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Russian Cargo Craft Disappears 20 Minutes After Launch
Twenty minutes after launch, the ISS Progress 44 disappeared, along with its 3 tons of supplies for the International Space Station.
Read More »Atlantis, ISS and Earth Captured in Incredible NASA Photo
This amazing photo captures the shuttle Atlantis docked at the ISS, with the beautiful glow of the Aurora Australis (southern lights) in the background.
Read More »Astronomer Captures Discovery Docking With ISS
An English astronomer was able to capture an image of the Space Shuttle Discovery as it prepared to dock with the International Space Station.
Read More »Major Space Agencies Agree on Universal Docking Station: Space Tourism, Here We Come
The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB), represented by space agency officials from Japan, Russia, Canada, Europe and NASA have reached an agreement to create a universal dock for linking spacecraft and space stations. This might not sound like much, but what it means is that not only can international agencies work in tandem at an unparalleled level, but ...
Read More »Astronaut Films Video of the Earth Traveling at 17,239 MPH
For those of you who don’t want to or mentally can’t do the math, 17,239 MPH is about 4.7 miles per second. So it takes about two seconds for the Earth to circle around yo momma’s ass. NASA astronaut Don Petit captured this time lapse video from the International Space Station. At one point you can actually see the northern ...
Read More »How Big Is It Really?: Important Events and Places Superimposed Over Your Neighborhood
The BBC’s new Dimensions website uses the size of important places and events in modern and ancient history as well as science, and superimposes the dimensions over any location on planet Earth. Doing so provides some perspective on events and places that most of us (or all of us in some cases) will never get to see first-hand, much like ...
Read More »DESTROY. ALL. HUMANS.: NASA to Launch Robonaut This Fall
NASA has announced that they plan to launch their R2 Robonaut into orbit in September, making it the first robo-humanoid resident of the International Space Station. Before launch, the robot/slayer of the human race will be thoroughly tested in conditions ranging from vacuum, low gravity and high radiation. Sure, he might be displaying amazingly good will for now. Just don’t ...
Read More »Take a Tour of the International Space Station
Best0fScience produced this amazing video tour of the entire piss-drinking International Space Station, detailing all of the nooks and nodes of the most diplomatic spacecraft in the known universe. This thing is huge, much bigger and windier than I had ever anticipated. Be warned that the multi-dimensional construction of the ISS leads to some serious nausea-inducing moments, complete with handheld ...
Read More »Astronauts Love Drinking Recycled Urine
In a move that should come as no surprise, NASA has completed its installation of a urine-to-water recycling system aboard the International Space Station. To celebrate, the crew of the ISS stuck some straws in funky-looking bags of the liquid and drank up. Some claim that the recycled piss is actually cleaner than most tap water on Earth, but I ...
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