Posts Tagged ‘NASA’

As if the days weren’t already too short…

NASA Details Earth­quake Effects on the Earth Jan­u­ary 10, 2005 NASA sci­en­tists using data from the Indone­sian earth­quake cal­cu­lated it affected Earth’s rota­tion, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet’s shape, and shifted the North Pole by cen­time­ters. The earth­quake that cre­ated the huge tsunami also changed the Earth’s rota­tion. Read the rest of […]

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There and back again…

Today marks the 35th anniver­sary of Apollo 11’s land­ing on the moon. NASA has put a spe­cial page in honor of the occa­sion. Mr. Arm­strong, I salute you.

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Duct Tape is Everywhere!

I was just check­ing out the <a href=“http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html” onclick=“javascript:_gaq.push([’_trackEvent’,‘outbound-article’,‘http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov’]);” “title=“APotD :: Main Page”>Astronomy Pic­ture of the Day, and it’s a photo of the Apollo 17 lunar rover’s fender which required a quick repair, and one of the mate­ri­als used? DuctTape! :)

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