Last Shuttle night lift off

February 8th, 2010 by brad

The shuttle Endeavour lifted off this morning — it was the last night shuttle launch and there are only four missions left total. The imagery never ceases to amaze me.

Shuttle lift-off

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See the Universe

April 20th, 2008 by brad

Do you use Google Maps?  How about Google Earth?  It’s fun and interesting to see landmarks around the globe from space.  But now you can take an astronomical view, looking into space – see stars, galaxies and more as Google has released Google Sky.

Source: Google Sky

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Astronomy picture of the day

February 19th, 2007 by brad

Need a new background for your desktop? Or do you just enjoy star gazing? I never get tired of looking at pictures of galaxies, supernovas, and other astronomical phenomena. Now you can enjoy a cool new picture from NASA each day, with an good explanation of what you are looking at.

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