Sports in zero gravity Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Astronauts, by necessity, work hard in space. But during their precious time off aboard the International Space Station (ISS), some spaceflyers are picking their brains to come up with the future of space sports.
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The 60's - The beginning of mankind's journeys into space Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
On April 12, 1961, the Soviets launched a 27-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin on the world's first piloted space mission.
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NASA finds tiny hole in Atlantis caused by space debris Posted: 2 years ago by Fanatic
NASA discovered that space shuttle Atlantis has been holed by a tiny piece of space debris. The 1/10-inch hole represents the second largest debris damage event ever identified. Fortunately, it missed everything that was important to the mission. Space debris is an increasingly challenging problem.
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The Future of Space Exploration Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
Oct 4th will be Sputnik's 50th anniversary. Although it had its scary connotations, the dawn of the Space Age was also a hopeful event. Visionaries celebrated humanity’s long-awaited climb out of its cradle, and pragmatists soon savored the benefits of communications and weather satellites.
The evolution of the space program continues to be dramatic. In a decade or so, it will be hardly recognizable.
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Astronauts prepare for fifth space walk Posted: 4 months ago by doggylives
Astronauts Robert Behnken and Michael Foreman plan to attach the 50-foot inspection boom to the outside of the space station on Saturday during the fifth and final spacewalk of Endeavour's mission. Discovery will carry the boom back to Earth after its mission ends.
Meh, probably faked :D
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Bugs in Space: Can They Survive? Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Catching a free ride to Mars takes more than sticking out a thumb, but some hardy Earth bacteria could survive as hitchhikers clinging to the outside of spacecraft, studies have shown. Now a set of experiments going up with space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station will test how exposure to the harshness of space might change bacteria during a simulated Mars mission.
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Space telescope unveils hidden cosmic giant Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Astronomers from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have discovered a new cluster of galaxies, hidden behind a previously identified cluster of galaxies. The recently exposed cosmic giant is apparently just as bright as the first group, but is six times further away. The astronomers made the discovery as part of an international team using the space telescope XMM-Newton.
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How do Astronauts Use the Toilet in Space Posted: 10 months ago by niceplime
We all know that in space there is no gravity, thus things don’t fall down as they do on earth, they just float. Ok but what do you do when you need to go to the toilet, you don’t want your “things” to float all over the place do you?
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Water Sphere Experiments from the International Space Station Posted: 2 years ago by c1010010
This is a QuickTime video record of 3 experiments with water in zero gravity. The most exciting of which is AlkaSeltzer tablets introduced to a floating glob of water.
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Space Elevator and the Controversial ‘Wobble’ Problem Posted: 4 weeks ago by jLoSsDh
The idea behind a space elevator is simple. Deploy a cable stretching from the ground near Earth’s equator far enough into space, and centrifugal forces due to Earth’s spin will keep the cable taut.
*fixed
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Geomorphology From Space Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Geomorphology from Space is an out of print 1986 NASA publication edited by Nicholas M. Short, Sr. and Robert W. Blair, Jr. designed for use by the remote sensing science and educational communities to study landforms and landscapes. It has a gallery of space images consisting of 237 plates, each showing a different geographic region where a particular landform theme is exemplified.
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Russia, China propose new treaty to ban arms in space Posted: 5 months ago by deepchill
The new treaty would prohibit the deployment of weapons of any kind in space, and the use or threat of force against space objects, he added.
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"Houston, We Have A Problem" Again - Gunman and Hostage Dead at Johnson Space Center Posted: 1 year ago by indierockcafe
Gunman kills one male hostage and then himself. Police say the gunman had a hand gun.
5:25pm EST
Isn't NASA a secured facility? Apparently not.
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First unchanging 'soliton' wave found in space Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
An unusual electrical disturbance has been spotted in space, travelling unchanged through the ionised gas surrounding Earth. A European space mission called Cluster detected a "soliton" wave, a phenomenon similar to the self-contained solitons that can travel along optical fibres and channels of water on Earth. This is the first known soliton in space.
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Big Space Thing Looks Like a Moth Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
A moth-like structure with a 22-billion-mile wingspan is hovering out in space. This giant is actually a massive cloud of dust surrounding a nearby, young star imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope that has shown astronomers that these dust disks can take on unexpectedly unusual shapes.
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US adopts tough new space policy Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
The US has adopted a tough new policy aimed at protecting its interests in space and denying "adversaries" access there for hostile purposes.
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Germs taken to space come back deadlier Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except, it really happened.
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Space boomerang video released Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
Remember the astronaut who recently tested whether boomerangs return to their throwers in the absence of gravity? Well, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released video of astronaut Takao Doi showing that the objects do, in fact, come back - even in the microgravity environment of the space station.
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Japanese astronaut to throw boomerang in space Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test whether it can fly in zero gravity.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Space Posted: 8 months ago by Lilo
Orbiting more than 200 miles above the Earth, the crew of the International Space Station has sent home a special Thanksgiving message that is now airing on NASA Television and the agency's Web site.
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Space Ghost Posted: 1 year ago by 86Apex
Man how I miss this show. Anyone want to start a petition to bring it back? It worked for Family Guy. ;)
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