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This Astounding Orbital Time Lapse Will Blow Your Brains (Out in Space)
that last flyby video from the International Space Station was totally mesmerising. But, as if the new mission of the space station is to shock earthlings with amazing imagery, here's one that's even...
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How Did They Install the Most Amazing Window Ever Created By Humankind?
The most amazing window ever created by humankind is not on this planet, but floating in space, the most spectacular part of the International Space Station. It's the ISS Cupola. This animation shows...
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The First Astronaut-Robot Handshake in Space
There's nothing like a good, firm handshake. Especially when it's with a robot, and you're in space. Yesterday, NASA's Robonaut completed its systems checks aboard the International Space Station — and...
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International Space Station Astronaut Builds Lego ISS Inside ISS
Watch International Space Station astronaut Satoshi Furukawa building a Lego model of the International Space Station inside the International Space Station. I wonder if there's a minifig version of...
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NASA Lost a Laptop with Unencrypted Space Station Codes
NASA is the target of some scary hacks and and digital espionage. But if someone out there has control codes to the International Space Station, it might be because the laptop of some NASA knucklehead...
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How to Host a Dinner Party In Space
Like any other person, Don Pettit tweets, uploads YouTube videos, and maintains a blog. But unlike the rest of us, Don is doing it from the International Space Station. Blogging for Smithsonian’s Air...
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How to Get a Text Message Alert Whenever the ISS Passes Overhead
If you’re a lazy astronomer, the kinda person who likes gazing into the night sky but never plans ahead, good news: NASA has launched a new service which will pop you a text message or email whenever...
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Watch a NASA Astronaut Describe the Complexities of Photography in Space
Donald Pettit is, as well as being a NASA astronaut, an exceptionally keen photographer — which is why he has over 10 top-of-line DSLR cameras littering the International Space Station. In this video,...
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This In-Depth ISS Tour Lets You Experience Life 205 Miles Above the Earth
Even the most opulent Beverly Hills home featured on Cribs can’t even begin to compare to this half-hour tour of the International Space Station led by NASA ISS Commander Sunita Williams just hours...
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In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Scream (Because It’s F*cking Noisy)
This is how it sounds inside the International Space Station, as recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield inside the United States module of the ISS. [Soundcloud via Twitter]
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This Map Shows Every Single Photo of Earth the ISS Has Taken—All One Million...
Astronauts’ stays on the International Space Station generally last for around 6 months or more, so it makes sense that they’d start getting hit with a little nostalgia for the motherland they’re so...
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Watch How Hard It Is To Wash Long Hair In Space
Chris Hadfield may be back on the planet, but luckily for us, other spacestronauts are following his lead when it comes to making videos. Here we have Expedition 36 Crew Member Karen Nyberg making a...
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NASA Aborts Spacewalk After Water’s Found in Astronaut’s Helmet
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano sat out a scheduled spacewalk on Tuesday after the crew found water leaking “inexplicably” into his helmet. As much as half a litre of water was leaking down the back...
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Astronauts Arrive Home in a Brilliant Ball of Fire
Without any context, it looks like something has gone terribly, terribly wrong in the photo above taken around midnight last night. But that little ball engulfed in flames is doing just fine—and so are...
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This Photo From Space Makes Earth Look Like an Oil Painting
Astronaut Mike Hopkins tweeted this picture last night, taken from the International Space Station. Pretty cool, huh? It looks more like an oil painting of a tiger than the surface of what we call a...
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The ISS, Earth’s Ultimate Outpost, Turns 15 Today
Where were you when the ISS launched its first module in November of 1998? Some of us watched, others were in school, still other weren’t even alive yet. Either way, it’s hard to believe that today is...
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The International Space Station’s Mission Has Been Extended Until 2024
The White House has just announced that the United States has extended its lease on the International Space Station through the 2024 fiscal year. This is great news for both NASA and science in...
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Scientists are Going to Create the Coldest Spot in the Known Universe
The universe is freezing. In spots like the Boomerang Nebula the temperature drops all the way down to one degree Kelvin. But if NASA scientists have their way, the known universe will have a new...
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