Space And Stuff, IDK: Archive

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lightthiscandle: jump-suit: lightthiscandle: John Young’s memoirs are finally being published. Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space will debut on September 30, 2012. Its publisher is the University Press of Florida. James Hansen, the author of Neil Armstrong’s biography First Man, is a co-writer. I am very excited about this book, which is much-needed and long overdue....

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According to his NASA bio, in 1976 Deke Slayton... →

dekeslaytonlove: lightthiscandle: Why do I find this so adorable? Because it’s super super adorable

Feb 9th

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Brian Cox is the Benedict Cumberbatch of science.

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RIP NASA Astronaut Janice Voss, 1956 - 2012

asonlynasacan: Obituary and short biography from collectSPACE. RIP.

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billions--and--billions asked: I am SO excited I found your blogs. I'm an astronomy major and I'm obsessed with anything NASA and space related, especially early space exploration and the space shuttle. I saw your post about watching shuttle launches on youtube and getting emotional, and I honestly thought I had to be only one. Very glad I'm not :) Thanks!

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Things I do at 1:30 in the morning: watch videos...

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lightthiscandle asked: Your favorite part of "The Last Man on the Moon." (Also, you posted the Ask prompt on your other blog, but I'm asking you here anyway, lolololol)

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Bob Crippen on Columbia

lightthiscandle: Columbia was a fine ship. She was named after Robert Gray’s Exploration ship, which sailed out of Boston Harbor in the 18th century. Columbia and the other orbiters were all named after great explorer ships, because that is their mission, to explore the unknown. Columbia was hardly a thing of beauty, except to those of us who loved and cared for her. She was often bad-mouthed...

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Mike Massimino needs to do Star in a Reasonably...

Or just someone needs to find a way to stick he and James May in a room together so I can die happy.

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The Complete Set of My Real Life Doctors

project-argus: kiddywonkus: (x) I don’t even watch Doctor Who and I love this idea. Read the set of explanations at the link! THIS IS THE BEST POST I HAVE EVER SEEN.

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