Kerbal Space Program
I have been playing Kerbal Space Program for 2 months now, and I’m completely blown away! But to call KSP a game, simply doesn’t do it justice. KSP is...
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Space Visualization Software
“Where do you get all those cool images from?” I was asked this after one of my lectures. When I create a lecture, I always include a LOT of...
Inspiring a New Generation of Scientists and Space Explorers
PC Lab at Starbase One H.Q. Credit: Bob Trembley I was at STARBASE One at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on June 11 & 12, 2019 as part of their...
Remembering Apollo 8
Iconic Earthrise photo from Apollo 8. Credit: Astronaut Bill Anders. Christmas Eve 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission, which put humans...
In the Sky This Week – August 25, 2020
Get Well Connie! As I was working on images for this post yesterday, I had to rush my wife Connie to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy; hospital rules...
World Space Week – Oct. 4-10
World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition.In 1999, the United...
Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science
Explorer 1 in orbit – simulated in Kerbal Space Program. Image credit: Bob Trembley. Sixty years ago next week, the hopes of Cold War America soared into...
In the Sky This Week – June 30, 2020
June 30th is International Asteroid Day, a UN recognized day of awareness and education about asteroids – their role in the formation of our solar system,...
Travelogue: Orion Spacecraft ESA European Service Module Media Event at NASA Glenn’s Plum Brook Station
Launches and the conditions in space put incredible stresses on spacecraft components. Before a spacecraft takes flight, it must go through an exhaustive...
Endeavour Space Academy
I cannot remember a time when I haven’t been fascinated with astronomy, the space program, and science fiction. I was a child during the Apollo era, and...