Galveston Texas (TX) Blog Directory
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- Vacation by Pillow Astronaut on Nov 15, 2009
Giving my brain a break, resting my mouse hand and enjoying California wine country. If time permits, I hope to revisit NASA Ames... it's been 12 years since I've seen Moffett Field!Normal activities will resume after the American Thanksgiving holida...
- This Day In History (#8) by Pillow Astronaut on Nov 13, 2009 in Mars
On November 13, 1971, the Mariner 9 Orbiter became the first artificial satellite of the planet Mars; it was thus the first space craft to successfully orbit another planet, only narrowly arriving before the Soviet Mars 2 and Mars 3, which both arriv...
- Astronaut Cookbook by Pillow Astronaut on Nov 12, 2009 in TV-Films-Books
Hockey pal & faithful reader (maybe you noticed the pattern this month) Mrs. Rene L. over at Pages, Pucks & Pantry tipped me off to a wonderful new paperback by Charles Bourland and Gregory Vogt called The Astronaut's Cookbook!I’m tremendou...
- Apollo 13 Artifact by Pillow Astronaut on Nov 11, 2009 in Apollo
Longtime reader and blog supporter Joe Neigut brought my attention to this noble artifact in Building 2 on the JSC campus, which served as the public visitor’s center before the larger "Space Center Houston" tourist facility was built.Some of you o...
- ASHOS Trivia by Pillow Astronaut on Nov 10, 2009 in
Ever thought about being an astronaut? Applications are reviewed on a continuous basis through the Astronaut Selection Office, and new Astronaut Hopefuls, or ASHOS, are screened every two years.The minimum education requirement to be eligible as an a...
- Hail Sagan! by Pillow Astronaut on Nov 9, 2009
By all reported reviews and YouTube vids, the first annual Carl Sagan Day on November 7th appears to have been a pleasant success. Broward College in Florida hosted lectures, planetarium shows, children’s games, educator workshops, COSMOS episodes,...
