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September 29, 2011
Por Favor, Nanny
Houston moms help the help.
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September 16, 2011
"Tatooine" Discovery: Five Other Times NASA Has Drafted Off Star Wars' Heat
NASA: If only there was a movie about a two-sun planet....NASA officials hyped a press conference yesterday about a new discovery via the way they know best: Trot out the Star Wars references. People connected with the movie and SFX gurus Industrial Light & Magic were on the panel to discuss ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Five Famous Indian and Pakistani Houstonians
India and Pakistan are 64 years old this week.Dust off your South Asian flags, because this week we celebrate India's (August 15) and Pakistan's (August 14) Independence Days. Sixty-four years ago, India freed itself from the Brits and split itself into two countries. Luckily many crossed the ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Great Picture of Atlantis Turnin' & Burnin' for Home
NASANASA says this picture is "unprecedented," and who are we to doubt them? Taken from the International Space Station, the shot shows Atlantis beginning its descent through the earth's atmosphere, as things heat up and everyone says prayers to the heat-shield god.
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July 11, 2011
Ground Control To Major Tom: Happy Birthday "Space Oddity"
On this day in 1969, David Bowie released what would arguably become his (first) calling-card track, "Space Oddity." The version you see and hear above is one that the world would briefly know (we found it in promo reel Love You Till Tuesday) before he became the Bowie that we all know and love. ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Eight Rejected Shuttle Designs: From Space Zeppelins to Flying Boxes to Cool Deltas
Everyone's got an idea.The space shuttle isn't the most graceful design ever (although it can look great in such pictures as the first one here): it's a bit boxy, more akin to an 18-wheeler than a Ferrari. But the idea of a reusable space vehicle presents unique challenges, and NASA had plen ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Okay, The Mysterious Face On the Space Station Is Freaking Us Out
NASAJust upper-right of the center? That's a MAN, babyYesterday we posted some great new video from NASA of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station, seven minutes of mostly silent footage that screamed out for a soundtrack. We synched up David Bowie's "Width of a Circ ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Gabrielle Giffords Walks Up Steps to Board Jet
In case you were skeptical of the progress made by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at the Texas Medical Center's TIRR rehab clinic, long-distance video showed her climbing the stairs to board the jet that's taking her to watch her husband's shuttle launch. KHOU's camera shows Giffords, with assistance, wal ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Comment of the Day: More Space Shuttle Blues
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Houston Gets No Space Shuttle: See What Happens When You Don't Have a Texan in the White House?
Cue the loser horn: Houston is not getting one of the retiring Space Shuttles, according to every media report out there. It's not even getting a shuttle that never went to space. Houston put on a furious last-minute push to land one of the orbiters, but the fact that it was a last-minute push pro ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
NASA's Astronomy Picture Of The Day: 2010's Ten Best
For 15 years now, NASA has been putting out an Astronomy Picture of the Day, picking whatever hits their fancy from the archives or new stuff coming in from up above. Here are ten of the best they posted this year. 10. Atlantis takes off Photos courtesy NASAIn the early morning hours of Jul ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Intelligent Life
When NASA employee April Evans questioned animal experiments, her career fell apart.
Blogs
April 19, 2010
Aftermath: We Are Not Sorry For Liking LIGHTS And Owl City At Verizon
Photos by Kendra BerglundFriday night at a sold-out Verizon Wireless Theater, LIGHTS and Owl City put on surprisingly solid performances. We use the word 'surprisingly,' because we fall into the category of people who oftentimes dismiss these kinds of artists as sans-substance pawns of the ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
Some Thoughts On The Chronicle Cuts: So Long, Suburbs
(Note: For a while, this item was posted with the wrong byline -- it's by Steve Olafson, not Richard Connelly, and always has been. Thanks, and sorry.)The layoffs at the Houston Chronicle cut much deeper into the editorial side of the newspaper than the announced company-wide 12 percent reduction ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2007
Rocket Scientists Can't Spell
(Note: For a while, this item was posted with the wrong byline -- it's by Steve Olafson, not Richard Connelly, and always has been. Thanks, and sorry.)The layoffs at the Houston Chronicle cut much deeper into the editorial side of the newspaper than the announced company-wide 12 percent reduction ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2007
Space Case
(Note: For a while, this item was posted with the wrong byline -- it's by Steve Olafson, not Richard Connelly, and always has been. Thanks, and sorry.)The layoffs at the Houston Chronicle cut much deeper into the editorial side of the newspaper than the announced company-wide 12 percent reduction ... More >>
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December 7, 2006
Soccer in Space
(Note: For a while, this item was posted with the wrong byline -- it's by Steve Olafson, not Richard Connelly, and always has been. Thanks, and sorry.)The layoffs at the Houston Chronicle cut much deeper into the editorial side of the newspaper than the announced company-wide 12 percent reduction ... More >>
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December 7, 2006
Soccer in Space
(Note: For a while, this item was posted with the wrong byline -- it's by Steve Olafson, not Richard Connelly, and always has been. Thanks, and sorry.)The layoffs at the Houston Chronicle cut much deeper into the editorial side of the newspaper than the announced company-wide 12 percent reduction ... More >>
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March 4, 2004
Rocket Man
How one enterprising Johnson Space Center physicist followed his dream to Hollywood and porn stardom
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February 13, 2003
Spaced Out
Saturation coverage for another space shuttle crash
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February 6, 2003
Last Rites
Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail
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January 30, 2003
Last Rites
Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail
Music
June 1, 2000
Metal Help
The late William "Tray" Folliard, the Hard Rock, and stories from 'round town
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January 9, 1997
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The late William "Tray" Folliard, the Hard Rock, and stories from 'round town
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