'Space' Category
Scientific Tourist #79 — comparative rocketry
I thought this shot pretty well sums up the technological progress made during the 1960’s race to the moon…
Carnivalia — 6/17 - 6/23
The last week’s crop of science-related blog carnivals…
Scientific Tourist #78 — two firsts
From the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, models of Sputnik and Explorer I — the first (ever) artificial satellite, and the first U.S. satellite…
Carnivalia — 6/10 - 6/16
The past week’s selection of science-related blog carnivals awaits you…
Casual Friday — the Jewish origins of Spock’s Vulcan Salute on Star Trek
A clip from the Archive of American Television, in which Leonard Nemoy talks about his introduction of the “Vulcan Salute” to the original Star Trek TV series — based on a gesture used in Jewish worship…
