They did it! Matt and I are now waiting to see if they parade SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded crewed space launch vehicle, in front of the crowds. We...

The loud speaker said we're go for launch. We wait among thousands of people for the takeoff and launch of SpaceShipOne. Matt and I got nearly no sleep so...

I'm now navigator on the home stretch of our journey. From our changeover in Firebaugh Matt is now taking a sip from a green-flame painted can of energy drink....

In the valley, the baboons have an acute tendency to throw the hardest of figs. This, or so the story goes according to Mr. Turner, is how the crack...

Some rather large sunspot regions rotated into view on the Sun this week. Here are a couple photos I was able to capture amongst the typical December clouds in...

After a few days of work trip meetings and events, I had a morning to get away while still in St. Louis. I e-motored into downtown and enjoyed strolling...

Caught this lengthy meteor fireball in the late summer evening light to the north/northeast of Seattle....

What started out as gentle fog over nearby Elliot Bay became our completely socked in morning here in West Seattle....