Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest evidence of organized mining in the Americas.
Test drive a Peugeot and win a trip to space.
Seven damage sites, mostly small gouges and dings, have been found on the tiles on Endeavour’s belly.
“This is not cause for alarm, it’s not cause for any concern,” said [LeRoy Cain, chairman of NASA’s Mission Management Team]. “We know how to deal with these things in terms of how to assess them. We know that if we get to the point where we need some more data for our assessment, we have a plan for going and doing that.”
An evening pause: Video of the May 10 test flight of SpaceShipTwo. “Now we can come back from space.”
Endeavour has docked with ISS.
Video and images from the zero gravity beer test Plus some results!
Netflix now consumes 29.7 percent of the peak internet traffic in North America.
Private citizen has just donated $25 million for the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
This is how it used to be done all the time: All the early giant telescopes built in the United States before World War II were financed by individuals or private foundations, with no or little government investment.
The proposed green replacements for the banned 100 watt incandescent bulbs, LEDs, cost $50 each.
An evening pause: If all goes well, I will be watching a variation of this live from Florida tomorrow morning. The action really begins at the five minute mark. Also, this particular video gives you the best flavor of what it was like to see the launch live, rather than on film or video.
A review of India’s troubled GSLV rocket has put a hold on its next moon probe.
The solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse, made its maiden international flight on Friday.
Members of the world’s first mobility scooter display team, the Red Wheelies, are attempting to set a new world 24-hour distance record this weekend.
The countdown has begun for Monday’s shuttle launch.
If all goes well, I will be there to watch it (albeit from 11 miles away). Right now mission controllers estimate a 70% chance of liftoff, depending on the weather.
Another successful test flight of SpaceShipTwo took place on Tuesday. Via Clark Lindsey.
It was revealed today that one of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors did suffer a nuclear meltdown.
As serious as this truly is, please note that the world hasn’t ended. Nor has anyone yet died from this nuclear power plant failure.
ISRO, India’s space agency, pushes to get funding for a reusable spacecraft.
An evening pause: An 8th grade project to build a Rube Goldberg device to turn on a light. I like how this video illustrates the difficulty of building such a device.
Dawn captures its first image of the asteroid Vesta as it closes in on a rendezvous set for July 16.
After 100 orbits, an overview of Messenger’s survey of Mercury.
A judge has ordered the Obama administration to act on six offshore drilling permits within 30 days.
The first Soyuz launch from the European spaceport in French Guiana is now scheduled for October.
The delays in launching Endeavour has pushed back the last shuttle mission to mid-July.
NASA management appears ready to approve combining SpaceX’s next two test flights of the Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket into one test flight. This despite Russian opposition.
