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June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Nebula Halo

NGC 6164, photo by Don Goldman

A halo, for a special someone’s birthday today.

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June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Retro-Futurist Calendar

Ackermann: VISIONEN 2010 calendar

More fantastic German artwork of a future that never was.

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June 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Friday Picspam, part 8

APOD: A Dusty Iris Nebula

A dusty iris, a star atlas, Apollo 12, and a tiny moon in Saturn’s rings.

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June 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Unseen Apollo 11

The astronauts were international celebrities. A goodwill tour carried them to 24 countries and 27 cities in 45 days. Thousands swarmed them during a parade in Mexico City on September 23, 1969.

20 photos you’ve probably NEVER seen before.

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June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

White Knight Two

WhiteKnightTwo flies over Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico on the morning of June 20, 2009. Photo by Jeff Foust.

WKnight buzzes Las Cruces, NM.

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June 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Sorted Solar System

All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter

Every known object in the Solar System larger than 200 miles. In a line.

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June 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Kaguya, End-of-Life

Kaguya's final moments (1 of 7)

Through the eyes of a lunar probe, just before impact.

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June 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Friday LAUNCHspam

LRO/LCROSS launch

LRO and LCROSS head for the Moon.

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June 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Streaming Dark Nebulas

Streaming Dark Nebulas near B44

Dark lanes in the central Milky Way.

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June 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

A Sense of Scale

Preparing Endeavour

Itty bitty peoples. Great big rocket.

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