Here’s the first images from NASA’s James Webb telescope. Science is so cool!
Wordless Wednesday- New Space Pictures
Tag: space
Wordless Wednesday- Apollo Exhibit Part 2
Wordless Wednesday- Apollo Program Exhibit at Henry Ford
Simple Sunday- Outer Space
“I remember looking at the moon as an 8-year-old and marveling that there were two astronauts in a lander on the surface, getting ready to go out and actually walk. That settled it for me: I knew I was going to at least try to become an astronaut. I wanted to be like those guys.”-Leroy Chiao
“The moon landing was such a magnificent accomplishment in U.S. space history. I think that boots on the moon was just one indicator of the rapid technology advancement and really just showed what we can do when all of us are dedicated to a single goal over a long period of time.”-Anne McClain
“Now, space has its own unique smell. So whenever a vehicle docks, or if guys are out doing a spacewalk, the smell of space when you open up the hatch is very distinct. It’s kind of like a burning-metal smell, if you can imagine what that would smell like.”-Scott Kelly
“The biggest honor is to be an astronaut. It’s such a tremendous privilege to be able to represent humankind in our quest to explore space.”- John M. Grunsfeld
“The first view of the Earth is magical. It is a very overpowering realization that the Earth is so small. It affected me. I could not get over the notion that in such a small planet, with such a small ribbon of life, so much goes on. It is as if the whole place is sacred.”- Kalpana Chawla
“I want manned spaceflight, not just back to the Moon, but beyond that. And I want my daughters and my son to have their own July 20, 1969, to remember. Apollo 11 didn’t give us wings; it only showed us how far the wings we had would take us.”-David Weber
Simple Sunday- Space and Flight
“The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that’s the appeal of science fiction.
William Shatner
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
“It was exciting to be off on a journey she had looked forward to for months. Oddly, the billowing diesel fumes of the airport did not smell like suffocating effluence, it assumed a peculiar pungent scent that morning, like the beginning of a new adventure, if an adventure could exude a fragrance.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly,
“Being alone in an aeroplane for even so short a time as a night and a day, irrevocably alone, with nothing to observe but your instruments and your own hands in semi-darkness, nothing to contemplate but the size of your small courage, nothing to wonder about but the beliefs, the faces, and the hopes rooted in your mind – such an experience can be as startling as the first awareness of a stranger walking by your side at night. You are the stranger.”
― Beryl Markham, West with the Night
“Mary decided that flying was a lot like reading: they both made a body feel free as a bird.”
― Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
“Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space, listen…”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Simple Sunday- Stars
“Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries—but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.-“Ransom Riggs
“Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.”-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend…I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don’t last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend…”-Neil Gaiman
“Not just beautiful, though–the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me.”-Haruki Murakami
“We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.”-Nikita Gill
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“The glitter in the sky looks as if I could scoop it all up in my hands and let the stars swirl and touch one another but they are so distant so very far apart that they cannot feel the warmth of each other even though they are made of burning.”-Beth Revis, Across the Universe
Simple Sunday- Space
“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”-Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.”-Sojourner Truth
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend…I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don’t last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend…” – Neil Gaiman, Brief Lives
“I’ve discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there’s no need to explain it to them. The other half can’t understand and I couldn’t explain it to them. If someone doesn’t know why, I can’t explain it.”-Sally Ride
“The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.” – Carl Sagan
Wordless Wednesday- Galaxies
All pictures from NASA, in public domain. You can download all the pictures on the website.
Simple Sunday- Star Trek
Aron Eisenberg passed away today and I decided to post some of my favorite Deep Space 9 quotes in his memory. He played Nog on the show.
“I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy; I know many things.” — Worf (The Darkness and the Light)
“The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination.” — Garak (Improbable Cause)
Jake: “I guess I forgot you were a Ferengi.”
Nog: “You forgot!? To most people, the lobes are a dead give away!”
Quark: “I remember when my nephew Nog was a baby. Cutest thing you ever saw! You know babies – every little thing they pick up goes straight into their ears.”
Nog: “You can either stay in front of me or walk beside me, but I won’t turn my back on you again.”
Elim Garak: “Cadet, there may be hope for you yet.”
“Laws change depending on who’s making them, but justice is justice.” — Odo (A Man Alone)
Simple Sunday- Space!
All pictures are from the NASA website and are free of copyright restrictions. Go download some excellent space pictures!
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html
“There’s a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight.” – Buzz Aldrin
“Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.” – Nancy Roman
Dr. Nancy Roman, pictured with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory
“More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.” – Valentina Tereshkova
“Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It’s a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one’s safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.” – Alan Shepard
“I hope to continue to inspire our nation’s youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math so they, too, may reach for the stars.” – Ellen Ochoa
“The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.” – Neil Armstrong
