Last week I got to speak to the STS-135 JSC Tweetup in Mission Control. Thirty tweeps were lucky enough to…
What’s Past Is Prologue
Welcome home Atlantis. It’s been an amazing 30 years. Space shuttle, you done good.
When One Door Closes…
Today I worked my final shift as a space shuttle flight controller. Although I spent most of this flight supporting…
To the Pad
I’m a sucker for time-lapse movies, and I’m a sucker for the space shuttle. This is both! Visit msnbc.com for…
The High Untrespassed Sanctity of Space
I got this space shuttle necklace when I was 15 years old. It was the spring of my freshman year…
STS-135
STS-135 is scheduled to launch tomorrow at 10:26 a.m. Central time. It will be the last launch of the space…
NASA TV Interview
I only worked three shifts during STS-134, but on the first night, I got interviewed by the Public Affairs Officer…
Penultimate
While we were galavanting around Europe, the second-to-last shuttle mission was underway. It was one of the longest shuttle missions…
Slip Sliding Away
For something that’s “only” a comic, xkcd is really good at making you think. The worst part of the graph…
Increase the Awesome
Nujoud and Alicia have already posted this, but I don’t care and I am posting it here again. Decrease the…
Signs of Spring
These are the trees I mentioned on Wednesday that smell so good. They still smell great today. I walked past…
50 Years in Space
Happy Cosmonautics Day! Happy Yuri’s Night! Happy Space Day! However you slice it: today is the 50th anniversary of human…