Monday, June 21, 2021

As If This Month Isn't Going Badly Already...

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So last week, I went to my local mall (Puente Hills Mall, of course) when I accidentally dropped my new Google Pixel 4a phone on the ho...
Friday, June 18, 2021

On This Day in 1981: The Nighthawk Flies for the First Time...

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USAF Just thought I'd point out that today marks 40 years since the first unit of the F-117A Nighthawk took flight for the first tim...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Two Photons Might Head to the Red Planet Three Years from Now...

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Rocket Lab Rocket Lab Awarded Subcontract to Design Twin Spacecraft for Mars (Press Release - June 15) The two Rocket Lab Photon space...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

It's Been 14 Days Since We Lost Triton to Venus...

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NASA / JPL - Caltech So today marks two weeks since NASA rejected the Trident flyby to Neptune's moon Triton as its next Discovery-...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

On This Day in 2001: The Lakers Win a Baq-2-Baq NBA Championship...

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20 years ago today, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant won their second straight championship after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated t...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

On This Day in 1996: Cool Things Happened in High School...

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Just thought I'd point out that today marks 25 years since I had my final exam that concluded 10th grade at my alma mater, Bishop Ama...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Photo of the Day: Rehearsing VIPER's Departure from the Griffin Lander Onto the Lunar Surface...

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NASA / Johnson Space Center / James Blair Off-Ramps to the Moon (News Release - June 9) When NASA’s water-hunting robot – the Volatiles...
Wednesday, June 09, 2021

Juno Update: Check Out the First New Close-up Photos of Our Solar System's Largest Moon in 21 Years...

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NASA / JPL - Caltech / SwRI / MSSS See the First Images NASA’s Juno Took As It Sailed by Ganymede (News Release - June 8) The spacecra...
Tuesday, June 08, 2021

On This Day in 2001: Game 2 of the NBA Finals Gets a Very Memorable Highlight...

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NBA Entertainment 20 years ago today, the Los Angeles Lakers emerged victorious against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of the 2001 NB...
Sunday, June 06, 2021

Photo of the Day: Visiting the Curiosity Mars Rover at NASA JPL 10 Years Ago...

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It was on this day in 2011 that I attended a social media event (called the JPL Tweetup) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pa...