Nikon In Space

Ever wonder how much Nikon gear goes on a NASA mission? Turns out, a lot. This is Don Pettit on the International Space Station.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson - We Stopped Dreaming

This is an amazing explanation of NASA funding!

NASA Lost Command Code Laptop

NASA admitted to congress that a laptop was stolen last year that contained common codes to the International Space Station.

The unencrypted laptop contained all of the information needed to command and control the International Space Station.

Oops!

NASA Locates Smallest Black Hole

NASA located the smallest black hole yet. They used a device called the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) to do so. This device acts like a large EKG machine.

Very cool!

NASA Has An App For That

It looks like NASA is getting into the App business, just like everyone else.

The NASA Apps are iOS only.

Space By Nikon

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

NASA took this from space with a Nikon D3S. Very cool!

Apollo 11 Had To Go Through Customs

Hard to believe but when the Apollo 11 crew returned from the moon, they had to go through customs. Your tax dollars at work!

You can't make this stuff up. :-)

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Apollo 11 In Slow Motion

This slow motion video of the Apollo 11 launch is amazing!

Astronaut Job Market

It seems that there is a job market for Astronauts other than NASA. Bigelow Aerospace, a Las Vegas-based firm headed by Robert Bigelow, the owner of Budget Suites of America, posted a recruiting notice for astronauts on its website. That should be a short list to recruit from.

NASA Takes New Photos of Earth

Yesterday, NASA released their latest photos of earth taken from the Space Shuttle. Prior to now, the most commonly used photo, referred to as the 'Blue Marble' was from Apollo 17 in 1972.

It looks like the new Nikon D3 is working out for them after all.