The Eclipses of Maker Faire
Tonight the Moon will enter Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse, which will be visible as attendees and maker stream away from sixth annual World Maker Faire here in New York.
Space
6 DIY Star Trackers for Perfect Night Sky Photos
To photograph the stars, you need a gadget that can track the revolving night sky in a perfectly timed arc. Otherwise all you’ll see is streaks and blurs.
Space is for Children
Two pre-teen girls from Seattle successfully launch a picture of their cat on a space balloon to 78,000 feet.
Commemorate the Pluto Flyby with This 3D Printable Plaque
Todd Blatt was inspired by the new detailed images of Pluto and decided to make a 3D printable plaque. Download the STL file today!
Point the Way to the International Space Station with This DIY Orbit Tracker
To keep tabs on the International Space Station’s orbital position, Grady Hillhouse shows how he created a an automated tracker.
Fantastic 3-mile High Rocket Flight Captured with Raspberry Pi Camera
This Portland State Aerospace Society’s (PSAS) L-12 launch in mid-July is beautiful and impressive. PSAS is a student-based open source rocketry group out of Portland State University. They make all of their design files, flight data, documentation, launch procedures, etc. available on GitHub. PSAS has a history of pushing the envelope in amateur rocketry and […]
3D Printable Robotic Telescope You Can Build
When I was a teen, I did an astronomy (and archeology) summer camp one year. As part of it, we got to spend some nights operating the telescope in the teacher’s backyard observatory. He had turned a Sears metal garden shed into an impressive little observatory, complete with a motorized roof that opened to raise […]
