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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Carnivalia — 4/22 – 4/28
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #70 — Junkers Jumo 004 jet engine
This week’s image comes to you from the San Diego Air & Space Museum, this time of a Junkers Jumo 004 jet engine…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, Germany, History, mechanical, Technology, World War II, WWII
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Carnivalia — 4/15 – 4/21
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals is just waiting for you to check it out…
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, History, Humanity, Space
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, History, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #69 — Syncom, the first geosynchronous satellite
This week’s image comes to you from the New Mexico Museum of Space History — it’s an engineering model of Syncom I…
Casual Friday — Kepler mission
Back in January, you may recall that I talked about the Kepler spacecraft, on a mission to look for planets orbiting stars in a slice of sky in the constellation Cygnus…
Carnivalia — 4/08 – 4/14
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Geology, Humanity, Space
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, Geology, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #68 — the way out
This week, you get a pair of images from the aerospace wing of the California ScienCenter in Los Angeles…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space
Tagged Apollo, cold war, History, NASA, Space, space race, space shuttle
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Casual Friday — ISS Crew Quarters
Astronaut Mike Fincke shows off his brand new sleeping quarters in Node 2 on the International Space Station…
Carnivalia — 4/01 – 4/07
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
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