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more about #astronaut more comments → Althestane: It looks less like they're "inspecting" and more like they're dead cosmonauts floating about. Either way, it's pretty cool. #5 is particularly engaging. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Kidding! These are awesome. I'd love to see them in person, or at least a super huge res photo. more » korybing: These are absolutely gorgeous. I'm always a little boggled by photorealistic painters. I can't imagine the patience it takes to do something like this... more » Daveinva: Personally, I'm waiting for the Anne Geddes cosmonaut collection. more » Rumtum: Wow, did someone actually get paid for juxtaposing crappy urban photography with stock Sov. space shots? Phineas was right. There is one born every mi... more » MonkeyT: The earth seems like such a fragile and beautiful place from up here... for me to poop on. more » ArnoldJulisa: An amateur astronomy buddy of mine saw this from his backyard. He said it was pisstacular more » Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: My god - they're full of stars! more » Log1c: Yet another reason not to look up with your mouth open. more » Blue_Thark: Boy, this space pr0n gets kinkier all the time... more » MonkeyT: The long vertical mark is suspected to be the outcome of the shuttle commander's "Number Two" event. more » evildead1971: it's from drinking all that Tang more » evildead1971: it's from drinking all that Tang more » North Star: That's a nice golden...er, meteor shower out there. more » hamshank: it's what NASA would want for all of us more » -
#conceptart
Cosmonauts Silently Explore the Alien Planet Earth
In Jeremy Geddes' photorealistic paintings, cosmonauts float weightlessly around the Earth, silently inspecting decrepit buildings, light fixtures, and flocks of pigeons. Are they aliens from another world? Or humans who returned to find the world different than they left it? More » -
#spaceporn
Astronaut Urine Creates a Surprisingly Attractive Light Show
That's no comet. This photo, taken Wednesday night, actually shows a trail of urine and waste water streaming out of the shuttle Discovery. The waste froze upon release, then quickly sublimated into a sparkling, glowing vapor. [SpaceWeather via Yahoo!] More » -
#meteor
James Bond Fails To Stop New York From Getting Atomized
Long before there was Armageddon or Deep Impact, or even the fear of our own falling spy satellites, there was Meteor. Sean Connery goes into full science mode as he tries to stop a huge meteor named Orpheus from crashing into the Earth. The good news: he's partially successful. The bad news: Oops, sorry about that Hong Kong and New York. The opening scene, where astronauts watch the cosmic ballet of a comet striking an asteroid just before it obliterates them and their ship, is worth the price of admission alone. More » -
#planet51
A Planet of Cute, Human-Hating Aliens
New Line Cinema announced today that it will be distributing Planet 51, Europe's biggest CGI film ever, in 2009. The $60 million dollar film features astronaut Captain Chuck Baker landing on a planet filled with 1950s-era aliens who live in complete fear of aliens, namely Chuck himself. Gallery of cute aliens after the jump. More » -
