Looks like there is another mega storm brewing on Jupiter. Three smaller storms are moving together to form a secong large red spot. If the new one is anything like the old one it’s going to be there a while.
Category: Space
New Mexico Spaceport: Open For Business
Not quite ready for the Heart of Gold or Eagle One to pay a visit right at the moment, but America’s first commercial spaceport is getting ready for business. In July they will be launching their first small commercial rocket and after that, as they say, the sky is the limit (well someone had to say it).
Apollo Lunar Module Paper Project
Every now and then a paper project catches my eye and I just know I have to share. This is one of them. Here is a 1/48th scale paper model of the Apollo lunar lander that will blow your mind. the detail is breath taking. He’s got more paper spaceships (or links to them) on his site as well. This is going to keep me busy for a while…
NASA to Launch New Lunar Probe
NASA has announced that they will be launching a new space craft that will search for ice at the moons south pole. The hope is that water ice may be found to exist in the craters that never receive direct sunlight. If this is the case then the pathway to a fully manned moon base might be one step closer to being traveled upon. I hope that I can soon sit with my children in my arms and say, "Look at the moon, if you play your cards right you can live up there."
Yuri’s Night 2006
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the fist man in space on April 12, 1961. Tonight there will be parties all over the globe celebrating this momentious occasion. Check out this list to see if any are near you.
[via Boing Boing]
Google Mars
Google has expanded their online mapping service to include the planet Mars. Pretty cool being able to find the landing (sometimes crashing) spots of the probes that have been sent there.