WE HAVE LIFTOFF: Our morning started with another pre-dawn alarm. This time it was 5 a.m. By 5:30, we were on the road to our rendezvous po...

SKETCHY START: The day got off to a rather horrific start. We arrived at SeaTac airport and went through security without incident, but a...

CHECKING IN WITH KSC: You had to know that the very first thing I did this morning was hop on NASA's Web site to make sure the Atlantis...

WORD UP: This morning first thing on the docket was the First Annual "Word Girl Definition Competition." (" Word Girl ...

Photo: Rare giant squid captured off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico by NOAA scientists in 2009. It's only the second giant s...

PICKIN' AND GRINNIN': I asked the kids what they did at music today when I wasn't there and Annabelle told me they strummed so...

TOKYO ON NOTICE: Our Painted Lady butterfly larvae are growing at an alarming rate. (I have visions of them growing to the size of Mothra ...