Monthly Archives: July 2009

Casual Friday — Excalibur

Posted on 31 July, 2009 by admin

Unmanned aircraft seem to be all the rage these days in military circles…

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Carnivalia — 7/22 – 7/28

Posted on 29 July, 2009 by admin

The past week’s science-related blog carnivals await your reading attention…

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Scientific tourist #83 — heatsink nosecone

Posted on 27 July, 2009 by admin

This week’s image comes to you from the U. S. Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It’s an early “heatsink” style test re-entry vehicle, designed to be carried on the nose of an Atlas ICBM…

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Casual Friday — flying with the angels

Posted on 24 July, 2009 by admin

The Blue Angels, that is…

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Carnivalia — 7/15 – 7/21

Posted on 22 July, 2009 by admin

The past week’s crop of science-related blog posts waits for you…

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Scientific tourist #82 — Tranquility Base

Posted on 20 July, 2009 by Sam Wise

Today’s image was taken of the Apollo 11 LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) descent stage by NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), from about 70 miles high… Continue reading →

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Casual Friday — One small step

Posted on 17 July, 2009 by admin

Timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, NASA’s released restored video of the landing. Here’s CNN’s take on the release…

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SOS tweets for 2009-07-16

Posted on 16 July, 2009 by Sam Wise

Space shuttle’s on its way to ISS — yahoo! Now the Japanese module gets its “porch.” # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Carnivalia — 7/08 – 7/14

Posted on 15 July, 2009 by admin

The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals…

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SOS tweets for 2009-07-14

Posted on 14 July, 2009 by Sam Wise

@starstryder This is where a better grid would help. Coal-burning states could use the power… in reply to starstryder # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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