Tag: NASA
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2023 Week 7 – Lock-n-Load
Feb 27, 2023 – I just realized this post was still sitting in the Drafts folder! The last two posts have had a lot of food content in them so I’ll start this one with just one piece of food news. According to Eater, In-N-Out is expanding eastward and opening up an office outside of…
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Dark Side of the Moon
Found this video on Reddit that shows the other side of the moon. The side we don’t see looks a lot different! This would make an awesome screen saver… The full rotation of the Moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter:
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Project Apollo – 8,400 Images from the Apollo Program
I’ve always been fascinated with the Space Race and the more I read about it the more I want to learn. The fact we were able to send so many men into space (and bring them BACK) with what would now be considered primitive technology is amazing. I ran across this link a while back &…
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From NASA – Astronaut’s Photography Manual
Although somewhat simple and dated this manual is a relic of the space age that’s coming to an end. I’m sure photography in the vacuum weightlessness of space has it challenges, especially when orbiting around the earth at 15,000+ MPH. With that kind of speed your lighting is going to constantly change and you really…
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Astronauts urine clogs space station water recycler
NASA is finding it is not just mechanical glitches that make the International Space Station a tough place to operate. Engineers trouble-shooting a problem with the station’s $250 million water recycling system, which processes urine into clean water for drinking, believe the cause is a high concentration of calcium in the astronauts’ urine, which clogs…
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We Choose The Moon
The John F. Kennedy Library & Museum has an incredible interactive website that details the Apollo Space Mission. We Choose The Moon covers the first mission to the moon. From pre-launch radio chatter to the return trip, its all here. Great educational site for kids!