Space

• 15 Oct 2023

  Annular eclipse

  This weekend, an annular eclipse passed directly over Albuquerque, and it was quite a sight! The weather was beautiful, ...
• 13 Jul 2022

  James Webb Space Telescope First Photos

  Southern Ring Nebula as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (credit to NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI) Yesterday we fin...
• 19 Apr 2021

  Ingenuity's First Flight

  Early this morning, Ingenuity successfully made its first flight…. pretty amazing! Oh, and that helicopter is Lin...
• 22 Feb 2021

  Perseverance's Descent and Touchdown

  I think we might be living in the future… we’ve got a satellite (the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) snapping ...
• 12 Dec 2020

  SpaceX Starship SN8

  Scientific progress goes boink, er, boom!
• 19 Nov 2020

  SpaceX Crew-1 Recap

  We’re truly living in the future now, with commercial contract crews going to space!
• 31 Oct 2020

  SpaceX 100 Successful Launches

  Hard to believe SpaceX completed its 100th successful launch last week!
• 09 Aug 2020

  SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 Splashdown

  One week ago today, Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken arrived safely back on planet Earth, capping an amazing mission!
• 02 Aug 2020

  Perseverance Rover Launch

  Off to Mars!
• 31 May 2020

  SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 ISS Docking

• 30 May 2020

  SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 Launch

  Successful launch, first stage landing, and initial orbit for the Crew Dragon!
• 17 May 2020

  2017 Solar Eclipse from Homestead National Monument

  From the Before Times, when you could gather in large groups for things, like say a solar eclipse. Here’s a video ...
• 12 Apr 2020

  Apollo 13 50th Anniversary

  Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13, and tomorrow will be the anniversary of the explosion ...
• 16 Feb 2020

  Pale Blue Dot

  The past Friday marked the 30th anniversary of Voyager 1’s famous Pale Bule Dot photograph, so I thought Carl Saga...
• 11 Feb 2020

  Tracking the International Space Station

  My project this past weekend was utilizing an old RaspberryPi to build a simple tracker for the International Space Stat...
• 01 Feb 2020

  LEGO International Space Station

  A set I’ve been eagerly awaiting, the LEGO International Space Station is now available! The latest set from LEGO ...
• 19 Jan 2020

  SpaceX Dragon Launch Escape Demonstration

  Well, looks like SpaceX had a successful launch escape test this morning of the Dragon capsule. One step closer to flyin...