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Chris Hadfield Sings David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ In ISS Farewell (VIDEO)
Canadian Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield has shared various videos and photos from space with the world over the past five months that has made him one of the most popular astronauts ever.
Astronauts’ Twitter Photos: Bright Blue Ring Around Tehran And Other Amazing Pictures
Astronauts form NASA took some really breath-taking and amazing images of Earth from space including one very peculiar view in which a mysterious ring around Tehran can be seen.
The images were taken from the International Space Station and posted on Twitter by astronautsThomas Marshburn, Chris Hadfield and their colleagues.
TweetPing: Incredible App That Reveals Worldwide Twitter Activity in Real Time
A recently revealed tracker developed by a Paris-based developer Franck Erneweinallows anyone in the world to keep a check on the hustle and bustle of the infamous microblogging site, Twitter.
Read More: Worldwide Twitter Activity in Real Time
Huge Asteroid’s Earth Flyby Caught on Video
A huge asteroid was caught on video on Wednesday as it flew by Earth at a distance of only 4.3 million miles.
New Video Of Satellite Falling To Earth
An amateur astronomer has recorded video of the UARS satellite falling to earth, creating even more anxiety as the spacecraft will quickly enter back into the earth’s atmosphere either Friday or Saturday.
There truly shouldn’t be any fear, however, as chances are slim that anyone will see any of the 26 assorted pieces of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) that are expected to survive reentry into the atmosphere. And the chances that someone is hit by a piece of this debris is just 1 in 3,200. MORE
What Does It Feel Like To Fly Over Planet Earth? (VIDEO)
In this YouTube video shared by yesterday2221 you will see 600 photos from ‘Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth’ strung together in a Time-Lapse video by science educator James Drake from the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth at night over North and South America. The video begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. Also visible is the Earth’s ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy. MORE
Google Doodle: Summer Solstice 2011 – Official beginning to Summers!
Did you look at the Google Doodle today and wonder what it was about? Well it simply is about the Summer Solstice. This doodle is by Takashi Murakami marking the First Day of Summer. MORE
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