Tag Archives: space
shuttle flyover
Like many other people in the D.C. area, today I got to see the space shuttle Discovery do its flyover before it goes to its new home, at the National Air & Space Museum. I met up with a friend … Continue reading
ham the chimp
Hey, I just mentioned Ham the chimp the other day, and today is an important day in Ham history: It’s the 51st anniversary of the day he was launched into space. Here’s a picture. Ham was the last animal to … Continue reading
mysteries of the universe
New story! On meteorites! Read all about it! When I was working on my story about the origins of life, I kept coming across meteorites. Scientists study them to understand the early chemistry of the solar system, including the chemistry … Continue reading
last three quizzes
When I first started freelancing full time, a friend of mine was like, hey, I need some freelance work. You can write quizzes for me. And I was like, oh, I don’t know, quizzes? I’ve never written a quiz. And … Continue reading
get your meteorites right here
For something I’m writing, I needed to double-check that you can buy meteorites (or pieces of meteorites) on eBay. Of course, I turned to Google. Look at the shopping results: –> Note that they’re all used meteorites. What do you … Continue reading
meteorite!
A doctor in Lorton heard an explosion in his office on Monday. But it wasn’t an explosion, it was a meteorite. (Read the story in the Washington Post.) It’s crazy, this business of living on a planet. We go around … Continue reading
hubble instruments come to town
Nerdy excitement downtown: two instruments that used to be on the Hubble Space Telescope are at the National Air and Space Museum! And they’re not just any instruments, they’re instruments that made news. Remember when the Hubble first launched, and … Continue reading
music of the genes
I got into a little frenzy of quiz-writing right before I left for the Bering Sea, and here are the fruits of my labors. Music – Knowing how bagpipes work will help you here. Human Genome – I applaud the … Continue reading
space quiz
You didn’t think I’d stop posting quizzes just because I’m in the Arctic, did you? Oh, you’re so silly. Click here to take my quiz on the Apollo program!
astronaut vs polar bear
Astronauts and polar bears? In one place?!?!? Well, no, two places: New quizzes! Project Gemini. Did you know what NASA project came between Mercury and Apollo? Yeah, neither did I. I wasn’t born yet, you see. But now I want … Continue reading