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"…and Behold, the Star which they had seen in the East went before them…"

Nov 30, 2009
That would, of course, be a reference to the biblical Star of Bethlehem.  According to the Bible story, a “star” appeared and inspired the wise men, or “magi”, from the East to follow it to Jerusalem, where they met with King Herod.  After that...

The Way Out?

Nov 30, 2009
The way out. Click for larger. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The plan is to drive Spirit out of trouble by following the tracks it made on the way in  have slowed down a bit. On November 21, 2009,  the rover was instructed to drive straight...

DAWN Mission

Nov 29, 2009
Click here to view the embedded video. The DAWN spacecraft crossed the inner limit of  the asteroid belt for the last time on November 13, 2009 on its way to the asteroids Ceres and Vesta.  The inner limit is defined as the greatest distance Mars...

How Fast Can You Figure This One Out?

Nov 28, 2009
UPDATE:  SOLVED!! Are you ready to pull your brain out of tryptophan-saturated cruise control?  Come on… wake up and let’s play!  You can slump back down into turkey-induced euphoria in a minute.  Meanwhile, you’re due for a brain-teaser (just a...

Looking Back…

Nov 27, 2009
Do you remember the beginning of the Space Shuttle Program?  We’re coming to the end of the program now, and there are a lot of “last times” for the record books.  Tom brought us that great video of the picture-perfect landing of Atlantis this...


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