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A New Angle on a Space Shuttle Launch

What’s a better way to get a new view of a space shuttle launch than using a “whole-sky lens”? Better known as a fisheye lens, videographer Dennis Biela and his crew used it to catch Atlantis rising...

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Go for the Bomb

How do you set a new distance record for paper airplanes?  Recruit a college quarterback to throw it. ESPN has the story, and video:

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Personal Jetpacks of the Future, Today

We caught wind of Yves “Jetman” Rossy back in 2008 when he used his jet-powered wing to cross the English Channel. He kept working on the design and practicing his flying; he was featured on the...

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Space X’s Grasshopper Makes Successful Leap

Still from Space X video of Grasshopper test launch Space X released a video last Friday of a test launch for its prototype rocket, the reusable Grasshopper. The 10-story tall rocket takes off and —...

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An Astronauts’ View of Earth Could Change Us All

Astronauts have a unique perspective of Earth’s thin atmosphere. Image: NASA “Thank you for coming to my personal therapy session,” former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria joked at yesterday’s...

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A Jolly Transit

At the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, astrophysics Ph.D. student Joe Llama recorded this transit where the dip in luminosity seems suspiciously proportional to…a sleigh? We’ll update this...

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