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First Amateur Video of Challenger Explosion Released [VIDEO]

George McIntyre — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:59:18 +0000

More than 26 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, amateur video of the incident has been released.

This video is haunting, especially given what we know now. The explosion takes place at about 1:20 into the video, but it's evident that many in the live audience were unaware what was taking place until much later.

Ship Carrying Rocket Parts for NASA Hits Bridge

Stu Allen — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:49:31 +0000

“Houston, we have a problem.” Actually, that should be “Louisville, we have a problem,” as a ship carrying rocket parts down the Tennessee River on it’s way to Cape Canaveral, Florida hit a bridge. The bow of the Delta Mariner was covered in asphalt and twisted steel after striking an aging traffic bridge in Western [...]

Amazing View Of Earth From The International Space Station [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:43:28 +0000

We hear a lot about the International Space Station, I've always wondered what the view must be like from up there. In my never-ending search for interesting things to post on our website, I found this video of earth taken from the International Space Station. It is amazing, take a look after the jump.

Caution: Watch For Falling Satellite

Jeremy Fenech — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:24:42 +0000

Sometime between today and Saturday, there is a 1 in 3,200 chance of a person being hit by a falling satellite. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was decommissioned in December 2005, and its altitude has been slowly decreasing ever since. The 12,500 pound UARS, the size of a school bus, is traveling at 17,000 [...]

Space Shuttle Program: End Of An Era [VIDEO]

Jeremy Fenech — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:52:11 +0000

After three decades, NASA's Space Shuttle Program came to an end this morning just before 6am as Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth from the International Space Station.

The video is hard to see because it was still dark when Atlantis landed, but you can hear Mission Control and the crew talking as the shuttle came to a final stop. Check it out after the jump!

Space Shuttle Tribute, That's All Human

Rod Prahin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:14:28 +0000

As a kid I was never that fascinated by outer space, I became very interested in the concept when NASA began the shuttle program. As a tribute to the retired program, 2,000 NASA workers got together to form a human shuttle; it took more than an hour to get all the workers in place. You can watch the whole thing in less than two minutes, after the jump.

What Holds The Moon Up? Moonbeams.

George McIntyre — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:35:57 +0000

The beams will buckle a bit tonight, as the moon will come very close to Earth. Well, if you consider 211,600 miles away close. Tonight’s full moon will be a super “perigee” moon, the “biggest” since March, 1993. (By the way, here are a few more kid-friendly moon jokes.) According to NASA, the best time [...]

NASA Captures Massive Solar Flare on Camera [VIDEO]

J. Patrick — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:16:24 +0000

It's an amazing sight and something you'll never see it on this planet. A 90-minute storm on the surface of the Sun was captured on video by NASA last week.

The video of the massive "solar tendril" was taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a small satellite orbiting the Sun to gather data on how weather there affects the weather on Earth

132 Space Shuttle Launches in 132 Seconds [VIDEO]

George McIntyre — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:32:18 +0000

NASA plans to launch Space Shuttle Discovery on its final mission today at 4:50 pm from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CNN put together this cool video montage of all 132 previous Shuttle Launches. Read more to see the video. In the next several months NASA will wind down its Space Shuttle program, and plans [...]

25th Anniversary Of The Challenger Disaster

Erin Bishop — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:34:31 +0000

NASA marks the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. We talked about it this morning and couldn’t believe it’s been 25 years since this happened. Rod asked me where I was and I remember talking about it in class. I thought I was in middle school, but after doing some math I was younger, but [...]