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Bobak FTW! NASA successfully landed the rover Curiosity on Mars today causing the internet to fall in love with Curiosity’s mohawked (sp.) flight director Bobak Ferdowsi. The Atlantic reports that’s Ferdowsi dawns a new hairdo for each mission he’s a part of.

[Source: The Atlantic]

FOUND: The most adorable picture taken during the Shuttle Discovery’s final flight to Washington D.C. 

(Photograph by Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)

Plan to watch the Shuttle Discovery’s final flight over D.C.? My friend John made an interactive map based off the information provided by the Smithsonian, NASA and fellow photographers on the best places to watch the shuttle. The flyover is expected to take place between 10 and 11 a.m. today. [map] [flight]

The Washington Monument photographed by Bill Ingalls, senior photographer for NASA. It was taken while the T-38 Jets flew around D.C. [via]

(h/t jsmjr)

Under the milky way tonight. Loops of wispy clouds rise like smoke rings against a background of stars—the products of a NASA rocket launch early Tuesday morning designed to study the upper-level jet stream.

Photos: NASA Rockets Make Weird Clouds Near Edge of Space | NatGeo

Rare Pictures From the Dawn of NASA Spaceflight | National Geographic