Category Archives: Technology

I finally got to see the comet PanSTARRS tonight, together with my wife and Kathy Newman, who took several excellent pictures of it. We watched it from our church; it was dark there and we had a clear view of … Continue reading →

Since they are looking for a married couple to do this, I talked to my wife about it and she’s agreeable. Just have to see where you go about signing up. We get along well–we’ve been married nearly 30 years … Continue reading →

According to news reports, Dennis Tito, the first tourist to travel in space back in 2001, when he took a trip to the space station, is apparently planning on orchestrating a flyby of Mars in 2018. Why then? Because that’s … Continue reading →

Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration Send to Kindle

Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration Send to Kindle

Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration Send to Kindle

The final Apollo flight to the moon, Apollo 17, happened in December, 1972. Skylab, America’s first space station was launched the very next year, in 1973. Built from a modified third stage of a Saturn V moon rocket, it had … Continue reading →

Come late Sunday afternoon, about 5:35 PM Pacific Time, the SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station. SpaceX has a 1.6 billion dollar contract to deliver 12 cargo flights to the station. This is the … Continue reading →

Dawn left Vesta after orbiting it for a year. It is now en route for Ceres. Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration Send to Kindle