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| Lookin' good, homeworld! The Northern Lights were so strong this week, Reykjavik, Iceland turned off their streetlights to watch the whole show. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Space Station Sunday: Fire It Up!
Good morning / afternoon / evening (depending where you are on this fine planet), space fans! Here's what's been up lately in low-earth orbit!
Space Station Sunday: Soyuz Sails Home
Good afternoon, space fans!
It’s been another week of excellence from the orbital office! Here’s what was up…
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| Welcome home Jeff, Anatoly, and Oleg! (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: Three Hurricanes And A Spacewalk
Good evening, space fans! What a week for working offshore of the world! Here's what was up...
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| Sometimes the Earth acts up: Hurricanes Lester, Madeline, and Gaston breeze over seas. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: National Treasures
Good afternoon space fans! It's been another wonderful week for our friends whipping around above the world. Here's what was up!
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| The SpaceX Dragon heads back to the realm of mortals. (Image courtesy phys.org.) |
Space Station Sunday: Dock Stars
Good afternoon, space fans! It's been another week of outstanding operations in orbit! Here's what was up...
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| Astronaut Rubins makes space for more spacecrafts by installing the new International Docking Adapter. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: Small Satellites, Science And Spacewalks
Good afternoon, space fans! It’s been another week of excellence in orbit. Here’s what was up!
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| The sun rises on another 16 mornings (per day!) in space. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: Every Breath You Take, Every Micro-Satellite You Make
Good afternoon, space fans!
We hope you have had a stellar week…we know a few people who always seem
to! Here’s what was happening on our
favorite orbital outpost…
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| Don't knock the noctilucent clouds. It was another stunning spin through space this week... (Image courtesy Jeff Williams / NASA.gov.) |
The Bright Side Of The Moon: Speculative Moon-Mining Mission Is Go
As Led Zeppelin extols, it’s been a long time since we
walked in the moonlight. Well, at the
source, at least. Now, although humans
aren’t slated to return to our shiny little satellite-rock anytime soon, a
private company has been granted access to robotically rock the regolith…
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| Sky pioneers = sky-oneers? (Image courtesy techcrunch.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Hearts And Minds (And Eyeballs)
Good
afternoon, space fans! It’s been another
outstanding week in orbit! Here’s what
was up.
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| Grand Teton National Park, somehow even MORE beautiful from space. (Image courtesy NASA astronaut Jeff Williams.) |
Space Station Sunday: Progress & Dragon Deliver
Hello, space fans! It's been another wonderful week for the humans and spacecraft whipping around over the world. Here's what was up!
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| "Game Of Thrones" has nothing on this beast. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Standby For Space Station Sunday!
Good afternoon, space fans! We have to swing a little bit outside our usual orbit today, but the latest news on the ISS resupply ships, the new DNA and heart muscle studies aboard, and the most interesting images from that lofty laboratory will be arriving later on today (possibly very early tomorrow, depending on your position on our planet.) Thanks for standing by...watch this space!
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| Dragon, draggin' up supplies! (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: New Hearts And Spare Parts
Good afternoon, space fans!
It’s been another wonderful week aboard our favorite orbital
observatory! Here’s what was up!
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| It's not like there's any rest stops up there! The Progress 64 is loaded with goodies for a special space delivery before departing Kazahkstan. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: Expedition 48-49 Moves On Up
Good afternoon, space fans!
It’s been another week of spectacularity from those humans spinning
around the planet!
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| So long, Soyuz! From Kazahkstan to the stars... (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: Brine Times And New Climbs
Good afternoon, space fans!
It’s been another week of excellence in orbit!
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| The "bulls-eye" of the Richat structure, North Africa. (Image courtesy NASA astronaut Jeff Williams.) |
Space Station Sunday: A Lovely Landing & Fire In The Sky
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| Always nice to be able to continue to post images like these. Congrats on the completed mission, gentlemen! (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Setting Sail For The Stars: Elon Musk's Martian Colonization Plan Is Serious
Earthlings, rejoice, you may not be forced to remain bound by the surly bonds of our gravity for much longer. Noted future-forward thinker and tech revolutionary Elon Musk wants to start a Martian migration A.S.A.P….are you willing to trade in the Pale Blue Dot for a chance to pioneer on the Red Planet?
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| Musk for Martian President, 2032! (Image courtesy bornscientist.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Homeward Bound And Good-Looking Ground
Good afternoon, space fans! It's been another exciting week in space...here's what was up!
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| "In peace for all mankind, I declare this my new chillax room." Astronaut Jeff Williams inspects the B.E.A.M. module (but later closed the hatch, leaving the B.E.A.M. empty for further study.) (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: B.E.A.M. Me Up!
Good afternoon, space fans! It's been another amazing week outside the atmosphere. Here's what was up!
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| Well, we know which module we want to record a space-rock album in. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: 100,000 Laps And Still Lofty
Good afternoon, space fans! It's been another stellar week in space.
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| Satellites Lite: two little Cubesats head out to work in the atmosphere. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
Space Station Sunday: My God, It's Full Of Science
Good evening, space fans! Here's what was up (in orbit) this week!
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| Special delivery! The Dragon drops down from its planet-perusing perch. (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
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