97.3 The Dawg » nasa http://973thedawg.com Acadiana's Best Country Wed, 22 May 2013 18:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Your Chances Of Being Hit By A Meteor? http://973thedawg.com/your-chances-of-being-hit-by-a-meteor/ http://973thedawg.com/your-chances-of-being-hit-by-a-meteor/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:31:39 +0000 Bruce Mikells http://973thedawg.com/?p=148642 Stuff falls from space all the time. What are your chances of meeting one of those falling items in a personal way? The answer might just shock you!

]]> http://973thedawg.com/your-chances-of-being-hit-by-a-meteor/feed/ 0 (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) New NASA Spacesuits Look Exactly Like Buzz Lightyear http://973thedawg.com/nasa-spacesuits-buzz-lightyear/ http://973thedawg.com/nasa-spacesuits-buzz-lightyear/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:15:24 +0000 Mike Sampson http://screencrush.com/?p=70586 NASA revealed their new spacesuit - the Z-1 Prototype Spacesuit and Portable Life Support System (PLSS) 2.0 - and we can't help but think this new outfit was inspired by 'Toy Story's' own Buzz Lightyear. Are our astronauts headed to infinity and beyond?

]]> http://973thedawg.com/nasa-spacesuits-buzz-lightyear/feed/ 0 NASA/Disney-Pixar The Ant Farm Has Come A Long Way [Video] http://973thedawg.com/the-ant-farm-has-come-a-long-way-video/ http://973thedawg.com/the-ant-farm-has-come-a-long-way-video/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:19:11 +0000 Bruce Mikells http://973thedawg.com/?p=81775 When I was a kid ant farms came with dirt, not NASA space gel. I think it gives the appearance that the ants are crawling around in air freshener.

]]> http://973thedawg.com/the-ant-farm-has-come-a-long-way-video/feed/ 0 NASA Creates Its Own Weather [Video] http://973thedawg.com/nasa-creates-its-own-weather-video/ http://973thedawg.com/nasa-creates-its-own-weather-video/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:39:04 +0000 Bruce Mikells http://973thedawg.com/?p=43824 I was right! NASA does create its own weather and that weather affects people like us.

]]> http://973thedawg.com/nasa-creates-its-own-weather-video/feed/ 0 Moon Rocks Missing http://973thedawg.com/moon-rocks-missing/ http://973thedawg.com/moon-rocks-missing/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:14:14 +0000 Stephanie Crist http://973thedawg.com/?p=36594 Hundreds of Moon Rocks are missing from NASA. Has anyone looked on eBay lately?!

]]> http://973thedawg.com/moon-rocks-missing/feed/ 0 NASA/Central Press/Getty Images The Sky Is Falling! But Not Over USA http://973thedawg.com/good-news-nasa-sat-wont-hit-usa/ http://973thedawg.com/good-news-nasa-sat-wont-hit-usa/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:00:29 +0000 Stephanie Crist http://973thedawg.com/?p=23001 OK, for everyone who's been stressing about the sky ACTUALLY falling on them today, no worries, peeps! NASA's UARS satellite is expected to make a fiery plunge to earth this afternoon, but it won't be passing over the good ole USA at that time. Whew. How about Iraq or Iran, for good measure....just sayin'

]]> http://973thedawg.com/good-news-nasa-sat-wont-hit-usa/feed/ 0 NASA via Getty Images The Very Last Space Shuttle http://973thedawg.com/the-very-last-space-shuttle/ http://973thedawg.com/the-very-last-space-shuttle/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:31 +0000 Stephanie Crist http://973thedawg.com/?p=17003 When Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts off (hopefully) today from Cape Canaveral, it will truly be the end of an era. I can remember growing up watching all the space shuttle launches with the entire neighborhood in thrall. It was an EVENT. An American event. And

]]> http://973thedawg.com/the-very-last-space-shuttle/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Watch Endeavor Launch Live http://973thedawg.com/watch-endeavor-launch-live/ http://973thedawg.com/watch-endeavor-launch-live/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:35:16 +0000 Jude Walker http://973thedawg.com/?p=12639 T minus...well just click here and watch the Endeavor Space Shuttle take off.

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