via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, resident at XKCD!
Mercury 7 [Friendship 7 with John Glenn Aboard] Launch Anniversary
Astronaut John Glenn. On Feb. 20, 1962, 58 years ago today, Glenn (then, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps) was hurled into space aboard the NASA Mercury Atlas (MA-6) spacecraft.
Glenn, both the first American to enter space, also became the oldest human ever to venture into space as a working member of the Space Shuttle Discovery Crew on October 29, 1998.
John Glenn, a United States Marine, a NASA Astronaut and then a United States Senator - his duty bound focus, and incredible heroism helped lead all mankind into space.
John Glenn died on December 8, 2016, and, was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.
NASA’s Voyager 2 November Exit Of The Heliosphere, Now A Denizen Of Interstellar Space
While Voyager 2's exit took place in November of last year, and the included video is dated from December 2018, the exit of the craft from the Heliosphere, and entry into interstellar space (just as the craft's sibling - Voyager 1 did in late summer of 2012) is still very much a newsworthy item hereabouts. Simply Outstanding.
deGrasse Tyson's View, Cassini's Final Moments →
' Cassini gave us Saturn, but also gave us Earth — as only deep space could reveal: Small. Frail. Lonely. Steeped in darkness. pic.twitter.com/zjF6jNUFyU ' - Neil deGrasse Tyson, via Twitter
Throwback Thursday, The Clockwork Rover →
...and now Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys, Behold, the phenomenal Clockwork Rover. Due to the extremes of both temperature and pressure on the Venusian surface, NASA must revert to automaton-like machinations from bygone era's, in this case, clockwork-like machinery to increase the longevity of the 'bots it sends to the hottest planet in the solar system. Enjoy.