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

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.

Consciousness

Friday

is probably a good day to talk about
Consciousness,
although Today,
being the end of the traditional work week,
I am running out of
Proverbial steam.
thought I would post a link to interesting
research and discovery about

Noetics,

http://noetic.org

read the website and give if you can,
you will see it come back,
10 fold??

it all started with a man flying to the moon,
                         walking around,
                                  then flying home, without tether, Free, yet
                                           Connected and he felt that tug at his heart strings,
                                                                          pulling him, pulling him along.

 

Storms & Astronauts

I was eager

to get online to write my blog post.

The thunderheads had risen so high in the sky, ever expanding.

Then the cold wind pressed down on that brief spell of hot heavy humid air. The cold front pushed away the heat.

Then the Thunder started, heavy shaking thunder, no lightning at first.

Then the storm progressed, coming up against the house in waves.

The lightning and thunder impressive.

The air cleared and the windows were back open.

The evening news said Sally Ride died.

61.

It was so sad to think her life was done.

She influenced so many women to be scientists

and astronauts.

Nasa did a bio with condolences.Link below.

My condolences to Sally Ride's family & friends.

She was a great role model, astronaut, physicist, teacher, and person.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/ride.html#

Travel Bucket List Friday

Come on,
as long as you dream,
dream big.
Imagine sunsets on Europa's beaches.
How to make Vacation plans?
You might need to pencil in a few years
to get there & back, 
& time hanging out
gazing at mighty Jupiter.

Space Travel Dreams

A Dream
A Dream of a day
crossing the wide voids
to a new land,
new possibilities,
hope for perpetuity,
hope for reasons to hope
and dream.

Salute to space travel, 50 years old

I started following Ron Garan's blog The Fragile Oasis.
He is an astronaut who is taking off today for a mission with the Russian Cosmonauts.
Follow his travels.
Fascinating especially for us kids who have dreamt of going to space someday.

This post is his last on Earth.
Follow his adventures...

http://www.fragileoasis.org/2011/04/03/last-blog-post-on-earth-for-now/#comment-3209