Space Shuttle Discovery returned to Earth for the final time this morning. It was a picture perfect landing, a fitting…
In a Fog
The working-a-mission black hole continues. The fog this morning at 3:00 am was crazy thick — the photo above doesn’t…
I Might Just Get The Hang Of This…
(source) My part of the CoFR process for the next Progress launch wrapped up today with a 6 a.m. meeting…
Foreign Relations
(source) Today started at 7 am and by 3:00 I was SO READY to get away from work. It was…
Rendezvous with a Pumpkin Pie
If STS-133 had stayed on schedule to launch on November 30, the crew would’ve been stuck in the standard pre-mission…
Newfound Respect
Gulf Coast at night On Tuesday, the International Space Station celebrated 10 years of continuous manned presence in space. 10…
Learning Never Fails
Russian Soyuz spacecraft “The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something….
Into the Sunset
I came across this photo (above) as NASA’s image of the day and just started laughing. Since my job involves…
Astronaut Punch
On Wednesday, I got to be a pretend astronaut for a rendezvous sim. Why? Well, the crew office is no…
The View From Above
Astronauts are an interesting bunch. They are outgoing, intelligent, motivated, driven, hard-working…you name it. But most of them are technical…
Good Things
Here are two very cool things to helped me end my workday on a high note! This cool video shows…
STS-132 Launch
I worked the STS-132 launch last Friday. It was a very quiet countdown with no issues, and the weather in…