The recently-released feature-length documentary, “Woman In Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA,” chronicles the inspiring, untold story of how Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols transformed her sci-fi television stardom into a real-life science career. In 1977, she embarked on a campaign to bring diversity to NASA. Nichols formed the company Women […]
“The Real Right Stuff” catapults viewers back to the late 1950s to tell the story of the nation’s first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7. Interlacing archival news and radio reports, newly transferred and previously unheard NASA mission audio recordings, and rare and unseen material, this documentary immerses viewers in one of the most dramatic […]
Space exploration is no longer restricted to NASA and other countries’ government-run space programs. Hardly a week passes these days without hearing new and exciting news about another private enterprise advancement in the field. Keep reading for news about an exciting project that you can help back through a Kickstarter campaign that was first reported […]
NASA tweets. A lot. And when NASA tweets it’s always something exciting and worth a look. Just look at the picture above. It’s an extremely scaled-down version of a 1.3 billion (Yes, that’s with a B like Batman!) pixel full-circle panorama of everybody’s second favorite planet, Mars. To put that resolution into perspective, that’s 1300 […]
I’m old enough to remember when man first set foot on the moon, but even before that I was a huge fan of space exploration. As long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with space and the idea of going there. For the majority of my life the very idea of an average citizen […]
It’s hard to believe that NASA’s Curiosity rover will be landing on the red planet in less than a week. Like all space ventures, this is an unbelievably complex task with no margin for error and no “do overs” if something goes awry. So far everything’s gone perfectly and we all hope it stays that […]
Back in March we posted the article Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dreams and NASA’s Budget. In it is a video consisting of a montage of clips surrounding the history of NASA. These clips were set to a speech by acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about how the “space race” began and how it has fizzled out due […]
We live in an awesome time when today’s technology can bring us computer-generated imagery of almost anything we can imagine and make it nearly indistinguishable from reality. Even with all the truly unbelievable vistas created using CGI, you still can’t beat the real thing. For example, the picture above is a Hubble Telescope image of […]
One of the greatest traits of the human race is our ability to dream and then act on those dreams. Everyone, no matter who they are or what their lot in life may be, has dreams, aspirations, hopes. That is what brought us down from the trees, out of the caves and ultimately into space. […]
