I was searching today for directions to one of my daughter's friend's house. Of course, I just typed the address into the search bar and up it came in Google Maps. However, the hybrid view, with major streets identified on top of satellite imagery, showed discrepancies. The overlay drawing of the streets at one important intersection did not line up with the roads in the picture. Which was correct? Naturally, I would just assume that the picture is out-of-date, as it is easier to update a map than a satellite image. But, as a geek, I wanted to prove which was correct.

It's the third week of August and already some of my friends on Facebook are talking about their kids going back to school. It struck me as  weird because I don't have my summer vacation until next next week. My kids start school the following week. Seems those times of school starting after Labor Day (3 weeks away) are long gone.

Here at Space Telescope, August has been a month for getting back to work with Hubble. Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV) has been progressing all summer long with very good results. We even got a bonus: NICMOS is back to cool!