The Union Recorder Columns

If at first you don’t succeed...

2012-05-22T08:00:00-04:00

Expectations ran high last weekend with the Falcon9 rocket carrying the Dragon space capsule all ready for liftoff.

Check out a great play and great music

2012-05-15T08:00:00-04:00

“Darkness darkness, be my pillow, Take my hand and let me sleep, In the coolness of your shadow, In the silence of your deep.”

See how the story ends

2012-05-09T08:00:00-04:00

It’s been an odd week for me. My mood has been virtually unnatural. I’ve been excited about life.

One million space photos

2012-05-08T08:00:00-04:00

Last month, an astronaut took a very special photo while in Earth orbit on the International Space Station (ISS): It was the one millionth picture taken from the science outpost since it came online in 1998.

Don’t miss Cinderella and Rock and Roll

2012-05-01T08:00:00-04:00

“Rock and roll is here to stay, It will never die, It was meant to be that way, Though I don’t know why...”

The end of the road for the space shuttle orbiter Discovery

2012-04-24T16:00:00-04:00

Last week the spaceship made its final journey from home base Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

Kepler keeps on truckin’

2012-04-10T08:00:00-04:00

It’s time to check in with our intrepid planet hunter, the Kepler telescope, once again, because there’s a real reason to celebrate: Kepler’s mission, which was supposed to end later this year, has been officially extended to 2016.

Electric propulsion: Busting the Triangle

2012-04-03T15:15:00-04:00

Surely you’ve heard of the infamous Project Management Triangle: things can be done fast, cheap and well, but you can always pick only two of those three characteristics...

Acrobats and Aladdin for the week

2012-04-03T08:00:00-04:00

“Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry, Don’t you see the time flashing by. Honey, got no money, I’m all sixes and sevens and nines.”

Apple Suckling Tree

2012-03-28T08:52:24-04:00

Steve Jobs was a connoisseur of music and his favorites were Bob Dylan and The Beatles.