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Google looks to power NASA space robots with Project Tango
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Google looks to power hovering NASA space robots with Project Tango smartphones

Tuesday, Jul 8, 2014 - by Lee J.

Google has teamed up with NASA to create football-ball sized robots that can zip around the International Space Station and assist astronauts – and they’re launching into space next week.

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How many people are in space right now?
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How many people are in space right now?

Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 - by Pete Railton

Sites don’t come much simpler than this, but if you ever wondered how may people are in space above you at this very instant, then the place to go is howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com.

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NASA releases 1.3 billion pixel Mars interactive panorama
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NASA releases a spectacular 1.3 billion pixel interactive panorama of the planet Mars

Thursday, Jun 20, 2013Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 - by mike s

NASA has used technology from panoramic experts GigaPan to help stitch together around 900 separate images photos to create a massive image of the surface of Mars – and it’s a truly beautiful creation.

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Mars rover Curiosity and its 17 cameras explained
photography / web

Mars rover Curiosity and its 17 cameras explained – NASA video

Monday, Jun 17, 2013Monday, Jun 17, 2013 - by Lee J.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has released a fascinating short video explaining what all the seventeen cameras on the Mars rover Curiosity are used for.

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New Space Oddity video rerecorded on board the International Space Station
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New Space Oddity video recorded onboard the International Space Station

Monday, May 13, 2013Monday, May 13, 2013 - by mike s

Things don’t get much cooler than playing a guitar in space, and Commander Chris Hadfield cuts a dash recording a revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity on board the International Space Station.

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NASA launches three HTC Nexus One powered satellites into orbit
Android / computing / Google / mobiles

NASA launches three HTC Nexus One Android-powered mini-satellites into orbit

Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 - by mike s

Looking to find ways of creating cheaper satellites using off-the-shelf components, NASA has launched three PhoneSat craft into orbit, each powered by a Google-HTC Nexus One smartphone.

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Brilliant web animatiom shows just how far Mars is from Planet Earth
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Brilliant web animation shows just how far Mars is from Planet Earth

Sunday, Apr 7, 2013Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 - by mike s

Everyone knows that Mars is a ruddy long way away from Earth, but rarely has that distance been brought home so effectively than by this clever web animation.

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Voyager 1 becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system
computing / transport

Voyager 1 becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system – or has it?

Thursday, Mar 21, 2013Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 - by mike s

Voyager 1 looks to have become the first spacecraft to travel into deep space, with a report saying that the 35-year-old probe has travelled beyond the influence of the Sun and …

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The Life Of An Astronaut explained in enchanting video animation
transport / video

The Life Of An Astronaut explained in enchanting video animation

Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 - by Tony Fletcher

This engrossing and enchanting animation about the life of an astronaut  is narrated by Jerry Carr, a man who certainly knows his subject. His space experience saw him making over 1,000 …

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Spot the International Space Station with NASA's new web app
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It’s above you! Spot the International Space Station with NASA’s new web app

Monday, Nov 5, 2012Monday, Nov 5, 2012 - by mike s

With NASA celebrating no less than twelve years of the International Space Station being continuously crewed, a new web-based service has been unveiled to help earthbound humans spot its whereabouts in the night …

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A letter from NASA to a young wannabe astronaut in Wales from 1969
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A letter from NASA to a young wannabe astronaut in Wales from 1969

Thursday, Sep 6, 2012Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

On our sister site urban75, you can read the story of a recently rediscovered press pack sent by NASA to a young schoolboy living in Cardiff, Wales, around the time …

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Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station

Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 - by mike s

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

Monday, Jun 27, 2011Monday, Jun 27, 2011 - by Lee J.

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

Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

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 …

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Hello Earth… astonishing view from the ISS

Tuesday, Nov 16, 2010 - by mike s

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

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