HOT 107.9 » NASA http://1079ishot.com Acadiana's Hottest Music Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:03:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 NASA May Stage Angry Birds-Style Invasion of Martian Moon http://1079ishot.com/angry-birds-martian-moon/ http://1079ishot.com/angry-birds-martian-moon/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:49:36 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=180318 The Angry Birds franchise turned to NASA for the development and promotion of their game Angry Birds Space. Now it appears the space agency is turning to the super-addictive game for their latest strategy to explore the great beyond.

]]> http://1079ishot.com/angry-birds-martian-moon/feed/ 0 Ravio The Space Shuttle Endeavour Is Taking It's Final Flight Home http://1079ishot.com/the-space-shuttle-endeavour-is-taking-its-final-flight-home/ http://1079ishot.com/the-space-shuttle-endeavour-is-taking-its-final-flight-home/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:55:30 +0000 Chris Reed http://1079ishot.com/?p=96914 The Space Shuttle Endeavor is heading home this morning, atop a 747 jet, and it will passing over Acadiana as it heads to Houston. The exact time it will fly over Acadiana is hard to predict, but if all goes as planned the Endeavor should be over Acadiana around 9:45am Wednesday.

]]> http://1079ishot.com/the-space-shuttle-endeavour-is-taking-its-final-flight-home/feed/ 0 Facebook Astronaut Neil Armstrong, The First Man To Walk On The Moon, Dead At 82 http://1079ishot.com/neil-armstrong-dead-at-82/ http://1079ishot.com/neil-armstrong-dead-at-82/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:43:40 +0000 DJ Digital http://1079ishot.com/?p=91657 His famous line, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" is one of the most famous quotes of all time, and today we are sad to hear the news that Neil Armstrong is dead at the age of 82. 

]]> http://1079ishot.com/neil-armstrong-dead-at-82/feed/ 0 Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images Check Out An Amazing Panoramic Photo of Mars http://1079ishot.com/photos-of-mars/ http://1079ishot.com/photos-of-mars/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:08:10 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=143475 The internet has been having a lot of fun with the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. There were a whole bunch of memes. And, of course, there’s mohawk guy Bobak Ferdowsi, who’s successfully bridged the gap between geek and punk.

But the real fun is going to begin when we start to getting hold of more of the photos and videos Curiosity is going to beam back to earth.

]]> http://1079ishot.com/photos-of-mars/feed/ 0 NASA JPL NASA's Rover 'Curiosity' Safely Lands On The Surface Of Mars [VIDEO] http://1079ishot.com/nasas-rover-curiosity-safely-lands-on-the-surface-of-mars-video/ http://1079ishot.com/nasas-rover-curiosity-safely-lands-on-the-surface-of-mars-video/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:27:48 +0000 Chris Reed http://1079ishot.com/?p=87486 History was made early Monday morning when the $2.6 billion NASA rover named "Curiosity" made its dramatic arrival on Martian terrain, Mars. Yes, as one NASA scientist put it, "We are now on Mars."

]]> http://1079ishot.com/nasas-rover-curiosity-safely-lands-on-the-surface-of-mars-video/feed/ 0 (Photo by Brian van der Brug-Pool/Getty Images)