'Technology' Category
The scientific tourist #138 — Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk
This week you get two images of a Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk, taken at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia…
The scientific tourist #137 — Thor-Able
This week’s image is another from the U.S. Air Force Space & Missile Museum at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station — it’s a Thor-Able launch vehicle…
The scientific tourist #136 — the Dornier Do 335
I’ve always thought that the Do 335 has to take the prize for “oddest looking military aircraft,” but then its performance more than made up for its unusual appearance…
Casual Friday — the new Bay Bridge
Building a bridge to last 150 years, in the middle of an earthquake zone…
The scientific tourist #135 — AOSO
An engineering model of AOSO — the Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory…
The scientific tourist #134 — the Loon missile
This week’s image is of a Loon missile at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia…
Casual Friday — Curiosity’s first steps… er… rolls
The next rover headed to Mars took its first test drive last Friday — only a meter forward and a meter back, but baby steps are a good way to start…
Casual Friday — not your everyday sort of ballet
I knew the Russians were big on ballet, but I never would have guessed the lengths they’ll go to in pursuit of the art form…
The scientific tourist #132 — The Focke-Wulf Fw 190
This weeks image is of a Fw 190 fighter at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia…
Casual Friday — Shuttle Atlantis, from the inside
An unprecedented, up-close, inside (literally!) look in high-definition of space shuttle Atlantis as it was readied for “towback” from Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway to Orbiter Processing Facility-1 following its May 26 landing on STS-132…
