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‘Rivers of gold’ rush through the Peruvian Amazon in stunning photo captured by a NASA astronaut from the International Space Station The photo was taken by an astronaut crewing NASA’s Expedition 64 to the ISS Both the Inambari River and water-filled gold prospective pits can be seen The latter are usually not visible from the ISS due … Read more
Moon appears to DEFLATE as it disappears behind the horizon in incredible footage filmed by a cosmonaut on the International Space Station Cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov shared a video of the unusual Moon setting In the video the distorted Moon begins to change shape and looks to deflate Distortions are caused by light passing between space and … Read more
Astronauts are outside the International Space Station installing a British-built terminal that will allow them to connect to the internet at broadband speeds. NASA’s Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins started the 6.5 hour mission at 11:28 GMT, just over half an hour earlier than the originally projected 12:05 GMT start time. Over the course of … Read more
Astronauts will step outside the International Space Station to install a new British-built terminal that will allow them to connect to the internet at broadband speeds. NASA’s Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will venture outside at 12:05 GMT to undertake a six hour mission to mount the suitcase-sized device to the European Space Agency (ESA) … Read more
International Space Station detects blue ‘jets’ of lightning shooting upwards from thunder clouds that could influence greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere The phenomenon was detected by the European Space Agency’s ASIM device This is a collection of cameras, photometers and an X-ray/gamma ray detector The blue jet was seen coming from a cloud above the … Read more
Christmas isn’t just an earthbound holiday: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station beamed special holiday greetings this week from 254 miles above the planet. Five members of the station’s Expedition 64 crew praised ‘the resilience of the human spirit’ during this trying time and shared their hopes for a better new year. There was also … Read more
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have officially announced the crew members for the next SpaceX Crew mission that will soar to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2021. The three astronauts are NASA’s Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, along with ESA’s Matthias Maurer – a fourth member is expected to be added in … Read more
Elon Musk owned SpaceX has launched its 100th Falcon 9 rocket, sending an upgraded Dragon capsule to the International Space Station with supplies and gifts. Launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, the newer, bigger version of the Dragon supply ship will dock with the ISS at 18:30 GMT today. This is … Read more
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have added a new item to the dinner menu – radishes. NASA astronauts recently harvested fresh radish plants from the station’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) and Vegetable Production System (Veggie), which use LED lights to stimulate plant growth. Kate Rubins pulled 20 of the root vegetables from the system … Read more
How to spend a penny is space! NASA toilets cost up to £14million and have system of pipes and vacuum tubes that blast out your business… to be burned up in Earth’s atmosphere NASA shelled out £14million for a Russian designed space toilet back in 2007 The toilet uses super-special vacuum cleaners to blast waste into … Read more