NASA Hubble Mission STS-125 Atlantis

The space shuttle, Atlantis, is set to blast off today about 12 noon MDT for the last mission to the aging Hubble Space Telescope.

Mission Details:

Live Screen shots from NASA TV

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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The Future Begins May 8th - Star Trek

One of the first TV shows I remember watching with my Dad in the 60's was Star Trek. The others were Bonanza and Gunsmoke. But I really loved Star Trek! I can't say I'm a trekkie. I am definitely a Star Trek Fan! I've been to two or thee Star Trek Conventions in my time. I can't remember being this excited over a new release of a movie since... well. Since Star Wars!

The new Star Trek 2009 launches tomorrow starring James Tiberius Kirk, legendary starship captain, modeled in part on C.S. Forester's heroic Admiral Horatio Hornblower and partly on Alexander the Great played by the peerless William Shatner (though only after Jack Lord demanded too much money), and conqueror of the infamous "no-win" Kobayashi Maru test though, as critic

Dave Bushman points out, only after cheating by reprogramming the computer.

This 11th movie in the Star Wars epic explores the backstories of James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), before they unite aboard the USS Enterprise to combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from the future who threatens the United Federation of Planets.

The Final Frontier: The Science of Star Trek

The new movie warps into theaters this week! I am boldly going to see it!