NASA-produced glass becomes beautiful art
I met glass artist Syed Ahmad at The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival. This annual festival in The Woodlands (Houston) is held in mid-April. It attracts a wide range of artists…
An Astronaut’s Life, by his son
This biography of space shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless is written by his son, of the same name. They are distinguished by Roman numeral. The astronaut is II, and his son…
ARTEMIS: The Next Moon Mission
The first crew for the Artemis mission to the Moon was announced just a few weeks after a session at SXSW on NASA’s plans to send people to the Moon…
ASTEROIDS at SXSW
In January this year an asteroid passed closer to Earth than some satellites in orbit. Dr. Paul Chodas said that when asteroids are predicted to get really close to Earth…