Preparing For The Approach

Grumman F-14 Tomcat, VF-74 (Daniel Bechenec).

The Pipe Nebula : East of Antares, dark markings sprawl through crowded star fields toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard, the obscuring interstellar dust clouds include B59, B72, B77 and B78, seen in against the starry background. Here, their combined shape suggests a pipe stem and bowl, and so the dark nebula’s popular name is the Pipe Nebula. The deep and expansive view covers a full 10 by 10 degree field in the pronounceable constellation Ophiuchus. The Pipe Nebula is part of the Ophiuchus dark cloud complex located at a distance of about 450 light-years. Dense cores of gas and dust within the Pipe Nebula are collapsing to form stars. via NASA

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Mustang B51 Warbird

© Scott Slocum

Dunes on the floor of the Endurance Crater on Mars, November 16, 2004.

(Planetary Society)

Pink Sparkles.

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John Berkey cover art for The Best of Frederik Pohl, 1975.

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“I would like to humanize the space age by giving a perspective from a non-astronaut, because I think the students will look at that and say, ‘This is an ordinary person. This ordinary person is contributing to history.’”

—Christa McAuliffe (September 2, 1948–January 28, 1986)