Could there be anything more likely to elicit joy in geekdom than the combination of Lego and space travel? Well, all right, perhaps if there were news that Wil Wheaton was getting a role in The Hobbit and that Adam …
Continue ReadingHello all and welcome to this week’s edition of the GeekDad Space Report. There was a single launch on the schedule for last week, the launch of the STSAT-2B satellite on the Naro-1 rocket. Unfortunately, this launch was not successful …
Continue ReadingWelcome to the GeekDad Space Report for the week of May 24, 2010! We had a busy launch schedule last week with four launches on the schedule but only two of those made it off the pad. The launch of …
Continue ReadingHello all and welcome to this week’s edition of the GeekDad Space Report. There were no launches scheduled for the past week to report on so let’s dig right in. Launches (Sources: Spaceflight Now World Launch Schedule, Wallops Flight Facility …
Continue ReadingWelcome all to the latest edition of the GeekDad Space Report. Seems amazing that we have made it to May already! The year is flying by so quick! I reported on one launch scheduled for last week, the launch of …
Continue ReadingWelcome to another week of the GeekDad Space Report! I reported on three launches last week, one of which, the Space Shuttle Discovery, had already launched by the time the Space Report for last week was posted. The launch of …
Continue ReadingWelcome to another week for the GeekDad Space Report. I have been reporting for a few weeks now on the launch of a student CubeSat payload aboard a sounding rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia coast. I …
Continue ReadingWelcome to the March 1st, 2010 edition of the GeekDad Space Report! No launches last week to report on but a couple of launches for the coming week are discussed below. Launches (Sources: Spaceflight Now World Launch Schedule, Wallops Flight …
Continue ReadingWelcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report! We have a quiet week coming up with no launches scheduled. The three launches scheduled last week all made it off the pad with a 1 day delay for the SDO …
Continue ReadingHello all and welcome to the latest edition of the GeekDad Space Report! The launch scheduled for last week of a Russian Military communications satellite was a success, lifting off on time. We have two launches scheduled for this week, …
Continue ReadingGreetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. We expected to be coming off another quiet week for launches, however we were surprised with a launch by the Chinese government. Here are some stats on the …
Continue ReadingGreetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. Coming off a quiet week for launches and going into another quiet week so lets dive into some other space news. Astronomy New images were released this week …
Continue ReadingWelcome to 2009′s final edition of the Space Report! As reported last week there were no scheduled launches this past week. There was, however, an important event at the International Space Station, more on that below. Let’s take a look …
Continue ReadingThis week, as there are no scheduled launches, I would like to highlight an image release from Hubble from this past week. Before I get to that, let me hit a couple highlights for the week. The three launches scheduled …
Continue ReadingWelcome to another addition of This Week In Space! Last week, we reported on the upcoming launch of the WISE observatory. The launch, scheduled for this past Friday, was delayed till this morning and is expected to launch ~14:09 GMT …
Continue ReadingWelcome to another addition of This Week In Space! As reported last week, a Soyuz spacecraft returned three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth bringing the crew of the ISS down to two. This reduced crew, …
Continue ReadingA followup to the Monday GeekDad post (Atlantis to Rise on STS-129: Houston, We’ve Had A Baby) on Astronaut Randy Bresnik and his wife, Rebeccca, who was expected to deliver a baby while Randy was in space supporting the STS-129 …
Continue ReadingBuzz Lightyear, the favorite spaceman of children everywhere, has just returned from a long stay in space. He spent 468 days in orbit, spending time on board the International Space Station. A partnership between NASA and Disney Parks, Mr. Lightyear’s …
Continue ReadingProbably made most famous by the the lamenting of New Yorkers in the Big Apple, alternate side parking has long been the bane of narrow street dwellers. Throw on a robe at 5AM (or not) and rush out to move …
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