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Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station

November 13th, 2011 4:32pm No comments

Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station

I’ve been totally blown away by this astonishing time lapse video taken from the International Space Station.

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Students send a Nikon D300s SLR to the edge of space

October 24th, 2011 9:25am No comments

Students send a Nikon D300s SLR to the edge of space

We love these videos where people send cameras up to the edge of space using their own DIY craft, but this is the first one we’ve seen where they’ve used a high-end camera.

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Live HD footage of Earth to be beamed down from the ISS

June 27th, 2011 10:45am No comments

Live HD footage of Earth to be beamed down from the ISS

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.

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Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight recreated in stunning video

April 17th, 2011 3:17pm 1 comment

Stunning space footage recreates ince Yuri Gagarin's first flight

To mark the 50 years since Yuri Gagarin was launched into space, a stunning, real time recreation of his pioneering flight has been released on YouTube.

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NASA, Google and YouTube honour Yuri Gagarin and the Space Shuttle

April 12th, 2011 4:25pm No comments

NASA, Google and YouTube honour Yuri Gagarin and the Space Shuttle

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.

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Smartphones in space! Google sends Nexus S handsets skywards

December 23rd, 2010 12:48pm No comments

Smartphones in space! Google send Nexus S handsets skywards

We’re not entirely sure what the point of this is, but anything involving technology and space is always enough to pique our interest, so here’s a couple of videos showing Google sending some of their Nexus S Android handsets into space.

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Hello Earth… astonishing view from the ISS

November 16th, 2010 2:55pm No comments

Hello Earth... astonishing view from the ISS

This stunning photo shows astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson gazing out over the Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).

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International Space Station: 10 years of human habitation plus ThinkPads

November 1st, 2010 9:15am No comments

International Space Station: ten years of human habitation powered by ThinkPads

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.

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Rosetta spacecraft sends back incredible asteroid photos

July 11th, 2010 2:35pm No comments

Rosetta’s spacecraft sends back incredible asteroid photos

The European Space Agency‘s Rosetta spacecraft has beamed back some astonishing photos of Lutetia, an asteroid lurking somewhere between Mars and Jupiter.

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NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

June 30th, 2010 11:00am No comments

NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

NASA has released a trailer for their new 3-D game set on the Moon called,  “Moonbase Alpha”.

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Goodbye Nasa’s Phoenix Mars lander

May 25th, 2010 10:45am 1 comment

Goodbye Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander

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.

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NASA releases incredible photos and videos of the Sun.

April 24th, 2010 2:30pm No comments

NASA releases incredible photos and videos of the Sun.

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.”

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Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch – awesome slo-mo footage

April 23rd, 2010 10:36am No comments

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch - awesome slo-mo footage

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.

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Robonaut 2: the first humanoid robot to go into space

April 14th, 2010 12:52pm 1 comment

Robonaut 2: the first humanoid robot heads for space

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.

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Virgin Galatic: VSS Enterprise’s first ‘captive carry’ flight [video]

March 23rd, 2010 9:30am No comments

Virgin Galactic: VSS Enterprise's first 'captive carry' flight

Virgin Galactic has announced that VSS Enterprise successfully completed its inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.

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