The AstroNetwork

So far, there are only four sites in the AstroNetwork, but it's growing and each site has lots of good content.

It inlcudes this site (my first blog), my weebly Astrosteve site, AstroSteve on Facebook, and TheAstroSteve on Youtube.

The list of links is under 'AstroNetwork' on my weebly site. Check it out!

http://astrosteve.weebly.com/index.html#/

STS-135 The final voyage

As everyone who's interested in this blog (and a lot of people who aren't) will know, Space shuttle Atlantis was the last ever manned shuttle, launched from pad 39A on the 8th of July, 2011. It reached a maximum altitude of 226km and provided the ISS with Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Rafaello before landing for the final time on the 21st of July, 2011.

The crew consisted of Commander Christopher Feguson, Pilot Douglas Hurley, Mission Specialist Sandra Magnus and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim - the smallest crew since STS-6.

The mission marked:

• 166th (and the final currently planned) NASA manned space flight
• 135th shuttle mission since STS-1
• 33rd flight of Atlantis
• 3rd shuttle flight in 2011
• 37th shuttle mission to the ISS
• 110th post-Challenger mission
• 22nd post-Columbia mission
• 100th day launch
• 133rd landing overall, 78th at KSC, 26th night landing, 20th night landing at KSC

Find me on Youtube!

I have a Youtube channel now, called TheAstroSteve, and it's mainly about my opinions on atheism and theism at the moment, but I'll definitely make some videos about physics and general science soon. For example, this one about Gravity, the Big Bang and Genes http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAstroSteve?#p/u/11/DyydFDWOf-U

If you want some video content, from my usual personal lecture style videos to animations and slideshows about science, religion and philosophy then my channel's perfect for that.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAstroSteve