Jeff Herold

Sometimes we need to practice breathing, especially during times of stress...

In 1994, during a power outage, the only time the Milky Way was visible in the city of Los Angeles, many people were scared by the sight and called 911.

A 2.5-second rocket flight that heralded decades of discovery in space! Today marks 100 years since the first successful test of a liquid-fueled rocket. Robert H. Goddard's achievement would have appeared unimpressive by most measures: His rocket flew just 41 feet in the air, landing in a nearby cabbage patch. Liquid-propelled rocketry has been the backbone of spaceflight ever since. 📷 by Esther Goddard on March 16, 1926 (Clark University Archive)

In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion [📹 The Curiosity Show]

Bob Odenkirk drops a heartbreakingly beautiful truth on Mike Birbiglia: “Who are you jealous of?” “Anybody who’s still got little kids at home growing up. No question.” He explains: When his kids were young, he knew exactly who he was every single day. “I didn’t have to ask myself, ‘What am I doing here? How can I be meaningful today?’ The answer was simple: Pick up everything between here and the door, make sure they get to school, have a laugh with them. You absolutely know who you are. You’re a dad.” The quiet ache of purpose fulfilled—and now missed. Hits hard for anyone who’s been there (or wishes they were). Dads (and moms) who’ve had that phase: Does this resonate? Parents still in the thick of it: Do you feel that clarity every day?

If you are longing for a simpler time that is now gone forever, this video will likely hit HARD… 🥲

A few months before he passed away in 2003, a 74 year old children’s television host sat down in the same studio where he had filmed 895 episodes over 33 years and recorded one last message. It wasn’t for children. It was for the adults who had grown up watching him. Fred Rogers hosted Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on American public television from 1968 to 2001. For over three decades he walked into the same set, changed into a cardigan and sneakers, looked directly into the camera, and spoke to children as if each one of them was the only person in the room. He never raised his voice, never talked down to his audience, and never rushed a single moment. In that final recording, he looked into the camera one last time and said “I’m just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are.” He passed away from stomach cancer on February 27, 2003. He was 74.

This rare STAR WARS teaser trailer was shown during December of 1976 before King Kong. The special effects were not finished, the music is not John Williams, and it gives a completely different, and much darker vibe. Thoughts?

🚨: 'My battery is low and it's getting dark' This was the last message sent by Opportunity Rover before losing the contact with Earth and shutting down forever after battling an extreme sand storm on Mars. Rover was expected to survive only 90-days on Mars but it kept exploring the Red Planet for nearly 15 years. Sent from 225 million miles from Earth, these last words will forever be remembered.

Today in 2000, the last original Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published. Schulz passed away the day before.

Give Arizona some extra LOVE today! State 48 was born on this day in 1912. Happy birthday, Arizona!

On Valentine’s Day 36 years ago, at the request of Carl Sagan, NASA turned Voyager 1's camera back toward home for one last look. From 3.7 billion miles away, it captured this: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Here is how Carl Sagan beautifully described it: “Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

@TimWerbrich Thanks Tim!

@STEMJeff Haapy birthday, Jeff!

As I reflect on turning 50 today (and being born on a Friday the 13th), this is a great reminder that we can turn scary or strange things into something that puts a smile on someone’s face. 😊

Mr. Roger’s narrating a trip to the crayon factory is the most soothing video you’ll ever watch

“It may have been one small step for Neil, but it’s a heck of a big leap for me.” On Feb 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II exited Challenger and used NASA's Manned Maneuverability Unit—a nitrogen-propelled jetpack—for the first ever untethered spacewalk.

Geometry, 100% in 3D

@AJamesMcCarthy Orion is patiently awaiting the outcome of those spectacular images!

Final inspections from the boss before the cameras get packed for Artemis II

TIME’s new cover: Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972 time.com/7346146/artemi…

Creator Ivan Miranda is going viral for his clock that tells the time with black and white marbles

Eyes on the Stars youtu.be/okF5UGpivR8?si…