Reading Time: 5 minutes Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This is a guest post by Shelley Sackier. See the bottom of this post for more information about this engaging and talented writer and her upcoming book, The Antidote. Shelley Sackier, used with permission. “So how ‘bout that whole folding of the fabric of time thing?” I asked… Read More
Take a journey this week with us to the campus of The Circle. The boys have really been looking forward to this one; Tom Hanks as FaceboGooglApple founder Steve ZuckerPage and Emma Watson as a too-smart customer experience drone with an overachievement complex seems like a surefire hit. Add a gorgeous Scottish accent and what’s not too love? Tune in and find out. Read More
Now, thanks to the LEGO Ideas program, you can build your very own Apollo Saturn V rocket! Read More
This week, we’re chatting with Kirstyn Johnson, a spacesuit technology engineer with NASA, and besides totally geeking out about her job, we talk about the infamous Space Poop Challenge. Read More
50 years ago today, NASA lost astronauts for the first time Read More
Thinking of taking the kids to see the NASA historical drama ‘Hidden Figures?’ Read what you need to know about the movie. Read More
Today’s sponsor is a fun-to-play, educational game that challenges players to build rockets and explore space. The game is an outreach program associated with next month’s OSIRIS-REx mission. Read More
This week, we’re beyond thrilled to bring you Commander Chris Hadfield: retired NASA astronaut, first Canadian to walk in space, phenomenally engaging speaker, and YouTube sensation. Read More
This week’s poll: space probes! Read More
Come along on this special episode of the show, blast off to the ISS with astronauts, talk filmmaking with an IMAX director, and geek out about the national parks with an amazingly awesome geologist. Read More
The brand-new IMAX film ‘A Beautiful Planet 3D’ was made in cooperation with NASA, and all of the footage was conceived and shot by astronauts aboard the ISS. The film opens today on IMAX screens around the country and presents a view of Earth that is beautiful–yes–but also inspiring, humbling, and just downright breathtaking. Read More
Why settle for your local gallery when NASA is offering to include your artwork in an exhibition out of this world? NASA is looking for original artwork that captures the essence of exploration. They are going to put it all together and shoot it off to an asteroid. And YOU are invited to add your… Read More
Remembering the Challenger’s last mission, and what it means to us thirty years later. Read More
GeekDad had a rare opportunity to speak with world-famous astronaut, author, actor, and activist Buzz Aldrin about the recent excitement surrounding Mars, the future of space exploration, and the final days of his “Get Your Ass To Mars” t-shirt campaign. Read More
It’s one of the most familiar scenes from the Star Wars saga. Luke, realizing he is probably doomed to a mundane career of moisture-farming, takes his teen tantrum outside into the twilight, and stares wistfully at the two suns setting over the Tatooine horizon. And yet, just how strange is it to imagine a planet with two suns instead of just one? Read More
Other than the attractive but questionable title (which sometimes wreaks havoc on precise search engine searches), I love this book. I mean, you’ve got space. You’ve got photography. And I’m pretty sure there are very few people out there who do astrophotography better than NASA. Read More
A new Kickstarter game looks to educate the public about the physical hurdles and political challenges each NASA mission faces before becoming reality. Read More
Check out GeekDad’s top 7 technologies that wouldn’t be possible without NASA’s research. Read More
Conserving and displaying Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit, girls as CEOs and tech leaders, helping out the homeless, and a hackable suit of armor; all in GeekMom Samantha’s picks for this week’s Fund This! Read More
Watch live: A new NASA New Horizons press conference starts at 2pm ET, and will likely reveal new, and more remarkable, images from the flyby of Pluto. Read More
With deep water comes deep responsibility. Why should you be interested in a 164 ft deep pool over three thousand miles away. Read More
NASA released the best image of Pluto we’ve seen so far. We really feel like we know the planet now, because it’s obvious: Pluto is Arrakis (from ‘Dune’). Read More
NASA Girls and Boys connects middle school students with NASA employees for a 5-week online summer mentoring program in all things STEM. The time to apply is now! Read More
NASA just put 6 cows into orbit… Read More
Remembering Ed White’s historic spacewalk, 50 years later. Read More
GeekMom joins in celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th anniversary. Read More
Can you use Pi to solve these problems from NASA’s JPL before Pi day this Saturday? Read More
The newest mission post for an expedition to the International Space Station was revealed, and it’s a wonderful homage to Star Wars. It made me go digging, and I’ve discovered that this is no anomaly. Read More
The new adventure series features out-of-this-world space missions and celebrity voices. Read More
Earlier today NASA successfully tested the Orion capsule, designed to take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit. Read More
