Endeavour has finally landed in Los Angeles! It will remain at LAX until its final journey to the California Science Center. I also covered its stopover in Houston a few days ago.
Here are a collection of my favorite tweets from the day.
These are pictures of my old video game magazines that I depended on for industry coverage before the Internet days. One of the highlights was reading the coverage on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), an annual event where technology companies showcase products that are in development for release in the next few years.
I'm honored to announce that I will be reporting from CES in Las Vegas, Nevada in January 2013! Even though video games are no longer a part of the show, I'll have the chance to see a lot of early prototype technology - televisions, computers, tablets, etc - and hopefully interview company representatives. All articles, photo, and video will appear here on my site.
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Flickr photo from Lucas A Worthen
The space shuttle Endeavour has completed part of its two leg journey from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the California Science Center in Exposition Park, in the Los Angeles area. It's currently enjoying a stopover in Houston. There is a fantastic Flickr group of photos, as well as the #SpotTheShuttle hashtag on Twitter.
The rest of the journey is highlighted in this clip from the LA Times:
On Thursday, the 747 will refuel at El Paso's Biggs Army Airfield before heading to Edwards Air Force Base in California, where it will be housed overnight.
The shuttle will depart the Mojave Desert base about 7:15 a.m. Friday and will fly low over Palmdale, Lancaster, Rosamond and Mojave before heading north to Sacramento, NASA officials said.
There, Endeavour will fly over the Capitol and turn to San Francisco, where those hoping to catch a glimpse of the shuttle are advised to watch from one of several Bay Area museums, including the Chabot Space and Science Center, the Exploratorium, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, the Lawrence Hall of Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Once the shuttle reaches the Los Angeles area about 10:30 a.m., the orbiter will be carried over landmarks including the Getty Center, the Griffith Observatory, Malibu and Disneyland before landing at Los Angeles International Airport. It will also fly over the California Science Center in Exposition Park, its new permanent home.
Check the livestream of the Houston landing below.
September 12th is Space Day in Japan, and Google has updated the Street View portion of Google Maps with high resolution scans of Japan's space technology . A Google blog post explains that two of Japan’s top scientific institutions, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), are available for viewing online. Check out the video below (or click here to view directly on YouTube).
