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Tag Archives: NASA
Tour Of The ISS
“In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and downlinked the video on Nov. 18, just hours before she, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer … Continue reading
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Tagged science, ISS, Earth, space, NASA, International Space Station, research, Aki Hoshide, Commander, Chris Hadfield, Sunita Williams, tour, Yuri Malenchenko, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz, noise, cramped
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Three Years Of Sun In Three Minutes
“In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun’s rise toward solar maximum, the peak of solar activity in … Continue reading
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Tagged AIA, APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, Bad Astronomy, NASA, science, SDO, Slate, Solar Dynamics Observatory, solar flare, space, star, Sun
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Distance To Mars
How far is it to Mars from Earth? Very. If Earth were 100 pixels wide, the moon would be 3000 pixels away, and Mars would be 428,000 pixels away. It would also only be 53 pixels wide, so just over … Continue reading
The Universe
The Universe has just gotten older. Ok, maybe that’s not true, but our estimate of the age of the Universe has increased to 13.82 billion years, up from 13.73 billion years. This new estimate is thanks to new results from … Continue reading
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Tagged 13.82, age, Bad Astronomy, CMB, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark energy, Dark Matter, Earth, matter, NASA, nature, Phil Plait, Planck, Planck Telescope, solar system, space, The Atlantic, time, Universe, Voyager, xkcd
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Chris Hadfield’s Space Kitchen
“Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us his “kitchen” in space and prepares a 0-g treat. Free-floating food-eating ensues, complete with a tumbling tortilla. If this whets your appetite to learn more about eating in space, check out: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronau… and visit our Living … Continue reading
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Tagged astronaut, Canadian Space Agency, Chris Hadfield, CSA, eating, food, honey, International Space Station, ISS, kitchen, NASA, peanut butter, space, tortilla
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Huygens: Titan Descent
“What would it look like to land on Saturn’s moon Titan? The European Space Agency‘s Huygens probe set down on the Solar System’s cloudiest moon in 2005, and a time-lapse video of its descent images was created. Huygens separated from the robotic Cassini spacecraft soon after it … Continue reading
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Tagged APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Cassini, descent, ESA, European Space Agency, Huygens, JPL, NASA, probe, Saturn, space, time lapse, TItan
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Exploring Saturn And The Scale Of The Solar System
Over at The Guardian, they have a great little video about exploring Saturn and the scale of the solar system. “Planetary scientist Sheila Kanani takes us on a visual tour of Saturn and its many moons. When Galileo first looked … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth, Professor Brian Cox, The Guardian, NASA, solar system, planets, QI, Saturn, Cassini space probe, TItan, Galileo, scale, Cassini, ice, Ross Noble, lake of fart, Enceladus, Sheila Kanani, liquid methane
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Weekly Ramblings – Sandy Hobbiton Invented Negative Curiosity
Weekly Ramblings time! I can’t seem to go a week without finding some awesome LEGO. This time, we have the whole of Hobbiton recreated in LEGO! This is a brilliant set, with so many little details hidden away everywhere. Last … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Hobbiton, Hurricane, invention, LEGO, logos, Mars, NASA, negative space, rover, Sandy, superstorm, The Hobbit, time, time lapse, Time Tech, WDL
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Robot Here, Robot There, Robots Everywhere
Over at The Atlantic, they have a fantastic collection of various different types of robots, and the extreme environments we can send them to. “Advancements in robotics are continually taking place in the fields of space exploration, health care, public … Continue reading
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Tagged beetle, International Space Station, ISS, Kabutom RX-03, NASA, Rex, robot, Robotic Exoskeleton, robotics, science, space, The Atlantic, walk
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