Category: Space Cadet (articles)
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I’VE BEEN A NASA FAN-BOY MY WHOLE LIFE, GOING BACK TO WATCHING THE FIRST ROCKET LAUNCHES ON TV IN THE EARLY 1960S.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW IMAGES I’VE PHOTOGRAPHED (STILLS AND VIDEO) IN CELEBRATION OF SPACE, SCIENCE, NERD CULTURE AND NASA.
![On Getting a Call from NASA](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NASA-astronaut-iss-reflection-gloves_50058615887_84954cd40f_k.jpg?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
In the Spring of 2020 I decided to do something a bit crazy but also a life long dream: I applied to become a NASA ...
![Happy Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Launch Day](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-16-CBS-50th-Anniversary-Launch-of-Apollo-11-3.gif?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
Happy Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Launch Day
I hope you are able to enjoy many of the Apollo 11 “you are there” ...
![Chasing the Moon (PBS)](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/chasing-the-moon-PBS.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
I had just turned 11-years-old when the crew of Apollo 11 walked on the moon. I was a serious NASA fan, clipping ...
![Women of NASA During Apollo: Poppy Northcutt](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Poppy-Northcutt.jpg?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
Whether you are good at some career has nothing to do with your gender or the color of your skin or the community ...
![Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Transformed](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2015-12-18_Spirit-of-Exploration-KSC_43_happy-holidays-from-KSC.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
2015-12 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX FL. What's new at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex? Yours truly ...
![The State of NASA (2015)](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2015-02-02_State_of_NASA_Event-158.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
The State of NASA & Getting That Old Exploration Mojo Back
2015-02-02 Kennedy Space Center FL. Highlighting ...
![Video Tuesdays: Space Oddity in S P A C E!](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/space-oddity.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
I wanted to post this video (and companion videos) first thing Monday morning, but ran into a series of "technical ...
![Video Fridays: A Boy And His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2013-05-03_a_boy__his_atom.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
How small is too small to tell a good story? Apparently going down to the level of single atoms isn't too small ...
![Video Wednesdays: The Flight of Friendship 7 – 50th Anniversary](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-04-02-the-flight-of-friendship-7-1.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
I'm a little behind with this one... but it's a good memory for me... though I remember the Gemini launches more ...
![Video Fridays: Time Lapse From Space – Literally. The Journey Home](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-23-time-lapse-from-space.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
Watching this video makes me wonder about the small minds on the planet that imagine that they are more important ...
![Space Rocks: Launch of STS-133 Music Video](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/STS-133-Ascent-Highlights-5.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
Watching older episodes of SpaceVidCast I saw this launch video from STS133. Space Rocks! BTW, the last three ...
![1,200 Planets Discovered [video]](https://i0.wp.com/joebustillos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/New-Planets.png?resize=400%2C284&ssl=1)
I wonder what the "why are there tides?" folks are going to say about all of the newly discovered planets and ...