Theres nothing like an explosive breakup

Check out this great video of the controlled destructive re-entry of the European Space Agency's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle.
The breakup itself began at an altitude of about 47 miles and produced some 600 fragments of 22-44 lb. in mass. The debris field covered a 125 x 1,250 mi. corridor about 1,250 mi. east of New Zealand and 1,675 mi. south of French Polynesia.

Check out the full video here (41MB).

Family's baby monitor picks up live space shuttle feed

What do you get when you cross a baby monitor and a science teacher? Apparently, live feeds off a NASA space mission.

When Palatine mom Natalie Meilinger switched on the family's baby monitor, instead of her 3-month-old son Jack, what came up were images of astronauts walking around inside the space shuttle.
She and her husband, Tom, were immediately hooked. They started telling friends. She told other teachers at work, but no one believed her until she brought in proof. » Article here