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Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight recreated in stunning video

Sunday, Apr 17, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

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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stuff / transport

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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Android / Google / mobiles

Smartphones in space! Google sends Nexus S handsets skywards

Thursday, Dec 23, 2010 - by mike s

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 …

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transport

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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computing / transport

International Space Station: 10 years of human habitation plus ThinkPads

Monday, Nov 1, 2010Monday, Nov 1, 2010 - by mike s

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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stuff

Rosetta spacecraft sends back incredible asteroid photos

Sunday, Jul 11, 2010Sunday, Jul 11, 2010 - by mike s

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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gaming / software / stuff

NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010 - by Pete Railton

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

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stuff

Goodbye Nasa’s Phoenix Mars lander

Tuesday, May 25, 2010Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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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stuff

NASA releases incredible photos and videos of the Sun.

Saturday, Apr 24, 2010Saturday, Apr 24, 2010 - by mike s

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 …

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stuff

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch – awesome slo-mo footage

Friday, Apr 23, 2010 - by mike s

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 …

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computing / stuff

Robonaut 2: the first humanoid robot to go into space

Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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 …

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transport

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

Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 - by mike s

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

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photography / stuff

NASA serves up two stunning pictures of Earth for your desktop

Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

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 …

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

NASA launches ace iPhone Game: Lunar Electric Rover Simulator

Monday, Feb 22, 2010Monday, Feb 22, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

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 …

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stuff

Video tour of the International Space Station in HD

Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

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 …

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