Space & Spaceflight

Air Force Twitters on GPS Outage Reports: Calm Down, Civilians

When the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report saying that worldwide GPS performance is likely to degrade in the next few years, lot of people, public and private, kinda flipped. Cue the inevitable about-face, right about…now. https://gizmodo.com/gps-may-be-less-accurate-in-2010-5255179 The Air Force recently held a Twitter news conference to a—wait, what? Force Space Command’s subject-matter-expert on…

Space & Spaceflight John Herrman

Astronauts Drink Recycled Urine for the First Time in History

So here I am—drinking Martini Rosso with lots of ice, sun licking my cheeks in a NYC terrace—reading that in space they are drinking water recycled from urine for the first time ever. And as you can see, they love it. It just happened in the International Space Station, where the new urine recycling system…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Fellow Robots Trying to Help Stuck Mars Spirit

You know when Woody gets kidnapped and then Buzz Lightyear and Mr Potato and all the toys go to rescue him from the evil toy man? Well, this story has nothing to do with that. Right now, NASA’s Spirit rover status is: Spirit: Embedded and Cleaner >> In other words: Spirit —which was suffering some…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Astronaut Koichi Wakata Still Looking for His Magic Lamp

Once upon a time, Ali Baba-wannabe and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata put on his deodorizing underpants and flew a magic carpet in space. You can see it all in this video, except the underpants. [JAXA] https://gizmodo.com/astronaut-to-fly-magic-carpet-in-space-plus-perform-ot-5164864

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Heeeeello I’mmmmm Hubbbbleeeeee

Hubble has been fixed. Hubble has been upgraded. Hubble is happy. Look at Hubble’s happy face. Hubble loves astronauts. Hubble can eat astronauts too. Hmmmm… tender juicy astronauts. [Big Picture] https://gizmodo.com/atlantis-crew-finishes-hubble-repairs-celebrates-with-5260702

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Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh

NASA’s latest Hubble repair mission was—even as orbital repair missions go—a tough one. It’s great news, then, that they’ve finished repairing the rickety old telescope, which they’ll release this morning. So they celebrated. https://gizmodo.com/hubble-repair-mission-more-risky-than-you-would-ever-im-5046276 Barring its mildly inauspicious start, the mission appears to have gone well so far, netting us stunning photos, fascinating live video…

Space & Spaceflight John Herrman

Japanese “Origami Airplane” Enthusiast Breaks World Record for Longest Paper Plane Flight

Takuo Toda, head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association (classy!) set a new world record with his 27.9 second flight. His greatest ambition, however, is to launch a paper plane…from space. Toda’s record-breaking paper plane was made from one uncut sheet of paper, because he’s a pro, and professional origami airplane modelers would never stoop…

Space & Spaceflight Dan Nosowitz

Time-Lapse Photography Captures Galactic Core of the Milky Way

gorgeous video is a compilation of shots taken with a Canon EOS-5D every 20 seconds over about nine hours at a star party in Fort Davis, Texas. It’s a humbling sight. Some specifics: The Canon was equipped with a fisheye lens (an EF 15mm f/2.8 lens) and powered with an external battery to capture all…

Space & Spaceflight Dan Nosowitz

The Weird and Wonderful Space Tools That Fixed Hubble

If you wanted to know what the hell are all those weird space tools that astronauts seem to keep tied in a big ball of junk, you will love these beautiful pictures by Michael Soluri: https://gizmodo.com/astronauts-playing-real-world-katamari-damacy-in-space-5257842 1. High-torque, low-speed pistol power tool with it’s own CPU. 2. EVA mini-workstation, where the astronaut puts the tools…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Astronauts Watching New Star Trek In Space

According to NASA, the three astronauts in the International Space Station have been chilling out watching J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Watching the Enterprise in the ISS, people. It doesn’t get any better than this: https://gizmodo.com/how-big-is-the-new-enterprise-compared-to-the-old-one-5253324 They just ended their crew day, so they’re watching it now, or just finishing it up. They can go all…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Houston, We Got Porn On the Moon

A pornish cartoon. That’s what the surprised astronauts from the Apollo 16 mission found while walking on the Moon. It was in their checklist—mounted on the forearm—but it wasn’t the first time that happened: During the Apollo XII mission, Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr and Lunar Module pilot Alan L. Bean found naked pinups in…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun

It’s difficult to imagine a more epic scene, but this photo has modest origins: amateur Astronomer Thierry Legault shot it with nothing but his own telescope, a solar prism and a Canon 5D Mk II. Shot just after launch, the image shows the faraway scene as viewed through a Takahashi TOA-130 refractor telescope (focal length…

Space & Spaceflight John Herrman

Watch the Hubble Repair Mission Live Video Feed Now

Astronauts are risking their lives, fixing the Hubble telescope right now. It’s attached to the bay of the Atlantis, all big and shiny. You can see them working inside its guts here. https://gizmodo.com/hubble-repair-mission-more-risky-than-you-would-ever-im-5046276 Click to view Everything seems to be going ok right now, although they are having some problems with one of their cameras.

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

X Prize Team to Send Swarm of Spiders to the Moon

Team Italia, one of the organizations competing to land a robot on the moon by 2012, is planning to launch a swarm of spiders designed to move fast and collect data through sensors and cameras. Team Italia still has a long way to go to win the Google X Prize—which will award to $20 million…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Most Dangerous Shuttle Mission Ever Gets Off to a Rough Start

They may have made it to space without blowing up, but just one day into their famously dangerous mission, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis already have something to worry about: heat shield damage. https://gizmodo.com/space-shuttle-launch-live-video-coverage-here-5249077 The scar, spotted during a standard survey of the shuttle’s heat shields, was described by NASA as “appear[ing] very…

Space & Spaceflight John Herrman

The ‘Space Snuggie’ Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation

Thanks to students at North Carolina State University (my alma mater), looking like a tool may extend beyond the surly bonds of Earth. Their “Space Snuggie” concept could shield future astronauts from radiation. Officially called the “Lunar Texshield,” this wearable blanket is made from a lightweight polymer material that has a layer of radiation shielding…

Space & Spaceflight Sean Fallon

Atlantis’ Launch Infrared Photo: So Crispy You Actually Want to Bite It

Here is an infrared photo of the yesterday’s Atlantis launch. It was taken from the wilderness of Cabo Cañaveral as she cleared the tower on its mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. [Gawker] https://gizmodo.com/space-shuttle-launch-live-video-coverage-here-5249077

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

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: • 15-year veteran NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao’s column about flying in the Space Shuttle and Soyuz, and living on the International Space Station…

Space & Spaceflight Wilson Rothman

Google ‘Star Droid’ App Will Turn Your Phone Into an Interactive Star Map, You Into a Colossal Nerd (Updated)

The London Times is reporting that Google plans to release a mobile app called “Star Droid”, which uses a combination of GPS and the phone’s camera to label the stars above your head. Once they’ve attained a GPS lock, users will be able to point their phones’ cameras toward the night sky and have star…

Space & Spaceflight John Herrman

Is the New Star Trek Film Scientifically Sound?

Discover has an excellent piece that dissects the new Star Trek movie by its major scenes and examines the scientific validity behind the admitted pseudoscience. There are SPOILERS, but passages like this make it great: https://gizmodo.com/can-young-kirk-really-survive-the-car-jump-in-the-new-s-5114714 The Scene: Kirk and McCoy are on a shuttle about to head up to orbit. McCoy, true to form,…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

Air Force Twitters on GPS Outage Reports: Calm Down, Civilians

Astronauts Drink Recycled Urine for the First Time in History

Fellow Robots Trying to Help Stuck Mars Spirit

Astronaut Koichi Wakata Still Looking for His Magic Lamp

Heeeeello I’mmmmm Hubbbbleeeeee

Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh

Japanese “Origami Airplane” Enthusiast Breaks World Record for Longest Paper Plane Flight

Time-Lapse Photography Captures Galactic Core of the Milky Way

The Weird and Wonderful Space Tools That Fixed Hubble

Astronauts Watching New Star Trek In Space

Houston, We Got Porn On the Moon

Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun

Watch the Hubble Repair Mission Live Video Feed Now

X Prize Team to Send Swarm of Spiders to the Moon

Most Dangerous Shuttle Mission Ever Gets Off to a Rough Start

The ‘Space Snuggie’ Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation

Atlantis’ Launch Infrared Photo: So Crispy You Actually Want to Bite It

Space Week Roundup: The Right Stuff

Google ‘Star Droid’ App Will Turn Your Phone Into an Interactive Star Map, You Into a Colossal Nerd (Updated)

Is the New Star Trek Film Scientifically Sound?

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