Sep 12
Before an American even reached space, the public was already asking what would come next. The space age artists and designers who were dreaming up what was in store for the astronauts of tomorrow were happy to oblige.
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Sep 12
By now you’ve no doubt already shed a tear for Spacetoad, who met his fiery, glorious end
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Sep 12
After months of back and forth
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Sep 12
NASA Voyager 1 reaches interstellar space: first human-made object to do so
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe 36-year-old probe known as Voyager 1 has official reached interstellar space, a place between star systems which has never before been reached by an object made by humans. NASA has announced that Voyager 1 has reached a point 12 billion miles from our sun – that’s 19 billion kilometers – and it carries with […]
Sep 12
NASA’s Voyager 1 escapes our sun’s warm embrace, becomes the first man-made device to enter interstellar space
Posted in: Today's Chili
NASA satellite Voyager 1, at 36 years young, is the first man-made object in recorded history to enter interstellar space. Moreover, it’s apparently been doing so for around one year — NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced as much this afternoon, and explained how they were tipped off. “We have an instrument on board which can measure the density of ions, the plasma which is out there,” Voyager project scientist Ed Stone said in a prepared video. “In March of 2012, it turns out there was a massive eruption from the sun which eventually reached Voyager 1 in April of 2013. When that blastwave reached Voyager 1, it caused the plasma around Voyager to vibrate or oscillate in a certain particular tone. Literally the sounds of interstellar space.”
The satellite was originally launched in September 1977 in the interest of studying our own solar system as well as the interstellar medium. Having checked the first of those goals of its list, Voyager 1 is apparently head down on the second one. The satellite was thought to have reached interstellar space some time ago, but now NASA says it’s really for sure. We wish it the best of luck exploring the icy void of space between solar systems. Remember to bring a towel!
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Source: NASA
Sep 12
Frog Makes Battletoads Proud
Posted in: Today's Chili
All right, I do not want to get into a war of words concerning the differences between a frog and a toad, but what you see above is definitely not something that will happen every single day. No sir, it does seem to depict a tiny frog on the left hand side of the photo which so happens to be taking a leap of faith alongside a 90-foot-tall rocket that happens to be taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
It is no doctored image for sure, as NASA has confirmed that this is a 100% legit photo which was snapped by a remote camera during Friday’s launch of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE). NASA mentioned, “The photo team confirms the frog is real and was captured in a single frame by one of the remote cameras used to photograph the launch.” Needless to say, chances are this little frog that could did not survive the fall, and even if it did, wouldn’t the heat from the rocket blast do a number on its sensitive skin? NASA has not yet certified the final condition of this little fellow, but I think you can start pouring in the “ribbituaries”.
Frog Makes Battletoads Proud original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sep 12
A bunch of music fans at an outdoor concert for the group Mumford & Sons were treated to quite a sight earlier this week. The concert was being held at an outdoor amphitheater in Pelham, Alabama – about 20 miles south of Birmingham. NASA says that at about 8:18 PM central time on Monday a giant meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere above the state.
According to NASA, the meteor was traveling at 76,000 mph and 3 seconds after hitting the atmosphere it disintegrated at an altitude about 25 miles above Woodstock, Alabama. Because of the speed the meteor was traveling at, it created sonic booms that were heard by witnesses on the ground.
Witnesses at the concert also report seeing a really bright flash of light in the sky. Astronomers say that the flashes were bright enough to be 15 times brighter than Venus in the nighttime sky. The fireball was reportedly as bright as the crescent moon on Monday night.
[via Washington Post]
Sep 12
Some of you may remember the heroic death of our dearly departed Spacebat
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Sep 12
NASA announced this week that it had lost communications with one of its exploration spacecraft called Deep Impact. The mission of the spacecraft was to study comets and look for extrasolar planets. NASA announced that it lost communications with the spacecraft on Wednesday. The last communication successfully completed with Deep Impact was on August 8. […]
Sep 11
Without any context, it looks like something has gone terribly, terribly wrong in the photo above taken around midnight last night. But that little ball engulfed in flames is doing just fine—and so are the three members of the International Space Station Expedition 36 that were snuggly inside and on their way home.
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