Recent Results tagged “nasa”
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"If you believed they put a man on the moon..."
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has sent back recent images of Apollo 17's landing and work site.
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The Space Shuttle Has Landed
Space Shuttle Endeavor landed at 9:48 CST at Kennedy Space Center. The mission, STS-127, included five space walks and a trip to the International Space Station to swap crew members. Astronaut Timothy Kopra joined the ISS crew as a flight engineer and science officer. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata returned to Earth aboard Endeavor. There are only six missions left on the space shuttle docket before they are retired. Next up is Discovery, which is set...
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STS-125 Crew Return Ceremony Airing Live Online at 4
NASA will be airing the crew return ceremony live through this link at 4 PM CST. How did Houstonist find out about it? Through Astronaut Mike Massimino's most recent tweet. (We wonder if he knows yet about SNL making fun of him...) Photo: NASA...
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Houston We Have Liftoff: STS-125 now in Space
NASA just successfully launched Atlantis on STS-125 to intercept with the Hubble Telescope. Live coverage of the mission is ongoing through this link. For an interesting look at the preparation leading up to the launch from one of the astronauts on board the Atlantis, Houstonist suggests you follow Mike Massimino. While he may not have the time to tweet in space (he says he'll try to through e-mail to contacts at NASA), his previous entries...
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Local Professor and Astronaut Twitters Pre-Launch Activities
Probably not the most convenient time to answer the question "What are you doing?" Rice University's own Mike Massimino, a Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science professor, is preparing to take his second spaceflight to the Hubble Space Telescope on May 12, and he's got a lot to say about it. Known on Twitter as Astro_Mike, he began chronicling his preparations earlier this month. The details surrounding the training for a spaceflight are quite a...
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Space Out at Yuri's Night Houston
It's only appropriate that Houston would host the largest celebration of space flight in the world, isn't it? That's what's going down this weekend at Yuri's Night 2009. Named for the first man to travel into space nearly fifty years ago, Yuri Gagarin, the celebration this Saturday is perfect for all you local NASA geeks. Get your dork on early in the morning at the Yuri's 5K Fun Run/Walk at Challenger Park (located near...
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ABC World News Airing Tonight and Tomorrow from Houston
Tune in to ABC (KTRK-TV Channel 13 in Houston) this evening, March 23rd, and tomorrow evening, March 24th, at 5:30pm to catch “World News with Charles Gibson” airing from Houston. Gibson’s stop in Houston is part of a series examining first-hand how the economic crisis is affecting different areas of the country. On March 23rd and 24th, “World News” will originate from Houston, which has been relatively well-insulated from the economic downturn. Gibson will...
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Houstonist One Shot: 1500'
Photo by Adam Baker Did you know the Space Shuttle Endeavour made a flyover Houston yesterday as it was headed to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida? Roughly between 11:45am and 12:45pm the shuttle passed over Johnson Space Center and Adam Baker got a great shot! We'd like to share this one shot with you....
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Tech Buzz - 122307
Local tech news in a compact, digital format. NASA Plans TV Coverage Space Station Holiday Delivery NASA Television is planning to provide live coverage on Wednesday, December 26th when the International Space Station will receive a post Christmas gift, a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies as well as holiday gifts. Check your local listings for coverage of this event. Grand Stream Dreams Grand Stream Dreams has been busy this week. He's got...
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Houstonist Tech Buzz - 080507
Local tech news in a compact, digital format. What Does A Hydrogen Generator Look Like? Last week we told you about Trulite's revolutionary hydrogen generator. This week we found an image of this generator and wanted to share it with you. Bum Shuttle Computer Is From Conroe A computer bound for the space shuttle Endeavour that was found to have been deliberately damaged came from Conroe based Invocon, Inc.. Invocon Inc. is a systems...
