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How to Barf in Space, in Case You Were Wondering

Emerald Catron — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:42:47 +0000

You think you want to be an astronaut, but CAN YOU HANDLE BARFING IN ZERO GRAVITY???!!!! According to this video from International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield, your lunch is just floating around in your belly, and you get all dizzy once you are up there. In other words, once you hit orbit, it's barf o'clock.

NASA May Stage Angry Birds-Style Invasion of Martian Moon

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:49:36 +0000

The Angry Birds franchise turned to NASA for the development and promotion of their game Angry Birds Space. Now it appears the space agency is turning to the super-addictive game for their latest strategy to explore the great beyond. To probe Phobos, a tiny moon of Mars, NASA plans on launching, Angry Birds-style, what they are [...]

Hear the First Song Ever Recorded On the International Space Station

Tom Blunt — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:02:58 +0000

Even scientists have soul! Take a listen to ‘Jewel in the Night,’ by Colonel Chris Hadfield. Here’s the link for your listening pleasure. It so happens that several of the astronauts on the International Space Station are musicians, which means that the future could be full of similar transmissions from space. Even stranger: singer Sarah [...]

Further Up Yonder Offers Beautiful Time-Lapses of Earth

Dan Seitz — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:29:55 +0000

Further Up Yonder is a beautiful tribute to the astronauts on the International Space Station. The video mixes time-lapses made using NASA images with actual radio messages sent by the astronauts. It’s both a tribute and a message that we need to work together to reach for the stars. And beyond that, it’s just purely [...]

NASA To Market Motion-Sickness Nasal Spray

Dan Seitz — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:00:49 +0000

If you get motion sick, you’re probably looking for any form of relief. And a source of it is coming from an unlikely place: NASA. NASA actually spends a lot of money studying and fighting motion sickness: Being able to ward it off is vital to future space travel plans. But NASA isn’t also drowning [...]

NASA and Apple Engineers Develop $11,111 Coffee Maker

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:15:54 +0000

What happens when rocket scientists take on the coffee machine? The answer is a $11,111 coffee maker which brews java at the “perfect” temperature. The Blossom One Limited is the brainchild of Jeremy Kuempel. His development team for the device included engineers who’ve worked at NASA, Apple and the electronic car company Tesla. The very expensive piece [...]

Curiosity Rover's Descent Digitally Remastered

Emerald Catron — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:45:52 +0000

Yes, it was really cool to watch something land on Mars, but truthfully it looked kinda blurry. YouTuber suitzoot went through the landing footage frame by frame and did color correction, increased the frame rate and did a bunch of other stuff so that when you watch the landing now you realize how totally amazing it actually is to have a thing on Mars firing lasers all over the place

RIP Neil Armstrong — Fellow Astronauts Mourn His Death

Emerald Catron — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:25:02 +0000

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passed away this weekend from complications caused by recent heart surgery. He was 82 years old.

NASA Has the Darndest Superstitions

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:15:17 +0000

NASA astronauts might seem like atomic supermen, but they are still only human, with the same foibles and fears that the rest of us have. Just because they aren't screaming like little girls as the craft makes its re-entry doesn't mean they aren't screaming on the inside.

The best proof of this is NASA's protocol for space missions. In between the list of pre-launch requirements lies a longer list of quirky superstitions that the astronauts and the mission control team follow to the letter.

See Amazing Photos of the Space Shuttle Enterprise Over New York City

TheFW Staff — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:45:06 +0000

New Yorkers who looked up into the sky on Friday were treated to something simply amazing. The Space Shuttle Enterprise rocketed past such iconic New York City landmarks as the Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center before coming in for a landing at JFK airport. Luckily, photographers caught the close encounter. Enterprise, which [...]

NASA Releases Amazing Hi-Res Photo of Earth [PHOTO]

Donald Deane — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:14 +0000

Photos of the Earth taken from space are nothing new, but you’ve never seen the planet like this before, guaranteed. Dubbed “Blue Marble,” this NASA photo is a staggering 64-megapixels with an 8000 x 8000 resolution. Check out the original hi-res image in all its glory here. If you look closely, maybe you’ll spot your [...]

Grandma Raided in NASA Sting For Trying to Sell Moon Rock

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:28:44 +0000

NASA officials recovered a tiny piece of a moon rock in a raid targeting a 74-year-old woman who tried to sell it at a California Denny's restaurant.

The raid was the result of a five month investigation into the missing lunar material that netted a "speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice."

NASA Corn Maze Patterns Are Out of This World [PHOTOS]

Dylan Schenker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:50:06 +0000

When you hear about crop circles, the first thing that immediately pops to mind is strange, unexplainable alien patterns encoded in farmland. So what better way to celebrate NASA’s rich history of space exploration than with some amazing corn maze crop circles? Space Farm 7, a collaboration between NASA and seven of the most popular [...]

What Did 9/11 Look Like From Space? [PICTURE]

Dylan Schenker — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:16:18 +0000

The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space. This photo was taken by an enhanced thematic mapper camera on NASA’s Landsat 8 on at [...]

Can You Identify These Photos of Sports Stadiums Taken from Space?

Steve Frost — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:47:04 +0000

These aerial photos of famous sports stadiums, taken by NASA, bring a whole new meaning to "best seat in the house." Assembled by Wired's Playbook blog, the bird's eye photos give a mile-wide perspective of the beauty of each sports venue and its environs.

Use your expertise to guess the 10 stadium shots posted below. Answers are includ