In August 16th 1960, military pilot Colonel Joseph W Kittinger took a giant 200ft diameter helium balloon to the edge of space in a NASA mission known as Excelsior III. Continue Reading
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Jumping from the Edge of Space
Posted on 19 March 2012 by Roy Pessis
Tags: earth, science, space, time
What Is a Leap Year?
Posted on 05 March 2012 by Roy Pessis
Why do some years have an extra leap day and what is it for? Continue Reading
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Most Important Image Ever Taken
Posted on 06 September 2010 by Roy Pessis
A photo of utter blackness taken in “a patch of sky no bigger than a grain of sand held out out arm’s length.” Continue Reading
Tags: earth, nature, planet, space
EARTH: The Pale Blue Dot
Posted on 11 May 2009 by Roy Pessis
Readings from Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space”
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