This is what Building 1 at NASA looks like at 5:55 am. Building 1 is where all the program managers…
Newfound Respect
Gulf Coast at night On Tuesday, the International Space Station celebrated 10 years of continuous manned presence in space. 10…
Learning Never Fails
Russian Soyuz spacecraft “The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something….
Into the Sunset
I came across this photo (above) as NASA’s image of the day and just started laughing. Since my job involves…
Space Shuttle Launch Poll
Fantastic photo taken by a United Space Alliance employee in Florida I came across an informal poll posted on one…
Mission Montage
Yesterday I came back to my office after a long rendezvous sim and found this waiting for me: my mission…
Astronaut Punch
On Wednesday, I got to be a pretend astronaut for a rendezvous sim. Why? Well, the crew office is no…
Catch-Up
Whew! I worked our first STS-133 rendezvous sim yesterday. It was a real doozy, with multiple failures that required a…
STS-132 Launch
I worked the STS-132 launch last Friday. It was a very quiet countdown with no issues, and the weather in…
Vexing Values and VIPs
I’m hesitant to admit where this picture was taken. (Ok, it was the drive-thru at Starbucks. I spent far too…
Sleep-Shifting vs Productivity
I spent all of Thursday sleep-shifting — or, more accurately as it’s known in NASA flight controller language, SLAM-shifting —…
STS-131 Rendezvous
STS-131 launched right on time early Monday morning. I woke up just long enough to flip on the TV and…
