space porn

Growing up as a little kid in the 60s, the conquest of outer space was the single greatest thing ever. The weeks before and the months after the Apollo missions were filled with wonder. Pop stars were fabulous creatures but astronauts, man, astronauts were elevated beings. Pun fully intended. When Armstrong stepped onto the moon's surface, the whole world seemed to stop. I still get excited by the achievemnets of space exploration. This may be among the coolest things I've ever seen.

A million miles from Earth. Check out this video of the moon's transit across the face of the sun. Awesome would be the right word.

Update:
In my excitement to get back to looking at amazing images and vids, I neglected to say that I found this site via boingboing. Also, upon snooping around the rest of the Nasa Stereo site. They have 3-D animations and imagery of solar phenomena, mission craft and all manner of fabulous goodies. Now then, where can I find me a pair of those 3-D glasses with the red and blue lenses?

out of this world...or pick your own cliche

found this gallery of nasa space station art from the 1970s. this stuff fascinates me and the artwork is just stunning. have a good week infidels.