Apollo 50th: Sharing our Memories of the Space Program
Today, as we celebrate 50 years since mankind first stepped onto the surface of the moon, some of the GeekMoms and GeekDads took time to reflect.
Continue ReadingToday, as we celebrate 50 years since mankind first stepped onto the surface of the moon, some of the GeekMoms and GeekDads took time to reflect.
Continue Reading‘The Apollo Missions for Kids’ by Jerome Pohlen is a fantastic book that covers every Apollo, Mercury, and Gemini mission in detail.
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Chronicle Books has produced a 100-piece moon puzzle using an image from the NASA archives.
Continue Reading‘Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views & Undiscovered Moments’ shows us more of that amazing story through dozens of previously unpublished photos.
Continue Reading‘Girls on the Up’ is the final book in the ‘6 Chelsea Walk’ collection and takes place in London during July 1969 when all eyes turned to the moon.
Continue Reading‘Space Dogs’ by Martin Parr looks at the history of the Soviet Union’s space dogs program and the dogs that worked there in detail.
Continue Reading‘Space Record Breakers’ is a fun new book which explores space through its high achievers, from the smallest planet to the largest spacecraft.
Continue Reading‘Space Race’ is a book that uses a dedicated app and augmented reality to tell “the story of space exploration to the moon and beyond.”
Continue ReadingThe National Space Centre in Leicester, UK, is an interactive museum dedicated to the past, present, and future of space exploration.
Continue ReadingIn ‘The Spectacular Journey Into Space,’ kids punch out sections of the images to create floating shapes of planets, space vehicles, & more.
Continue Reading‘Capturing the Universe’ is a coffee table style book that showcases a range of astrophotography looking all across the universe.
Continue Reading‘History Heroes: Space’ is a card game for ages eight plus that teaches kids and adults about all aspects of space exploration.
Continue ReadingCAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story is an immersive documentary movie for planetariums that explores the history of the Apollo Space Programme.
Continue ReadingThis hilarious anecdote of GeekMom-ery from YA author Shelley Sackier takes us inside a recent milestone celebration at NASA.
Continue ReadingAfter almost 20-years, the Cassini mission came to a fiery end. GeekMom writer Evil Genius Mum was at the Grand Finale and yes, she shed a tear.
Continue ReadingToday is International Space Day – and here are a few cool things you can do about it!
Continue ReadingOther than the attractive but questionable title (which sometimes wreaks havoc on precise search engine searches), I love this book. I mean, you’ve got space. You’ve got photography. And I’m pretty sure there are very few people out there who do astrophotography better than NASA.
Continue Reading“Asphodel is an underworld myth for space opera fans. Whenever you see a “god” of some sort in the realm of science fiction, it’s often in the form of a technologically advanced alien race, or an A.I., and I wanted to play with the concepts in Michio Kaku’s books, giving humanity a shot at godhood for once.”
Continue ReadingWith deep water comes deep responsibility. Why should you be interested in a 164 ft deep pool over three thousand miles away.
Continue ReadingGeekMom Rachel takes a peek at the self-published works “Little and the Moon” and “The Girl and the Moon.”
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