The Exploratorium, located in San Francisco, is a world-renowned, playful learning laboratory of provocative exhibits and experiences that ignite curiosity and transform the way people learn.
On Mars, as on Earth, sometimes things can take on an unusual appearance. A case in point is a shiny-looking rock seen in a recent image from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover. Join us live, online tomorrow, February 20, 2013, at 4:00p.m. PST to learn about Curiosity’s latest findings.
Eagerly anticipating the Curiosity Mars Rover’s first drilling maneuvers. This will also be the first time any robot has drilled into rock to COLLECT SAMPLES FROM MARS! (via NASA - Curiosity Maneuver Prepares for Drilling)
Today is the day! We Staff, and all of our stuff, have to be out of the Palace of Fine Arts by 5pm today. Monday AM, Exploratorium Staff show up to work at our new location at Pier 15. We are literally… on the move.
Loving this museum participatory project from American Museum of Natural History from the 1950s. Read the letters that were written by the public and sent in, hoping to reserve themselves spots on the first trip into space!
The Hayden Letters: First College, then Mars (by American Museum of Natural History)
Great #datavis of all of Earth’s missions to Mars!
Earth Missions to Mars infographic
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Panorama of Curiosity’s Belly Check-from Sol 34 on Mars
photo credit: NASA/JPL
Rick on the mobile webcast cam! We’re talking about Curiosity’s nuclear power source on #mars. Live now www.exploratorium.edu (Taken with Instagram)
And we begin! Live #mars webcast now! Www.exploratorium.edu/mars (Taken with Instagram)
Exploratorium staff Noah Landis also to perform at our #mars webcast on @MarsCuriosity’s nuclear power source, today 1pm PDT! www.exploratorium.edu/mars (Taken with Instagram)
Wayne Grim gets ready for a live #mars performance for our @marscuriosity webcast today! Tune in online 1pm PDT as we investigate Curiosity’s nuclear power source www.exploratorium.edu/mars (Taken with Instagram)
Mast Cam images from Curiosity of Mars-these are from the raw image collection, day 17.
photo credit: NASA/JPL
Glass-Blown Spaceships by Rik Allen
It’s not exactly futuristic technology, nor do I think these vessels would survive the ravages of space, but Rik’s spaceship sculptures are made from steel, blown glass and certainly look capable of traversing the 1950’s spaceways. The intricate retro industrial detail is definitely worthy of true rocket science though, especially the tiny, expertly positioned chairs Rik places inside them… because you know your ass would definitely get tired of haphazardly floating around in zero-G eventually. My love for these burns with the fiery hot passion of one million asploding suns, so I included a few more extreeeeeeeme closeup shots below:
Artist: Website (via: Super Punch)
Beautiful!
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