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How Star Trails Look from the ISS

If you’re in a dark enough place, and are patient enough to shoot lots of long exposure photos, you can capture some impressive star trail photography right here on Earth. The result are images which basically…

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The International Space Station Has an Adorable Camera Drone

Astronauts get all the cool robot toys, and the folks on board the International Space Station have a new robotic companion now. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released the first images shot by the…

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Awesome 4K NASA Video Takes Aboard the ISS

When I was a kid all I wanted was to be an astronaut. Like 99.9% of all kids with that dream, it never came true for me. About as close as we normal folks can get…

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NASA Sends Compact Workout Machine to ISS for Testing

Astronauts have to work out for at least two hours per day or they can experience muscle or bone density loss. I can only assume not working out for a few days means that their bodies…

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Super-Hydrophobic Paddles Let ISS Astronaut Play Liquid Ping-Pong

If there were ever a reason to put Forrest Gump on the ISS, this would be it. NASA sent up a pair of special paddles to the space station that allow astronauts to play ping-pong with…

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Making Coffee in Space

It has to be strange living on the International Space Station for months at a time. Every time I see a video from inside the ISS, I think about how there are no true floors or…

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NASA Shows off Flower Grown in Space

Space is a hard place for humans to survive. We constantly need water, food, and protection from radiation, and then there is the little fact that space has no air, food, or water just floating around…

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ISS Astronaut Blows a Space Bubble

Astronauts on the International Space Station get up to some cool experiment. Sometimes these experiments have limited scientific value, but look really cool. Take this video from the ISS shot with a fancy RED 4K camera.…

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The International Space Station at Bedtime: In Space, No One Can Hear You Sleep

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst has been living in the International Space Station in the past five months. He’ll be back here later this month, but he sent his Halloween treat on time: photos…

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Italy Wants to Send Espresso Machine to the ISS

Growing up, I really wanted to be an astronaut. Since I was only eight and had little chance of actually making it into space I did the next best thing and drank lots of Tang. I…

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NASA to Test Inflatable Space Housing at ISS

The International Space Station was a massively expensive construction project. Part of that huge cost was the expense of getting the individual modules into space. Those things were massive and very heavy. In the future, astronauts…

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Watch Earth Live from the International Space Station: Really Big Brother

Ever get the feeling that you’re being watched? Well, you probably are. From space. NASA worked with high school students to design the International Space Station High Definition Earth Viewing or ISS HDEV, an experiment that…

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NASA to Launch Laser to ISS This Month for Communications Testing

NASA has announced that it is set to send the OPALS – or Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science – device to the ISS. What that means is that NASA is sending a laser up to the…

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NASA Experiments with Oculus Rift & Virtuix Omni: One Small Step for VR

Gamers and game developers alike are excited about the potential of the Oculus Rift headset and the Virtuix Omni walking surface. But these virtual reality devices have applications beyond gaming. The Human Interfaces Group of NASA’s…

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Kirobo Talking Robot Headed into Space

Kirobo is a 13-inch talking robot that will keep Japanese astronaut Kochi Wakata company on the International Space Station. He is now on his way to the ISS after being launched on an H-2B rocket from…

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Students to Pilot Robotic Spheres on the International Space Station

Robotic sports were bound to involve balls in space at some point. Students from the U.S. and Europe can now sign up for what is described as “the ultimate robot game” in which they will navigate…

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Tag: ISS

How Star Trails Look from the ISS

The International Space Station Has an Adorable Camera Drone

Awesome 4K NASA Video Takes Aboard the ISS

NASA Sends Compact Workout Machine to ISS for Testing

Super-Hydrophobic Paddles Let ISS Astronaut Play Liquid Ping-Pong

Making Coffee in Space

NASA Shows off Flower Grown in Space

ISS Astronaut Blows a Space Bubble

The International Space Station at Bedtime: In Space, No One Can Hear You Sleep

Italy Wants to Send Espresso Machine to the ISS

NASA to Test Inflatable Space Housing at ISS

Watch Earth Live from the International Space Station: Really Big Brother

NASA to Launch Laser to ISS This Month for Communications Testing

NASA Experiments with Oculus Rift & Virtuix Omni: One Small Step for VR

Kirobo Talking Robot Headed into Space

Students to Pilot Robotic Spheres on the International Space Station

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