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• in Film
  "The Avengers" Will Literally Be Reaching New Heights in Space
  "The Avengers" will literally be soaring to new heights!
  by kdbarclay / on Jun 4, 2012
• in Technology
  Space Taxi Test Flight Next Summer
  NASA will test fly a seven-seat space taxi next summer. Will a commercial version be made available for public transport?
  by jobertv / on Oct 12, 2011
• in Technology
  The End of the Space Age
  21st Century Space
  by JV999 / on Jul 11, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “international space station”

 

• What Did The Mythbusters Invent For Chris Hadfield in Space?

  
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  Remember that scene in Apollo 13 where the NASA engineers had to come up with a way for the astronauts to fit a square filter in a round hole using only things already on board the craft? The Mythbusters did that for Chris Hadfield when he was still on the International Space Station. They weren’t fixing an air ...
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• NASA and Star Trek Into Darkness Converge in Cool Google+ Hangout

  
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  NASA is routinely thought of as the our precursor to the fictional Starfleet Academy, and recently, astronauts interacted with “Star Trek Into Darkness” stars to discuss the intersection between “Star Trek” and NASA’s current programs. Astronaut Chris Cassidy on the International Space Station and astronauts ...
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• Tim Peakes space station mission could put a rocket under Britains economy

  
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  UK space businesses set sights on £1bn orders as Major Tim becomes first British astronaut chosen to visit ISS There is the urge to explore the endless heavens, there are the mysteries of the starry cosmos to solve, but above all there is the faltering economy to revive. Of all the reasons nations give for sending ...
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• Lost in space: why it has taken so long to put a British astronaut into orbit

  
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  From early missed opportunities to its belated involvement, Britain has never been a contender in the space race There were always two British space communities. One consisted of visionaries and hard-headed realists who knew what should be done and why it had to happen. The other community, of non-dreamers for the ...
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• Tim Peake: one giant leap for Britains first man in space

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Major Tim Peake will make history when he joins the crew of the International Space Station in 2015. So what can Britains first official astronaut expect of life onboard? I think we already know what people will be calling him in two years time. When that Soyuz rocket blasts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the ...
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• Tim Peake to become first British astronaut to visit International Space Station - video

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  A former army test pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station        
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• ‘Major Tim’ Peake to Make first British Long-duration Spaceflight

  
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  British astronaut Timothy Peake training in a Soyuz simulator. Credit: European Space Agency The name is Peake. Timothy Peake. And he’s set to follow in the (fictional) footsteps of fellow British citizen James Bond with a stay on a space station. In 2015, Peake will be the first British citizen to live for six ...
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• UKs first official astronaut Tim Peake absolutely delighted to get ISS mission

  
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  Former army helicopter pilot will blast off on Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2015 Britains first official astronaut has spoken of his delight at being selected for a lengthy mission aboard the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, will blast off on a ...
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• Successful launch for Russian supply rocket

  
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  An unmanned Russian rocket successfully lifted off with a cargo of supplies for the crew of the International Space Station on Sunday, two months after a similar rocket crashed in Siberia. The Progress 45 freighter is slated to dock with the station on Wednesday with three tons of food, fuel, water and spare parts for ...
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• NASA Astronauts Fixed Ammonia Leak Via Spacewalk

  
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqxuZ6LVcRE US astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy have replaced a pump on a spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station’s cooling system. It took them 5 hours to replace a 60-pound pump box which NASA suspected was the source of the ...
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• Amazing Photos from Saturday’s Emergency Spacewalk

  
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  Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn take a minute with visors open to have their picture taken by Chris Hadfield, inside the ISS. Credit: NASA/CSA/Chris Hadfield. The spacewalk outside the International Space Station was captured on film by the tweeting, Facebooking, social media maven and space station commander Chris ...
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• Astronauts Replace a Pump, Hoping to Stop Leak

  
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  Two astronauts spent 5 ½ hours outside the space station. They were unable to locate the source of the leak, but did install a new pump, which appeared to solve the problem.        
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• International Space Station astronauts hopeful that they have stopped leak

  
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  Nasa confident that spacewalk to replace pump which had been leaking frozen ammonia coolant has worked Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in the hope of plugging a serious ammonia leak. The prospects of success grew as the minutes ...
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• Astronauts Fix International Space Station Leak During Emergency Spacewalk

  
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  Astronauts fixed an ammonia coolant leak in the International Space Station on Saturday during an emergency spacewalk. The event was broadcast live on NASA Television and live-streamed on several websites. The hastily planned spacewalk was undertaken by Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn , who replaced a ...
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• Astronauts replace pump on International Space Station cooling system

  
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  Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn completed their spacewalk at 1:14 p.m. CDT Saturday, five-and-a-half hours after they left the stations airlock.
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• Daily Roundup May 11, 2013

  
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  www.suniljoseph.net Daily roundup is a summary of interesting news and articles I read with/without my opinion. You might find it interesting or you might want to skip it altogether, but ever since I cut down my Facebook usage , I have been using my blog to catalogue interesting pieces of information that I ...
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• Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leak

  
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  US astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station’s cooling system. Live video shows Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn examining the outside of the craft to search for the escape. The crew had spotted particles of ammonia ...
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• Space station astronauts take unplanned spacewalk to attempt repair of ‘serious’ leak

  
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  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak. The prospects of success grew as the minutes passed and no frozen flecks of ammonia appeared. Mission Control said it appeared ...
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• Astronauts space walk outside the International Space Station – video

  
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  A pair of astronauts prepare to leave the confines of the International Space Station on Saturday to fix an ammonia leak at the site        
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• Unplanned Spacewalk a Precedent-Setting Move for Space Station Crew

  
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  HOUSTON — Astronaut Tom Marshburn was planning to spend Saturday (May 11) packing for home. After five months in space, his ride back to Earth is set to leave the International Space Station in just a couple of days. But instead of getting ready for his return, Marshburn and his fellow flight engineer Chris Cassidy ...
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