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Mary Anne Butler • 05/05/14
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On May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he commanded Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission.  Here is a fantastic one on one “oral history” interview with Alan from NASA’s archives, and here is the full mission video: (The Right Stuff had Scott Glenn in the role of Shepard.)
Mary Anne Butler • 04/30/14
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Admit it, you thought we were joking with this headline, right?  Well, we’re not! Remember when NASA was taking proposals to design their new generation of space suits?  After almost two months, we have a winner.  With 233,431 votes, the “Technology” option has won NASA’s Z-2 Spacesuit design challenge with just over 63% of the […]
BJ • 03/28/14
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Mary Anne Butler • 03/25/14
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Ever wanted to see what’s really going on 220 miles above the Earth on the International Space Station (ISS)?  Well, thanks to the wonders of technology, you can find out! (If the stream displays a black/blue screen, there has been a temporary loss of signal. Check back later.) Live streaming video by Ustream
David Roberts • 03/25/14
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About a year ago, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked how much he thinks Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, weights. Tyson replied that since it was made of netron-star matter, it weights as much as 300 billion elephants, which is 4.5 quadrillion (4,500,000,000,000,000) pounds. Now, a new video by Vsauce (below) exploring the science behind Thor’s weapon, claims that […]
David Roberts • 03/20/14
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During GDC 2014 Sony introduced the world to Project Morpheus, SCE’s prototype virtual reality (VR) system that works with PS4. Virtual reality is the next innovation from SCE that is about to  will determine a new direction for games. People have long dreamed about VR and the possibilities it brings in regards to game development. […]
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