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Apollo Month Recap: Happy 50th Anniversary Apollo 11
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Apollo 50th: How the News Reported the Apollo 11 Landing
A collection of newspapers from July 1969 show how the Apollo 11 landing was reported at the time. Read More
Apollo 50th: Sharing our Memories of the Space Program
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Apollo 50th: Celebrating ‘Apollo’s Legacy: Perspectives on the Moon Landings’
On this 50th anniversary year of the first moon landing, learn about some old and new perspectives on the significance of the Apollo missions. Read More
Apollo 50th: ‘Picturing Apollo 11’: Unseen Photos Put You in the Moment
‘Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views & Undiscovered Moments’ shows us more of that amazing story through dozens of previously unpublished photos. Read More
NASA: So Not a Waste of Space—A Guest Post by YA Author Shelley Sackier
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
We Are Entertained: ‘The Circle’
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
Recreate the Space Race With the LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V
Now, thanks to the LEGO Ideas program, you can build your very own Apollo Saturn V rocket! Read More
GBBP 122: Space Poop Challenge
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
Remembering ‘Apollo 1’
50 years ago today, NASA lost astronauts for the first time Read More
9 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Hidden Figures’
Thinking of taking the kids to see the NASA historical drama ‘Hidden Figures?’ Read what you need to know about the movie. Read More
New Game ‘Xtronaut’ Challenges Players to Explore Space (Sponsored)
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
GBBP 78: Astronaut Chris Hadfield
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
Weekly Poll: Space Probes
This week’s poll: space probes! Read More
GBBP 66: Modern-Day Explorers
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
Hitch a Ride to the ISS With NASA and IMAX and Be Inspired by ‘A Beautiful Planet’
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
NASA Wants Your Artwork For Space
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
The Space Shuttle Challenger: 30 Years Later
Remembering the Challenger’s last mission, and what it means to us thirty years later. Read More
GeekDad Interviews Buzz Aldrin
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
True Tatooine: the Reality of Circumbinary Planets
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
‘Earth+Space’: The Coffee Table Book That’s Out of This World
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
Kickstarter Alert: Race to Space, Support NASA’s Osiris-REx in ‘Xtronaut’
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
7 Ways NASA Makes Our Lives Better Every Day
Check out GeekDad’s top 7 technologies that wouldn’t be possible without NASA’s research. Read More
Fund This! Crafteeo, iBesties, Maxwell's Soaps, and ReBoot the Suit!
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 This: New Pluto Images from NASA at 2pm ET
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
Deep Water Interests
With deep water comes deep responsibility. Why should you be interested in a 164 ft deep pool over three thousand miles away. Read More
Because We Now Know That Pluto Is the Planet Arrakis
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
Join This NASA Summer Online Mentoring Program to Learn About Real Life STEM
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
Daily #DadJoke for June 09, 2015
NASA just put 6 cows into orbit… Read More
The 50th Anniversary of the First American Spacewalk
Remembering Ed White’s historic spacewalk, 50 years later. Read More
