Items tagged as space

Galaxy Bedding Sets

China-based Etsy seller CBedroom digitally prints colorful, quite-detailed galaxies and other spacescapes onto both sides of soft satin bedding sets. The printed images are fade-resistant and can be washed by hand or machine, hot or cold. Each set is $148 + intl. shipping and includes: 1 duvet cover (aka comforter) 1 sheet 2 pillow covers

‘Nuanced Opinion on Pluto’ T-Shirt

Wherever you stand on the Pluto reclassification issue, you may get as much of a kick from this t-shirt design as I did. If you can't read the front-facing text in the image above, it says: Demoting Pluto to a dwarf planet was a reasonable decision, although the choice of nomenclature was flawed. As of this writing (Aug 14th, 2014) there is…

‘An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth’ by Chris Hadfield

Man, time really flies. It's already been a year since Commander Chris Hadfield took the world by storm and did that awesome cover of "Space Oddity" while aboard the ISS. Not content to reinvigorate the world's sense of wonder about space and science, the man has also written a top-selling book. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is sort of a…

‘When We Left Earth’ Documentary

27 years ago today, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into flight, killing all seven aboard. While the accident was caused by a faulty o-ring in the shuttle's right solid rocket booster, a much bigger problem at NASA was found by the investigators: NASA had become complacent after decades of routine flights. Discovery's When We Left Earth chronicles manned space flight,…