If the retirement of the shuttle fleet, and with it American manned spaceflight for the foreseeable future isn’t one giant leap (backwards) for mankind, our friends at the Udvar-Hazy center are rubbing salt in the wound. They’ve decided to display … Continue reading →
Yesterday was another historic day in the demise of the American space program. The space shuttle Discovery was transported atop a modified 747 and flown from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the Washington, D.C. airspace finally landing at … Continue reading →
Well, the Phobos-Grunt mission was pretty cool in concept: send a lander to the eerie Martian moon Phobos, grab a fair amount of soil, and bring it back to Earth. But the probe launched from Earth, and due to a … Continue reading →
In just over 1 day, the last STS flight is scheduled to launch. STS is NASA’s Space Transportation System – more commonly referred to as the Space Shuttle program. It is the United States only manned launch vehicle and, after … Continue reading →
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first human in space – Yuri Gagarin (call sign: Кедр) made is 108 minute flight early April 12th, 1961 aboard the Vostok spacecraft. AS part of the space race, the Americans would follow … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin happened across this story and nearly beat Dat Ho to unconsciousness. It appears that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has determined what NASA has been unable to do so far and prove that there was once life on … Continue reading →
You know, the Czar is so tired to pointing out the many ways the President has hurt the scientific community in this country that he isn’t going to bother listing them anymore, or even posting links to them. But Obama … Continue reading →
When we aren’t busy covering up our activities, we are quite busy exposing other people’s activities. Case in point: NASA accidentally captures photo of a TIE fighter crossing the sun. Here is the photograph they don’t want you to see! … Continue reading →
Gormogon operative and royal surgeon Dr. J posits the following question to your Mandarin: Inscrutable Mandarin, I’ve noticed that there are more reported UFO sightings in the news during Democratic administrations. Is there a reasonable explanation for this, or is … Continue reading →
…this isn’t the future of our Space Shuttles. Rough translation for those who do’t read Russian: An unprecedented case. Seemingly abandoned spaceship on the streets of Moscow – it is something from the realm of fantasy. But alas, this is … Continue reading →
I couldn’t make this up if I really tried. According to this article, bad breath or a disapproving wife is all it takes to derail your chances of gaining a spot in the Chinese space program. My wife doesn’t even … Continue reading →
Imagine this as a movie plot. A secret military operation sends the space shuttle up, only years after a horrific disaster. The mission is so hush-hush that communications are restricted. During the mission, the crew notices severe damage to several … Continue reading →
