Get Weird & Lean Into It

inothernews:

Here’s what it looks like to drive on the Moon, courtesy of Apollo 12 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke in 1972.

Your ATV officially sucks.

Just the coolest.

ckck:

Curiosity’s descent to Mars in HD quality.

Click the cog, select 720p or 1080p and watch it fullscreen.

(via themadeshop)

So we’ve got this rover we want to put on the surface of Mars, right? And in the past, the things drop out of the sky in their shipping containers, wrapped up in what is basically space-bubble wrap. They fly in on parachutes and then hit the ground, bouncing around for a minute, and then the bubble deflates and the box unfolds and bingo, instant Martian rover.

Now though, the rover is the size of an SUV. Nine feet long, seven feet wide. So what’s NASA gonna do? Lower it from a rocket crane 21 feet up above the surface of Mars. And that’s only if its supersonic parachute works. And the whole time, it’s gotta do it on its own, because it’s too far away to control in real-time.

Space is awesome. NASA is awesome. Let’s land a robot!

lowindustrial:

infinity-imagined:

A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. Also visible is the Earths ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy.

Hello tomorrow.

youmightfindyourself:

Neil deGrasse Tyson dropping interstellar truthbombs. We stopped dreaming.

The video from which the text was pulled.

Keep dreaming.