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NASA Shapes the Future of Space Design and Exploration with its Mixed Reality Program

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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July 19th, 2016July 19th, 2016

Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Lab gives us a peek into the future of space exploration with their mixed reality tools.

These “Balloongineers” Floated to 31km for the Global Space Ballooning Challenge

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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June 10th, 2016June 9th, 2016

The Balloongineers had quite the adventure sending up and recovering their high altitude balloon for the Global Space Ballooning Challenge.

Giaco Whatever Builds an Industrial Style Space Lamp

By GIACO WHATEVER

GIACO WHATEVER

Serial entrepreneur in the internet world, maker of things in the real one hoping to inspire others.

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June 8th, 2016June 7th, 2016

What’s the easiest thing to start making? A Lamp. Giaco Whatever demonstrates with a cool space inspired lamp.

The Miles CubeSat Might Be the Next Satellite Sent to Mars

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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June 1st, 2016June 9th, 2016

When I think of people putting things into orbit, or visiting space, bulky spacesuits and perhaps a gigantic room filled with scientists monitoring an array of screens comes to mind. Things have, however, changed since the 1970s, and though that situation may still exist, smaller entities are now getting into the space race. One way […]

What It’s Like in Space: Weird Stories from Those Who’ve Been

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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May 21st, 2016May 24th, 2016

“What It’s Like in Space: Stories From Astronauts Who Have Been There” highlights astronaut’s most interesting — and often bizarre — stories.

The AstroPi Project Goes Where No Pi Has Gone Before

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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@aallan

March 14th, 2016March 13th, 2016

The first results from the two Raspberry Pi boards now on board the International Space Station are starting to arrive on the ground, and there is a new competition for British school children to have their code run in space.

Visualize the Scale of the Solar System with Drones and Football Fields

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NASA Shapes the Future of Space Design and Exploration with its Mixed Reality Program

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

These “Balloongineers” Floated to 31km for the Global Space Ballooning Challenge

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

Giaco Whatever Builds an Industrial Style Space Lamp

By GIACO WHATEVER

GIACO WHATEVER

The Miles CubeSat Might Be the Next Satellite Sent to Mars

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

What It’s Like in Space: Weird Stories from Those Who’ve Been

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

The AstroPi Project Goes Where No Pi Has Gone Before

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

@aallan

Visualize the Scale of the Solar System with Drones and Football Fields

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

@calebkraft

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