History Passing and Never Forget Women of NASA

Rest In Peace Mrs. Johnson 🌸 🚀

Our @NASA family is sad to learn the news that Katherine Johnson passed away this morning at 101 years old. She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten. https://t.co/UPOqo0sLfb pic.twitter.com/AgtxRnA89h

— Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) February 24, 2020

First Flower

First ever flower grown in space makes its debut! #SpaceFlower #zinnia #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/2uGYvwtLKr

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 16, 2016

Oh, the sharing of a special gardening moment...
A Zinnia grows to brighten the astronauts' day
They fought the dreaded Space Blight.

Compare to Earthbound zinnias...

Earthbound Zinnia

Pluto, Speak

We have a probe near Pluto. It has a bright spot. Holy shit. http://t.co/HsirKvdxAA pic.twitter.com/SOld5O91ZE

— Ben Kuchera (@BenKuchera) June 26, 2015

Pluto, Speak

Pluto, Speak, You are a planet,

Then you weren't

Then you were, er, are,

Or Are you?

We Earthlings are distracted,

By other Earthlings,

Mean, Ugly, Adorable, Nice,

They come in all varieties of the same strand.

So as the Twitter feed goes rolling by,

I do try to select the Astronomical Tweets,

Filter out the weird, boring, repetitive.

There was this one of Pluto,

I knew it meant a lot, 

Right after I saw Titan's lakes.

So what are those lights,

or fires, lava,

or something we don't know yet?

Perhaps Pluto will Speak to us,

What are those lights?

 

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot...

Gemini space capsule lands at @RRAuction, escapes parking ticket: http://t.co/r5FgGYpUd2 #parkingspace pic.twitter.com/32jgm01mI9
— collectSPACE (@collectSPACE) November 20, 2014

so i had a little fun...

.@marygerdt @collectSPACE @RRAuction be careful, our radars don't read over 17,000 mph
— Vermont State Police (@VTStatePolice) November 20, 2014

Grand Canyon courtesy Astronaut Reid Wiseman

Grand Canyon #EarthArt – never been to see it from ground level. pic.twitter.com/V9KgokIg2L
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) August 31, 2014

ESA's 'Wake Up Rosetta!' Video Competition

Wake Up, Rosetta...

jiggle, jiggle, jiggle,

Wake up Rosetta!!

{{{{shake, shake}}}}}

Wake Up Rosetta!!

You've got a Comet to catch!



meg: I have memories of working nights in the hospital and having to wake people.
they can get cranky and downright violent,
sometimes having no recall.
Always keep a little more than arm's length whenever you try to wake anyone,
In this case,
Hopefully Rosetta will keep her cool and
will be fun to see who wins the video contest...
Wake up & enter one!
 

Thanksgiving NASA Challenge

Need something to do over Thanksgiving? Protect astronauts! Join NASA's #radshield challenge. http://t.co/BnZVJrWzhw #LearnNASA
— Orion Spacecraft (@NASA_Orion) November 25, 2013

Time for kids to Rise up and Embrace Space!

@marygerdt so right! check out our #kids website and our new mascot @paxi_esakids who's going to help us bit.ly/11o4Yti
— ESA (@esa) May 26, 2013r dad's

Ok kids, put down your I-pad,,, you know,,,,you just had to have it.

After awhile, same old boring,

but space is out there,

new,
fresh
exciting,

ready to be explored.
you, kids, from 3 to 18 and up,

have a chance.

40th Anniversary Celebration | Events | Institute of Noetic Sciences

40th Anniversary Celebration | Events | Institute of Noetic Sciences

Thought I would put up this link
then Instantly,
the message will go around the world
not possible 40 years ago

Wonder how many might see it
and Leap
at the chance to be a part
of early space travel

Why did we not go back?

12.20.2012.  wanted to point out this is one of the three shortest daylight days in the northern hemisphere

I kept thinking about the shortest day.
Then, expanding my thinking, it was natural to see there were 2 days just a little longer on either
side of the shortest day

soon days will be longer...it will be welcome
 

ESA - ATV - Follow the docking of ATV-3

ESA - ATV - Follow the docking of ATV-3

Posting this a little after the live docking. The link is very informative.
We watched last night as ATV-3 successfully was docked into the International Space Station.
Amazing is the word!
Great collective of people working together.
Follow their channel...

All Alone in the Night & Blues link

NASA astronomy pic of the day from yesterday.
You really need to see this one.


Flying Over the Earth at Night
yesterday's astronomy pic of the day.
Video Credit: Gateway to Astronaut Photography, NASA ; Compilation: Bitmeizer (YouTube);

Music: Freedom Fighters (Two Steps from Hell)
credit to the astronauts, scientists and creators of this amazing movie.


also...
blues link to really great music
Wayne Baker Brooks...