Small world in detail.

Nice 7/8 piece of music, with nifty space video.

@cmdr_hadfield 's success.

Hadfield's greatest moments of the last five months.

Space game!

Wow. Just, wow.

Armstrong predicts permanent moonbases in their lifetime; alas, it was not to be.

You need the Swiss on your side though.

That's one modestly-sized microwave for man...

A grim actuarial reflection.

The key moment.

Gaiman, Stephenson, and Armstrong: 'If you ever wondered what my face looks like when I'm going "This is really happening, and I am the luckiest man in the world," it looks a lot like it does in this photo.'

The best so far, with the great picture taken just after they left the Moon.

Another book about the Moon landings.

My review of a book about the Moon landings.

Review of biography of Neil Armstrong.

:-(

Interesting account of retrieving ancient (1970s/80s) spacecraft data.

Long before Stephen Baxter!

The fantastic video of film from the ISS shown at #Eastercon closing ceremony.

Failed Mars probe crashing to earth this weekend.

Obviously, I believe NASA is worth the money. But it's such a lot of money that it's difficult to explain briefly why it's worth it. Here's what I think: investing in NASA makes us smarter, improves our lives, and increases our capability to overcome technological challenges. Even more important, though, are the intangible bene…

"We have taken to the moon the wealth of this Nation, the vision of its political leaders, the intelligence of its scientists, the dedication of its engineers, the careful craftsmanship of its workers, and the enthusiastic support of its people. "We have brought back rocks. "And I think it is a fair trade."

The International Space Station as bringer of doom.

An exhaustive list of literary treatments of this important topic.

Short answer: yes, it was.

Everyone's been linking to this, but it is tremendous news.