Five Acres with a View

Links to the complete list are in order at the end of the article: 13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 13: The Mission Operations Team | Universe Today.

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) highlighted the Pillars of Creation yesterday.

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a very cool photo of the Monday Space Shuttle Launch.

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe.

Orion’s Belt: Scenes from Two Hemispheres.

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National Geographic writes about the “Blue Moon” which will  shine on New Year’s Eve this year.

Today,  the Big Picture presents Martian landscapes from the HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait writes about What Apollo means to me.

The Big Picture presents another of its fabulous photo-essays in Remembering Apollo 11 – The Big Picture – Boston.com.