Author Archives: Brian-McLaughlin
The GeekDad Space Report for December 28th, 2009
Welcome 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 at the activities for this week.
Launches (Sources: Spaceflight Now World Launch Schedule, Wallops Flight Facility Daily […] Continue reading
Santa In Training: A Checkout Before The Big Flight
Tonight is a big night for a certain big guy. Santa Claus has already begun his ride and folks all over the world expect this night be smooth. But how can we all be so sure Santa is ready?
In order to achieve this great feat Santa has to undergo a number of stresses that generally require a […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hacking the Holidays, NASTAR Center, Santa, Virgin Galactic
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This Week In Space, December 21st, 2009
This 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 for last week made it off the pad successfully, albeit with a 24 hour delay on […] Continue reading
This Week In Space, December 14th, 2009
Welcome 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 (09:09 EST). For more information about the WISE mission, check out the GeekDad article by […] Continue reading
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Tagged Expedition22, Glonass, Hubble, ISS, Science and Education, Soyuz, Space, VirginGalactic, WIRE
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Hubble’s Deepest View Yet and a Proud GeekDad
How does one go from being a Geek to becoming a GeekDad? For this GeekDad, the story is related to an image released Tuesday that was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. When I was fresh out of college, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to work on the Hubble Space […] Continue reading
This Week In Space
Welcome 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, down from a total of twelve on board when Atlantis was docked, hasn’t slowed activity […] Continue reading
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This Week In Space
Good day everyone. If you are from the US, hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday. If you are not from the US, hope it was a great week all the same.
It was a great week in the space world as Atlantis successfully returned to Earth from the ISS on Friday, touching down right on […] Continue reading
