Hey, as we speak, the Expedition 40/41 crew is headed down from the International Space Station!
In less than 72 hours, on Tuesday, November 12th, the Philea lander will separate from the Rosetta spacecraft and land on a comet, a first for humankind! (And you’ll be able to watch it online here, and also [I believe] on NASA-TV.) It should be amazing!
On November 18th and 19th, I’ll be at a NASA Social at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center! You can catch all of my pictures, comments, and articles here and on Twitter. (Also Facebook, but relatively few of you reading this connect to me there. But if you do, HI!)
On November 23rd, the Expedition 42/43 crew will be headed up to bring the ISS crew back to six!
On December 4th, NASA’s new Orion spacecraft will be making its first uncrewed test flight! (No word yet on whether or not I got picked for the NASA Social at JPL for that – fingers crossed!)
So we’re finishing the year strong, despite a couple of recent problems. Time to celebrate!
How about some basic rocketry that goes back over 900 years?
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 