Giving a little more screen real estate to the illustration in this one.
background: Illustration by Luis Peres for Scratching the Surface
Insight panorama
It’s like I’m standing right there!
Christmas crater
Here’s a nice Christmas card from Mars: a crater filled with water ice.
Apollo 8 liftoff
Apollo 8 lifted off fifty years ago today, taking humans to orbit the Moon for the first time. This was also the first time a Saturn V carried humans. Originally scheduled as a test flight for orbital reentry, Russian successes prompted a revision of plans and 16 weeks later Apollo 8 lifted off to carry Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders around the Moon.
NASA Video clip 12: Parenting from scratch
This one touches on a parenting philosophy I’ve tried to follow since the birth of my oldest daughter and takes that to a new world.
background: illustration for Scratching the Surface by Luis Peres.
SpaceX Falcon 9 water landing
X (formerly Twitter) Insight – Sol 0
I’m looking at this image and thinking about all the scientists and engineers and technicians involved in the design and assembly of this equipment. How remarkable it must feel to look at this image of their creation sitting on Mars, ready to get to work. Kudos! I mean… wow.
NASA Science Video clip 11: In their lifetimes
background: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Video clip 10: I can be a part
background: images and illustrations from SpaceX, Boeing, and NASA
Video clip 09: What will their life be like?
background: Official logo for Generation Mars