Tag Archives: NASA

“Don’t touch my bags if you please, mister customs man”

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

I recently experienced the whole Customs and Immigration thing for the first time in a year. In the past, I rarely gave it much thought, but now that we’ve had an authoritarian coup, it gives one pause. On that note, … Continue reading →

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The Sun and the Moon and You

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

NASA commissioned gifted artists among their ranks to create an exciting series of posters commemorating the total solar eclipse that will cut a wide swath across Mexico, the United States and Canada today. On April 8, 2024, a total solar … Continue reading →

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A Once In A Lifetime Getaway

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory branch of the space agency NASA recently released digital copies of some of the art work that was selected for their 2016 staff calendar. Created by the Seattle design studio Invisible Creature, the space themed travel … Continue reading →

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Start Planning Now

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology is searching for another Earth—and not a minute too soon. They’re also getting a jump on potential interplanetary tourism with a clever series of retro-styled exoplanet travel posters. It’s never … Continue reading →

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Cities At Night

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

“Cities at night may be one of the most beautiful consequences of humanity” Between 2002 and 2008, astronaut Don Pettit and his colleagues on the International Space Station took more than 4,000 extraordinary photographic images of the world’s great cities … Continue reading →

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