The beginnings of American manned spaceflight. From the sound barrier to the moon.
Other sets in the series:
JETSON A boy wore an astronaut costume in the parking lot of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday. The space shuttle Discovery will go on display at the center. The shuttle was flown around Washington Tuesday; it will be towed to the center Thursday. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images via the Wall Street Journal)
Words Of Wisdom of the Day: Inspired by the acclaimed “Sagan Series,” Evan Schurr pieced together powerful statements made by world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson that serve as an alarming wake up call to a nation that has stopped dreaming and underfunded tomorrow.
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Two things:
1. His bowtie has the planets on. Okay. All arguments are invalid.
2. …*sobs*
HIS BOWTIE HAS THE GODDAMNED PLANETS ON IT
^^^^
I wish guys would wear more planet themed bowties and such things…
Gift idea!
(via spaceandstuffidk)
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven-member crew were lost when a ruptured O-ring in the right Solid Rocket Booster caused an explosion soon after launch. This photograph, taken a few seconds after the accident, shows the Space Shuttle Main Engines and Solid Rocket Booster exhaust plumes entwined around a ball of gas from the External Tank. Because shuttle launches had become almost routine after twenty-four successful missions, those watching the shuttle launch in person and on television found the sight of the explosion especially shocking and difficult to believe until NASA confirmed the accident.
I wish I’d had this last year when I was compiling my massive research paper on Operation Paperclip.
So psyched.
(Source: nasa.gov, via systematichoney)
