Astronaut Ron Garan works on assigned tasks during the last scheduled spacewalk of the STS-124 mission specialist. A great photo of one of Colbert’s heroes at work.

The International Space Station (ISS) races across the sky, seen in two overlayed long exposure images, followed by the space shuttle. STS-124 is on its way to rendezvous and deliver much need supplies (including a new toilet). A very good image and if you take a look at the APOD…

Continuing my series of posts regarding Google Sky and Google Earth, here is a KMZ file that will let you find some of the prominent and interesting space telescopes and satellites on Google Earth. This file includes real-time position tracking and 1 hour flight paths for 9 different space telescopes and satellites.

ESA have released information on the incredible content of the skies above our heads. In their press release they outline what exactly is littering orbital space around the Earth.

The image here shows the view from above the North Pole of all low Earth orbit objects as of January 2008. To…