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Indiana Drones? Canadian Teen Uses Satellite Imagery And Google Earth To Spot Possible Lost Mayan City

One of the greatest elements of modern technology is how it can inform us not just about the present (and possibly, via accrued data, the future), but also teach us more about our past. Despite the fact that humans of even a few generations previous would be (or currently are) astonished and maybe baffled by our modern computing capabilities, there are certain instances in which the past and the future coalesce to convincingly capture important information for the present.

And who better to discover this than a relatively-new human being?

The Mayans did appreciate a good giant pyramid.
Could there be another Chichen Itza lurking here, lost in the lush jungle?
(Image courtesy smh.com.au.)

Space Station Sunday: Science And Sending Home A Dragon

Good afternoon, space fans! Who's up for some more excellence from orbit?

Nerd alert! Love, NASA.
(Image courtesy NASA.gov.)

Space Station Sunday: Satellites, Strides, And The Silver Screen

Happy Sunday, space fans! Here's what was spinning through our galactic neighborhood this week!

Africa and the Mediterranean Sea, under a full moon.
Just another enchanted evening in orbit.
(Image courtesy Tim Peake / ESA.int.)

Space Station Sunday: 4K Scenes And Machines For Genes

Good afternoon, space fans! It's been another great week outside of gravity.

Our spacefarers have a very special perspective on "Earth Day."
(Image courtesy NASA.gov.)

Space Station Sunday: A New Module And A New Movie

Good afternoon, space fans! Here's what was going on a few hundred miles over our heads this week.

In the words of esteemed space pirate Han Solo,
"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid."
(Image courtesy nasa.gov.)

Red Picket Fences: Will Your Martian Apartment Be 3-D Printed?

Barring any massive mistakes in the next two decades or so, humanity is going to Mars. It's very well within reason to suspect that some of the readers of this article -maybe even you, prospective pioneering Martian! - could be taking a one-way ticket off of Earth, permanently. So, you know, you've got to start seriously planning for how cool your Martian digs are going to look.

It's actually way roomier than what's similarly priced in Manhattan.
(Image courtesy 3dprint.com.)

Space Station Sunday: Some Landing And Some Expanding

Good afternoon, space fans! It’s been an amazing week for astro-adventuring. Here’s what was up!

The SpaceX Dragon joins the ISS party, and brought one really interesting
balloon from Bigelow Aerospace...
(Image courtesy spacex.com.)

Space Station Sunday: From Progress To A Dragon

Good afternoon, space fans! Here's all of this week's news from low earth orbit.

Mail call! The Progress cargo ship approaches the ISS.
(Image courtesy Jeff Williams / NASA.gov.)

Space Station Sunday: In Cygnus And In Health

Good evening, space fans! It's been another fascinating week for our friends falling through space.

Later, they're going to set that whole damn spacecraft on fire.
Wait, what?
(Image courtesy Jeff Williams / NASA.gov.)

Space Station Sunday: New Crew, And Robot Rovers Too

Good afternoon, space fans! Here's what was up on the ISS this week.

Controlled chaos of the coolest sort.
(Image courtesy NASA.gov.)

Space Station Sunday: Wins Of The One-Year Crew (Part Two)

Good afternoon, space fans! We're back with another installment on all the space that's fit to chase.

One of Scott Kelly's many "Earth Art" photos taken during his time aboard the ISS.
This one was captioned, "#Goodnight #Earth! Make me proud."

Space Station Sunday: Wins Of The One-Year Crew (Part One)

Good afternoon, space fans! It was a historic week for our friends in orbit...here's what was up!

The fun part, after all that "plummeting on fire through the atmosphere" stuff.
(Image courtesy NASA.gov.)

Enjoy Your HD Cat Videos, Indonesia: SpaceX Sends Up Satellite Successfully

The big story in space this week was all about the man who fell to Earth, but it's worth noting that another important mission was headed UP. Namely, the SpaceX SES-9 payload of a communications satellite that will provide critical connectivity from its place in space...

{Space}X Gon' Give It To Ya!
(Image courtesy Ken Kremer / universetoday.com.)

Space Station Sunday: Three Cheers For The One-Year Crew!

Happy Sunday, space fans! It's been another outstanding week in orbit, and an exciting week ahead. Here's what was up!

The One-Year Crew enjoys a few more micro-gravity backflips
before they're much more difficult on Earth.
(Image courtesy NASA.gov.)

The Opportunity Of Unity: Virgin Galactic Has A New Spaceplane On The Horizon

With the imminent return of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly from his near-yearlong post on the International Space Station, humanity has once again become publicly aware of how cool it is for people to exist in space. Now, entrepreneur Richard Branson is set to up the ante by sending up a new spaceship...and anyone who can pay the price can be a passenger.

SPACE. PLANE.
YES.
(Image courtesy arstechnica.com.)

Space Station Sunday: Two Dropoffs Before Next Liftoff

Good afternoon, space fans! What wonders were worked on this week, hundreds of miles above our heads?

It's all about solar: the station's solar arrays soak up the rays.
(Image courtesy NASA.gov.)

World Peace / Space Pieces: Russia Could Convert Missiles To Destroy Asteroid Threats

Remember that whole Cold War thing between the US and Russia, with all the missiles and arming up and whatnot? Yeah, all those spare, fortunately-unused weapons didn't exactly vanish. However, scientists in Russia are working to put them to another effective (if hopefully unnecessary) purpose...

Because pointing these at the sky is still better than pointing them at America.
(Image courtesy foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com.)

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