John Powell at JP Aerospace writes about resurrecting the lunar rickshaw concept for dealing with retrieving their balloon equipment from remote and difficult terrain on earth: The Maligned Moon Rickshaw – JP Aerospace Blog.
Stellar Eyes astrophotography
Check out the great space and astronomy imagery at Astronomy News and Photos – Stellar Eyes.
And here is a list of art shows by some of the astrophotographers that display their work at Stellar Eyes: Astrophotographer Art shows – Stellar Eyes.
Space! art at Gallery1988
Gallery1988 in Los Angeles is hosting the SPACE! exhibition organized by artist Mike Mitchell
(Link via Universe Today.)
Supermoon this Sunday
Enjoy the Supermoon on Sunday night (June 23rd) even if it really isn’t any more super than usual:
- Supermoon Returns! – Lights in the Dark
- Supermoon: Big bright Moon but no more than usual – Bad Astronomy
Chunk of Chelyabinsk meteorite said to be found in lake
A part of the meteorite that came from the great fireball over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia back in February has been found at the bottom of a lake: Huge Chunk of Meteorite Located in Urals Lake – RIA Novosti