Monthly Archives: November 2008

STS-126 mission specialist Don Pettit used some of his off-duty time on Saturday to improvise a new coffee cup for use in space. No more drinking coffee through a straw! Coffee lovers will name a planet after him someday.

From the press release: At full power, the rocket generated 855,000 pounds of force at sea level. In vacuum, the thrust increases to approximately one million pounds or four times the maximum thrust of a 747 aircraft. The test consumed … Continue reading →

Press release from SpaceX today: Hawthorne, CA – November 23, 2008 – Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle’s first stage at its McGregor Test Facility in Texas, on November … Continue reading →

Ten years ago today (July 20, 1998) the first piece of the International Space Station was launched into orbit, the Zarya module (built by Russia, financed by the US). It was lofted by a Russian Proton K booster from the … Continue reading →

If it weren’t for Google and Amazon and my own self-absorbtion, there’s all sorts of things I’d have never learned. For instance, that there is a village in Holland called Nettelhorst. I assume that’s where my ancestors came from, especially … Continue reading →

The latest trailer for the upcoming Star Trek movie (May 8, 2009) was released this morning. You can watch it here, at the official website: StarTrekMovie.com

Video created by NASA of the Ares V and Ares I going to the moon circa 2020.

The German translation is available for sale here: Die 100 Bekanntesten Gestalten der Bibel The German edition looks about the same as the English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Slovak, Swedish, Hungarian, Estonian and Romanian editions, except for the words. The … Continue reading →

The Swedish translation is available for sale here: Apostlar och profeter The Swedish edition looks about the same as the English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Estonian and Romanian editions, except for the words. The title looks as … Continue reading →

The Romanian translation is available for sale here: Cele mai fascinante personaje din Biblie The Romanian edition looks about the same as the English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Estonian and Swedish editions, except for the words. The … Continue reading →