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• Antsy Humming

  
  It Is What It Is — Authority: 129
  I dont understand the whole thing with the UN adopting A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall By Bob Dylan as their unofficial anthem for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in København , or Copenhagen as some people call it. That is, theyve adopted it, but not officially? Why is it not official? Is ...
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• Space Beer Is Made from Barley Grown in Space

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 772
  A Japanese firm is producing a limited run of beer made from barley which spent time on the International Space Station. From The Japan Times : The brewer will receive orders for the Sapporo Space Barley beer via the Internet until Dec. 24, making 250 six-packs, holding 330-ml bottles, available at a price of ...
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• NASA TV covers next Space Station crews journey to orbit

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 438
  NASA Television will air the events surrounding the launch and delivery of the next three residents to the International Space Station. Coverage begins with a broadcast of prelaunch activities Dec. 8, and continues through the crews arrival to the orbiting laboratory on the 22nd December.
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• Documentary Film: Space Tourists, Take a Sneak Peek

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  “Space Tourists” is a new product from Swiss filmmaker, Christian Frei. The documentary film focuses on private space traveler, Anousheh Ansari, launched on a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. This epic film follows Ansari’s journey into Earth orbit, showing everyday life onboard the ...
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• Space Beer Tastes Out Of This World

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 674
  Japanese beer company Sapporo has launched, literally, a new product line. Its made with "space barley" and called Sapporo Space Barley, as well. The barley was grown on the International Space Station, and its going to be sold to 250 people on a lottery basis.
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• Astronaut Talks About Life on the ISS

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  Astronaut Nicole Stott talked with Dwell magazine about life onboard the ISS.  In her interview she covers everything from her technical role on the station to what areas of the ISS could use a little sprucing up. Read more here
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• Whats In Santas Sleigh?: Hugg-A-Planet Review And Giveaway

  
  Last Shreds Of Sanity — Authority: 128
  Its another day of Whats In Santas Sleigh? and today we have Hugg-A-Planet.These are really quite cool. My daughter sleeps with them every night and we are even taking them to her school for... Read The Full Story...
  3 days ago

• Expedition 21 Soyuz – ISS Undocking, Landing & Crew Recovery

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 138
  Welcome back! The trip home to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) for Expedition 21 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko, European Space Agency Flight Engineer Frank De Winne and Canadian Space Agency Flight Engineer Robert Thirsk on December 1, 2009, landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan ...
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• Congressional Panel Questions Safety of Commercial Transporation for NASA Astronauts

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  The members of a Congressional oversight panel on Wednesday challenged the readiness of the nations commercial space industry to provide safe and timely transportation of astronauts to the International Space Station once NASAs space shuttle is retired. Shuttle operations are scheduled to come to an end between late ...
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• First butterflies in space emerge

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 168
  Two butterflies are trying to get their bearings in near zero gravity after emerging on the International Space Station, the first time butterflies have survived the pupal stage in orbit.
  4 days ago

• Considering the Future of the ISS

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  From SpaceFlightNow Space officials in Europe and Japan are considering plans to build and launch additional indigenous cargo ships to the International Space Station if the program is extended beyond 2015. Although NASA has only budgeted for station operations until 2015, the independent Augustine commission ...
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• Butterflies Fly in Space for the First Time to Creep the Beheyzeus Out of Me [Science]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 883
  By the Holy circumcised foreskin of baby Jesus! What in the name of all that is creepy and filmed by Roger Corman is this? Larvae hatching and butterflies flying in space? If I were an astronaut, Id be freaking out. For the first time in history, butterfly larvae—who were only six days old at launch time—have ...
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• Space shuttle Atlantis returns after 11-day mission

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington, December 2 (ANI): Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with an early morning landing on November 27 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, designated STS-129, included three spacewalks and the installation of two ...
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• International Space Station Threatened by Debris

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 723
  Orlando, FL (AHN) – NASA’s Mission Control said today that a small piece of an abandoned Russian Cosmos rocket could hit the International Space Station sometime today. According to NASA, radar readings show the chunk of metal moving sporadically. NASA officials say that space debris could come within four miles ...
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• And then there were Two

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  From Universe Today Following todays departure of the three man crew of Expedition 21 aboard the Soyuz TMA 15 capsule, staffing on the International Space Station (ISS) is now temporarily reduced to a skeleton crew of just 2 men for the first time since July 2006. The ISS had hosted a complete 6 person and truly ...
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• Space Butterflies Take Wing

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  From Discovery For the first time in history, two butterflies have survived the chrysalis stage of development and spread their wings as fully grown Painted Lady butterflies in microgravity. Although many species of insects have boldly gone where no insect has gone before, this is the first occasion that a butterfly ...
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• Space Junk On Collison Course With Space Station

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  Most excitement weve had up here in ages! Holy flying space junk Batman. Duck astronauts, a piece of space junk is heading your way. NASA are friggin freaking over a piece of space debris heading straight towards the International Space Station. The two man crew are unaware of the imminent danger just yet but at 10 ...
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• Great astrophotographies – November 2009

  
  Sustainable development and much more — Authority: 126
  This is time for me to present my selection of the best pictures of the NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). As always, this month was packed with beautiful images. It was as always difficult to select just ten. On this month’s picture, the NASA noted : “The Sun, a crescent Earth, and the long arm of ...
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• Hi-Res Photos From Space

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 772
  These two photos are from the latest Space Shuttle Atlantis mission ( STS-129 ), which seemed to come and go much faster than the one before it.  At left, Atlantis prepares to dock at the International Space Station.  At right, the sunset through Earth’s thin blue atmosphere (photos by NASA).  These and ten more ...
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• Bright Sun and Crescent Earth

  
  Muhlberger's Early History — Authority: 128
  Click the pic! Thanks to Astronomy Picture of the Day.
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