I Know This Is Totally Random But Doesn’t Mimas Look Like The Death Star?

Towel day on the International Space Station

Don't panic! This is the story of a book, a book called The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a wholly remarkable book.ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti reads from Douglas Adam’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” for towel day from the European laboratory Columbus on the Internatio…

I can’t tell you how happy this made me to know that Samantha is in the same fandom as me and that she also celebrates Towle Day like me as well. XD 

“Civil Air Patrol - Eyes of the Home Skies”, 1941 - 1945

NASA News Conference, Media Availability with Next Space Station Crew

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and their Russian crewmate Alexander Misurkin, who are part of an upcoming International Space Station crew, will conduct a news conference and be available for media interviews Wednesday, May 10, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

I AM SO EXCITED! XD

Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017

On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of nature’s most awe inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse. This path, where the moon will completely cover the sun and the sun's tenuous atmosphere - the corona - can be seen, will stretch from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Observers outside this path will still see a partial solar eclipse where the moon covers part of the sun's disk. NASA created this website to provide a guide to this amazing event. Here you will find activities, events, broadcasts, and resources from NASA and our partners across the nation. ~NASA.gov 

1943 Camel cigarette ad features the Civil Air Patrol women

https://www.etsy.com/listing/165071825/1943-civil-air-patrol-woman-courier-in?ref=listing-shop-header-4

I really love this picture. 

Cygnus Spacecraft Approaches Space Station in the Sunset

Image Credit: ESA/NASA

NGC 1999: Reflection Nebula in Orion

Credit: NASA/Hubble and Judy Schmidt

'Twas the First Night of Encampment (CAP)

(Working on making fun of CAPs Encampments... Please forgive me.)

'Twas the first night of Encampment, and all through the house

Only one creature was stirring, and it wasn't a mouse;

The BDUs were hung by the bedside with care,

In hopes that the officers would soon find approval there;

The teenagers were nestled all freaked out in their beds;

While visions of training danced in their heads;

And cadets in their uniform, and all a part of CAP,

Had just got ourselves ready for a long hard day without even a nap,

When out in the room there arose such a loud clatter,

I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

Down the long, hall a trash can flew like a flash,

Officers had open the doors with such a great bash.

The crack of the sun shone ever so slightly on the new-fallen day,

Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,

When what to my wondering eyes did appear,

But a miniature Cadet Air Force got ready as swift as a deer,

They were all so lively and quick,