Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station
November 13th, 2011 4:32pm
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I’ve been totally blown away by this astonishing time lapse video taken from the International Space Station.
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Live HD footage of Earth to be beamed down from the ISS
June 27th, 2011 10:45am
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This is great news space fans: starting from Spring 2012, it’ll be possible to view live, streaming HD video of Earth beamed down from the International Space Station.
NASA, Google and YouTube honour Yuri Gagarin and the Space Shuttle
April 12th, 2011 4:25pm
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While us Brits were throwing disco moves to the Detroit Spinners “Working My Way Back to You” at number 1 in the poptastic charts, NASA were busy blasting the first space shuttle into the heavens on April 12, 1981.
Hello Earth… astonishing view from the ISS
November 16th, 2010 2:55pm
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This stunning photo shows astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson gazing out over the Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).
International Space Station: 10 years of human habitation plus ThinkPads
November 1st, 2010 9:15am
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This week marks the 10th anniversary of an impressive milestone in space exploration as the International Space Station notches up a decade of continuous human habitation.
NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game
June 30th, 2010 11:00am
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NASA has released a trailer for their new 3-D game set on the Moon called, “Moonbase Alpha”.
Goodbye Nasa’s Phoenix Mars lander
May 25th, 2010 10:45am
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New images from NASA would suggest that the end really is nigh for their Mars Phoenix lander, which appears to have broken apart during the Red Planet’s fierce winter.
NASA releases incredible photos and videos of the Sun.
April 24th, 2010 2:30pm
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NASA has released some truly spectacular photos and videos of the Sun, courtesy of the recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory.
The observatory uses four telescopes looking at the currant bun in different wavelengths to produce some staggering photos and videos, fully living up to the mission’s goal of exploring “solar activity in unprecedented detail.”
Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch – awesome slo-mo footage
April 23rd, 2010 10:36am
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We love all things NASA, and this superb piece of footage of the Apollo 11 launch shows the immense power of the Saturn V rocket in delicious slow motion.
This HD clip was shot by Camera E-8 located at the base of the rocket and is running at an incredible 500 frames per second.
Robonaut 2: the first humanoid robot to go into space
April 14th, 2010 12:52pm
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NASA and General Motors have announced that they plan to send the Robonaut 2 humanoid robot (R2 to its friends) to the International Space Station this year, with aim of it eventually assisting astronauts on missions.
NASA serves up two stunning pictures of Earth for your desktop
February 24th, 2010 11:45am
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NASA has just posted up two astonishing high res images of the Earth from space which are simply begging to downloaded and used as your desktop wallpaper.
Said to be the most accurate, highest resolution true colour images of planet Earth yet, click on the images below to soak up the full – and truly awesome – 2048 x 2048 pixels glory.
NASA launches ace iPhone Game: Lunar Electric Rover Simulator
February 22nd, 2010 3:18pm
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When we were young, we used to look up at the Moon and imagine we were heroically piloting a lander, ready for some top notch lunar exploration before heading back to the module for lashings of gingerpop and cake.
Sadly, the call from the Command Centre never arrived, but at least NASA is giving us the opportunity to virtually control our own Lunar rover with its first ever iPhone game: the Lunar Electric Rover Simulator.
Video tour of the International Space Station in HD
February 10th, 2010 11:44am
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Quietly doing its thing above our heads since construction began in 1998 is the International Space Station (ISS), an orbiting research facility scheduled for completion by 2011.
Scheduled to remain in operation until at least 2015 – and probably five years after that – you can now take a tour through the station in High Definition video, thanks to a fabulous seven minute walk-through that’s just been posted up.
Now that’s what I call Tweeting! Astronaut Twitpics are out of this world
February 5th, 2010 8:21pm
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It’s all well and good telling the world you’re about to pop down the road to get some fags or that your toilet cistern isn’t working, but when it comes to knocking out interesting Tweets, Flight engineer Soichi Noguchi has got it nailed.
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NASA astronaut’s tweets are out of this world
January 22nd, 2010 4:33pm
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now able to access what’s been described as the ‘ultimate wireless connection,’ and took not time in swiftly despatching the world’s first ‘Space Tweet.’
A software upgrade means that astronauts can enjoy personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web from the space station instead of having to relay messages down to ground crew.
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