Landsat 40

Posted on July 31st, 2012 by egiles

40 Years of Landsat images and Earth as Art
http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/news/40th-earthasart.html
Here’s my favorite image:

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Mars Curiosity

Posted on July 31st, 2012 by egiles

Mars Curiosity
NASA Links:

http://communications.nasa.gov/marstoolkit
http://www.nasa.gov/mars.
“Seven Minutes of Terror”

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Shuttle Knowledge Console

Posted on July 31st, 2012 by egiles

https://skc.jsc.nasa.gov/Home.aspx

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Mary-Helen’s Birthday Number 42

Posted on July 30th, 2012 by egiles

We had MH’s bday party on Saturday July 28th in Brenham.  It was a great success.  We did a theme on 42, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.  A ton of kids came out, played in the car wash, pool, and baby pool.  We grilled hot dogs and sausages, and everyone had a great time.
For her [...]

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The Lion King

Posted on July 29th, 2012 by egiles

Alden, Mary-Helen, and I went to see the Disney production of the Lion King.  It was awesome!
Alden had a great time and was kept on the edge of his seat.  What fantastic costumes.
Ame watched Meredith, who napped most of the time we were gone.  Ame had come into town for Mary-Helen’s birthday party on Saturday.
We [...]

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NASA JSC 50th Classic Car Show

Posted on July 18th, 2012 by egiles

I drove the 1967 Black Corvette down to JSC today for the NASA JSC StarPort 50th Classic Car Show!  I had a great time and got to see some other classics, enjoy a hot dog, and meet car enthusiasts.  It was a great ride down and scary ride back.  I had a going away party [...]

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