LONG DISTANCE LETTERS: By compiling gorgeous satellite and astronauts' photos, Adam Voiland of NASA's Earth Observatory has come up an out-of-this world A to Z.
Up above, you can clearly see a colorful Y. Voiland says the Y "is for yardangs, elongated landforms sculpted by erosion and similar to sand dunes, but instead comprised of sandstone or siltstone. On December 25, 2000, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color image of the Ugab River running through what appears to be a field of yardangs in northern Namibia.
Follow this link to see the whole alphabet: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ABC/
GLIDING ALONG: A couple of days back we stopped by The Museum of Flight to check out the Bezos-retrieved Apollo 12 artifact temporarily on display and to give the kids a chance to spend the $25 gift certificates they won from the "Empire Writes Back" competition.
CJ chose a really neat space-travel themed poster, for which we must find a frame.
Annabelle chose a fun paint-your-own glider kit.
https://youtu.be/6-HTM56u9Mw
NO WORRIES: A couple of days ago I shared a photo and quote from NASA astronaut Mark Kelly bringing the health of some plants (Profusion zinnias - Zinnia hybrida) on board the International Space Station into question. In the picture, the lettuce plants looked like they were withering.
Fortunately, NASA public affairs officer Dan Huot has since told Popular Science that their appearance isn't reason for concern, it's just that they're nearing the end of their natural lifespan of 60 day. Truth be told, "They're generally
grown for their beauty rather than as food, but they are
technically edible," Huot reported.
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