Tag: spacex

5 Steps to Survive a 5:30 AM NASA TV Stream with your Kids

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SpaceX Dragon CRS-8 on approach. Image via NASA.

We love space and science over here at Love Make Share, and we were very excited to get up really early and watch NASA TV’s live-broadcast SpaceX’s Dragon capsule being nabbed by the International Space Station. Without diving into a bottomless pit of discussion about the mission, it was important and cool for a few reasons: The Dragon’s ascent stage, the Falcon-9 rocket, finally managed a controlled landing on a barge in the ocean. Yes, a robot rocket lifted a robot spaceship to space and then landed itself on a robot boat. The Dragon…

Sunday Reading: Popcorn machine, Rocket Landing, Space Garden

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Happy Sunday morning, folks! It’s about time to relaunch and revisit this feature and share some of the cool science-y, parent-y, and maker-y things I’ve stumbled on across the web this past week. Grab a cup of coffee and join me for some videos and articles that are sure to put a smile on your face. Adam Savage and Simone Giertz Make a Popcorn Machine – Tested Not reading YouTube comments is a great idea, but one on this video sums it up perfectly: “Simone is such a mess, I…