After several months of orbiting the moon, taking images, examining sites, and sending data back to NASA, the two satellites that were launched on June 18, 2009 will finish their mission by crashing into the surface of the moon.
On final approach, the shepherding spacecraft and Centaur will separate. The Centaur will act as a [...]
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LCROSS – NASA smashing satellite into the Moon!
Vote on Hubble’s Next Discovery
In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now, 400 years later, your vote will help make the momentous decision of where to point modern astronomy’s most famous telescope.
“Hubble’s Next Discovery — You Decide” is part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), the celebration of the 400th anniversary [...]
Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address Transcript
“My fellow citizens, I stand here today humbled by the task before us. Grateful for the trust you’ve bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices born by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has showed throughout this transition.
Forty four Americans have now [...]
A New Era
Barack Obama has been sworn in as our forty-fourth President. It is truly an historic and momentous occasion, and I for one, am looking forward to the changes that are coming to America.
2008 Olympics – Swimming thoughts
Michael Phelps. Some say he’s the greatest swimmer, ever. Many say there is a very good chance he will be in the 2012 Olympics. He won 6 Olympic gold medals in Athens (and two bronze), which tied him for the record of most medals at a single Olympic games. He has been World and American [...]
2008 Bejing Olympics
Almost shocking that this is here. It seems I’ve been waiting for this for years. Four, perhaps… I’ve always loved the Olympics. I remember watching Nadia in 1976, and just wishing I could be like her. And, for a while, I guess most little girls in Romania wished the same thing, because they were most [...]
2008 Bejing Olympics – Opening Ceremony
The Olympics. Four years, which seems both an interminably long time, and so brief it flies. But these Olympics have been in the planning for over 7 years now. That’s a long time, and at least with regards to the opening ceremonies, well worth the wait.
The opening ceremonies were simply… amazing. No words really can [...]
Mother’s Day
Because I feel that in the heavens above
The angels, whispering one to another,
Can find among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of “Mother”…
-Edgar Allen Poe
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Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, and my sister! Love you both.
Rilke…
How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens [...]
