I thought I was the only person who celebrated the spider of the year, but I heard that NASA just sent a big web into space?? Cool of them to get in the festive spirit like that

BREAKING: NASA is developing dragons, press release on new Pluto data from New Horizons lets slip

#TIL there’s a crater on Mercury named after Turlough O’Carolan as of yesterday! http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=283

Send a one-line drawing to the moon! I drew a hurdy gurdy: http://www.moondrawings.org/drawing/ubuafrct surprisingly difficult with only one line of finite length.

Saw the ISS fly over for the first time! #space #spaaace

Orion (non)launch glossary:

• “hold”: the rocket’s still on the ground
• “range issue”: there’s a boat in the way
• “wind violation”: it’s a bit windy
• “fill-and-drain valves will be cycled open and closed”: we’re pushing all the buttons to see if that makes the rocket go
• “scrub”: same time tomorrow then!

Even NASA TV’s hold screen is epic ustream.tv/nasahdtv — I wonder if this is their hold music too?

Dream in Comic form: Terraforming