Posts Tagged Nasa

40th Anniversary of Moon Landing Celebrated with… Moon Pie!

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11′s historic landing on the moon, NASA had a giant moon pie created for guests of the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL. According to Yahoo! News, the pie is 40 inches in diameter and weighs 55 pounds. Fourteen of those pounds are made up of marshmallow [...]

Solar Eclipse

On July 22, 2009 there will be a solar eclipse, the longest on record. Experts estimate that it will be completely eclipsed for 6 1/2 minutes. In all the eclipse will last 3 hours. Unfortunately North America will be blind for this momentous event. Only those in Southeast Asia and the Pacific will get this [...]

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