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What Will Happen When Astronauts No Longer Fly On The Space Shuttle?
Dragon Spacecraft (Image © SpaceX, used with permission) There are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the...
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The GeekDad Space Report for January 11, 2010
A Portion of the WISE First Light Image (Image: Berkeley SSL) Greetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. No launches this week and none from last week to report on, so...
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The GeekDad Space Report for February 8, 2010
STS-130 Launch (Image: NASA) Hello all from the Hoth-like D.C. Metro area! We are all digging out here but space exploration marches on! The launch of a Progress supply ship went off on time this past...
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The GeekDad Space Report for March 29, 2010
Launch of Two Student CubeSat Payloads From NASA's WFF (Image: NASA) Welcome to another week for the GeekDad Space Report. I have been reporting for a few weeks now on the launch of a student CubeSat...
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The GeekDad Space Report for May 17, 2010
Possibly the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. (Image: NASA) Hello everyone and welcome to another addition of the GeekDad Space Report! Last week the big news was the planned launch of the...
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The GeekDad Space Report for June 1, 2010
Landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center (Image: NASA) Welcome to the GeekDad Space Report for the week of May 31st, 2010 (publishing the day after Memorial Day). If you are...
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Space Flight, Parenting and Wonder: A Conversation With Astronaut Mike Foreman
Astronaut Mike Foreman. Photo: John Booth “Space,” Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reminds us, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it...
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Listen to the Shuttle Launch With a Side of Ambient Tunes
Lone DJ Image by SomaFM, STS133 Patch by NASA, Mash-up by Ken Denmead The Space Shuttle Discovery will be taking its final journey this Thursday (barring the need to call it out of mothballs in the...
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Shuttle Countdown T-9 Days: A Tribute to Challenger
Graphic design credit: NASA/Lynda Brammer. NASA publication number: SP-2010-08-162-KSC Challenger… simply the word evokes memories of one of the worst disasters of the NASA space program. While we...
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Music has been the astronauts’ wake-up call on space missions for decades, starting back when Apollo astronauts were serenaded with popular songs by mission control colleagues. Some rollicking travel...
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Shuttle Countdown T-7 Days: A Tribute to Discovery
Graphic design credit: NASA/Amy Lombardo. NASA publication number: SP-2010-08-164-KSC The Discovery space shuttle was the third space rated orbiter in the NASA fleet after Columbia and Challenger....
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Space Shuttle Countdown: A Tribute to Roberta Lynn Bondar and Julie Payette:...
Image: Canadian Space Agency For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a mom or an astronaut when I grew-up. I think we can blame Star Trek for the astronaut bit. As a small child, I would look up...
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Space-Flown Buzz Lightyear Inducted Into Smithsonian National Air and Space...
Remember way back when Buzz Lightyear flew to space? Yes, the toy — and yes, really to space! He spent 468 days in orbit between May 2008 and September 2009. During his time on the International Space...
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NASA Plans to Return to Space with SpaceX
NASA Astronaut Rex Walheim in the Dragon © SpaceX Here’s some good news for kids worried that their dreams of being an astronaut had been dashed with the cancellation of the Space Shuttle program last...
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GeekDad Photo of the Day: Piggyback
Photo: Michael Tierney Another day, another great photo from the GeekDad Community! Our members are submitting all sorts of awesome geeky pictures and every few days, we’ll be picking the best photo...
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The GeekDad Guide to Geeky Ties
Father’s Day approaches! For many men, this means that they will be getting a new tie, whether they like it or not. Sure, wearing a tie can be a boring affair, but it doesn’t have to be. There are...
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The Space Shuttle Challenger: 30 Years Later
I was 11 when the Challenger went on its last mission. It was one of those ridiculously sunny Florida days that made you forget that winter was even a thing. We were in a darkened Language Arts...
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Shuttle Countdown T-6 Days: Forecasting for Shuttle Launches
L to R: Capt. Jeff Smith, Todd McNamara (center) and Dave Craft discuss weather Launch Commit Criteria based upon weather radar information. Photo: Department of Defense, Used with Permission As...
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Shuttle Countdown T-5 Days: A Tribute to Endeavour
Graphic design credit: NASA/Amy Lombardo. NASA publication number: SP-2010-08-165-KSC Endeavour is the youngest of all of the orbiters, having been authorized for construction in 1987 as a replacement...
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Shuttle Countdown T Minus 2 Days: A Tribute to Columbia
Graphic design credit: NASA/Amy Lombardo. NASA publication number: SP-2010-08-163-KSC On April 12, 1981, a stark white Columbia broke the surly bonds of Earth when it roared into space as America’s...
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