Environmental Graffiti

Space Launches As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Oh. My. Golly. What a shot. Taken in 1998, this awesome image shows NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft shooting into the sky above Cape Canaveral. Destination is in sight. The fiery launch tail forms an arch in the foreground, while the moon, near first quarter phase, looks on, some 250,000 miles away. Prepare for blast-off as we explore stunning photos of space launches and wonder what it all means from an environmental point of view.

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Soviet Space Shuttle Makes Record Trip

As the American Space Shuttle fleet grinds achingly towards retirement, it’s only fitting that the Soviet shuttle Buran would be making one of the longest journeys in its 20-year history. An engineering model abandoned in a park. Image from therefromhere on Flickr

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