signs

cat M.I.A.

our cat (pus pus, aka poosa), is mia
it has not communicated with us since the its last recon mission (12 dec 2006)

merry christmas

today we celebrate a highly commercialized birthday… the birthday of christ…
a friend of mine even wrote play about it…

so i thought i’d give myself and all around me non-commercialized christmas…

except for the food…
its christmas…
christmas is about food… christmas food!!!
so merry christmas!!!
science be praised!!!

solar tsunami!

"The prototype of a new solar patrol telescope in New Mexico recorded a tsunami-like shock wave rolling across the visible face of the Sun following a major flare even on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, at 18:28 Universal Time (11:28 MST). The shock wave, known as a Moreton wave, also destroyed or compressed two filaments of cool gas at opposite sides of the solar hemisphere."
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STS-116 Launch

"What makes this one singularly unique is the fact that we’re going to rewire the space station,” Mark Polansky, Discovery’s commander.

Photos

Photographer: Mike Theiss



Photographer: Merlon D. Mayrand


Photographer: Jose Suro


Photographer: Mark A. Brown

Links

STS-116 Mission Page
Mission Overview
More Photos