Follow @AndrewBalin!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");Tumblr (3.0; @fuckyeahspaceexploration)http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1f9ee8fbb176b91dc85b1676b3bf9f8e/tumblr_mg0t4mAkyg1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Life magazine, special edition, 1969.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/39509259530http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/39509259530Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:57:57 +0000spacesciencemoonlifemagazinephotographycoverbuzz<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/83de08f7976186900e38b5cb1cc90168/tumblr_mfwjkxnhbj1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>For the UK people and internet-savvy non-UK people, here is a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pm9l3/Neil_Armstrong_First_Man_on_the_Moon/">documentary on Neil Armstrong</a> that appeared last night on BBC 2.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/39308942281http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/39308942281Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:41:21 +0000spacescienceNeil Armstrong<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7pqwrMnl1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Saturn’s rings.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33999913347http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33999913347Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:08:27 +0100spacesciencesaturn<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7q0prW9G1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Don’t hate me for reposting this — it’s one of my favourite astronaut pictures ever. Here are the Mercury astronauts:</p> <p>Walter Schirra; Donald Slayton; John Glenn;</p> <p>Scott Carpenter; Alan Shepard; Virgil Grissom; Gordon Cooper.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/34001676479http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/34001676479Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:03:44 +0100spacescienceastronaut<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7pq6U2yh1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is how satellites are put into spacecraft. This is the Metop-B satellite.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33998199156http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33998199156Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:44:01 +0100spacesciencesatellite<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7posuRkj1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artists impression of [Gaia](<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_mission">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_mission</a>).</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33996486079http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33996486079Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:57:37 +0100spacesciencegaia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7pm8sE1K1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MMMmmmmmmmmmMars….</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33994804962http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33994804962Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:37:38 +0100spacesciencemars<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7pkmfwVu1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>LAUNCH PORN.</p> <p>Soyuz VS03, lifting off on the 12 Oct 2012. ]</p> <p>Yeah.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33993164450http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33993164450Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:15:26 +0100spacesciencelaunch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7picOi8C1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A remnant of a supernova (SNR1987A) first observed in 1987. This thing is 166,000 light years away and hence that many years old.</p> <p>Astronomers believe a neutron star was left behind, but are still searching for evidence.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33991518033http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33991518033Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:09:59 +0100spacescienceastronomy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7p9zrilZ1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sky above the Concordia research station in Antarctica.</p> <p>Take me there somebody?</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33989890928http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33989890928Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:07:56 +0100spacescienceastronomyskystarsfuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7p5p8cgN1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gemini VI and VII rendezvous.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33984732273http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33984732273Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:01:00 +0100spacescience<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7p7hI9ij1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Apollo 14 prime crew.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33986599069http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33986599069Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:57:32 +0100spacescienceapollopeopleastronaut<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjtv46nZs1qfdrldo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33125721835http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33125721835Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:40:16 +0100spacesciencespacex<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjttoSfHK1qfdrldo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjttoSfHK1qfdrldo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjttoSfHK1qfdrldo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjttoSfHK1qfdrldo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>SpaceX Dragon 9 launches.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33125664086http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33125664086Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:39:23 +0100spacesciencespacexlaunch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjt0wzikw1qfdrldo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.spacex.com/webcast/">Watch the live launch here! NOW</a></p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33124413470http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/33124413470Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:22:08 +0100spacesciencespacex<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9c19rTo351qzrlhgo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thefrogman.me/post/30199827125/neil-armstrong-1930-2012-neil-armstrong-was-a">thefrogman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Neil Armstrong 1930 - 2012</strong></p> <p>Neil Armstrong was a test pilot, aerospace engineer, and he walked on the moon. He was a stellar combination of brains and brawn and his courage was unmatched. He was truly one of the greatest inspirations of our time. As is tradition, he will live on as a Jedi spirit. Rest in peace. </p> </blockquote> <p>I <3 the <a href="http://thefrogman.me/">Frogman</a></p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31353575160http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31353575160Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0100spacesci-fistar warsneil armstrong<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma759taCOA1qbc06wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pretendy.tumblr.com/post/31343095440/this-composite-picture-put-together-by-images">pretendy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This composite picture, <a href="http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMIWY7YJ6H_index_0.html">put together by</a> images from Japan’s Alos satellite shows intensely worked farmland in the Black Earth region of cropland, south of Moscow.</p> <p>Three images, taken at different times of the year, and each coloured red, green and blue are superimposed upon one another. Strongly coloured parts of the picture reveal changes in the Earth’s surface over the year.</p> <p>As well as detect these changes, subtle differences between different colour filters can also tell us what the crops are themselves.</p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31351598194http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31351598194Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:29:21 +0100spacescience<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma7a6cP0Zm1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Viking I colour photo of the surface of Mars, 1976</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31348060406http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31348060406Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:30:11 +0100spacesciencemars<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma75p0XgQU1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Earth photobombing the Moon</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31343482155http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31343482155Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:53:24 +0100spacescienceearthmoon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma73krF28r1qfdrldo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Saturn’s rings are just gorgeous.</p>http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31341549151http://fuckyeahspaceexploration.tumblr.com/post/31341549151Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:07:38 +0100spacesciencesaturn