and Russia's five-decade-old spacecraft, the Soyuz—any guess which one he prefers? More » -
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NASA's Next-Gen Space Duds: The Constellation Space Suit System
The Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS) is NASA's first major redesign to the iconic space suit in 40 years, and it looks like it's designed to be able to handle the next 40. More » -
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Neutron Star Crusts Are 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel
A teaspoon of this stuff would weigh 100 million tons, and the only thing more dense is a black hole. Space is weird. More » -
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Lego Space Timeline Brings Back My Best Childhood Memories
Get ready for a trip to the past that rivals the visit to Lego's secret vault: All the Lego Space sets ever released in one single place, gallery after gallery of childhood memories. More » -
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Animal Astronauts: The Unsung Heroes of Space Travel
Astroblogger Leroy Chiao belongs to an elite, exclusive club of earthlings who have ventured into space. Also in that club? Animals. Lots of them. This is tribute to the world's bravest "astronimals." More » -
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What Should NASA Have Named The New ISS Module?
You may recall that last month Stephen Colbert won NASA's contest to name a new module in the International Space Station. You may also remember that NASA snubbed him and chose the name Tranquility. More » -
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How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks
In 2002, rogue NASA interns stole millions of dollars in moon rocks. This is the untold story of how they did it. More » -
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Just How Big Is the Enterprise's Viewscreen?
I woke up at 3AM last night with my mind racing. The extremely important question that jolted me awake: How big is the Enterprise's viewscreen? So I did the math. More » -
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Orion Capsule Under Testing in Anechoic Chamber
Three parts of tequila, two parts of triple-sec, one part of lime juice, then shake with ice, and filter. Oh wait, it's just the Orion capsule getting tested for electromagnetic waves. Or something. More » -
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Pre-Launch Jitters and Then... Liftoff
Contributing astronaut blogger Leroy Chiao continues his five-day mission to enlighten us about space travel, backtracking to the pre-launch period of nervous tension—and steak and eggs—then on to that unforgettable moment of explosive truth. More » -
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Space Fact #1: Astronauts Have Cojones the Size of Manhattan
This is Alan Shepard being lifted to a Navy's helicopter from his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule after a 15-minute suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. He became America's first astronaut 48 years ago today. More » -
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NASA's Minotaur I Rocket Launch Cancelled
The bad news: The Minotaur I launch from NASA's Virginia's Wallops Island Flight Facility got cancelled because of the bad weather. The good news: We can only hope these damn clouds go away so everyone in the Eastern Seaboard can see it. Eastern Seaboard. I just love to say those words. More » -
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The Next Space Shuttles
500 days—or thereabouts: That's the amount of time between now and the final flight of the awesome Space Transportation System, better known to you and me as the Space Shuttle. Here's what comes next... More » -
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Spaceballs in 60 Seconds
I'm not going to lie: It takes more than 60 seconds to recount Brian Lam's favorite movie, but this reel of Dark Helmet classics is worth a watch. May the Schwartz be with you. [Metacafe] More » -
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Wing Lounge Chair - The Only NASA Certified Chair
This chair is notable in two ways. One, it's the largest single piece of bendwood used to make a chair, and two, it's the only chair tested by NASA and certified by The Space Foundation. More » -
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How Not To Launch a Rocket: The Nedelin Disaster
History's worst rocket tragedy actually occurred on the ground, in 1960, when the Soviets were experimenting with a dangerous new fuel. Piers Bizony chronicles it in his upcoming book, How To Build Your Own Spaceship:
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Our Very Own Martian Landscape Here On Earth
This is the Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert. Photographer Vincent Fournier went there to make beautiful photographs that capture the loneliness and desolation of humans on Mars. Someday! More » -
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How Much Do You Know About Space Exploration? Take These Quizzes To Find Out
Think you know a lot about space exploration? Maybe you are just bored at work. Either way, you can test your knowledge about the space shuttle and the space program with the following quizzes. More » -
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The Challenge of Brushing Your Teeth In Space
Contributing astronaut guest blogger Leroy Chiao continues his five-day mission to enlighten us with life in orbit, this time dealing with the troublesome business of the morning routine, particularly brushing your teeth in zero gravity. More » -
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Rocket Launch to Be Watchable On the Entire U.S. Eastern Seaboard Tonight
If you live in the East Coast—and the clouds leave on time—you will be able to see the launch of a Minotaur I rocket tonight, sometime between 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Expect something like this. More » -
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Virgin Galactic's Boss Says Space Travel Will Never Be Cheap
Warning, middle-class Earthmen. By the end of this post, your dreams of low-cost space travel will be delayed. Above: WhiteKnightTwo Eve's Maiden Flight. Photo Credit Schereer Scherer. More »
