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A New Crew Heads To Space Station To Harvest Space Crops
Video of Expedition 44 Launches to the Space StationExpedition 44 launched from Kazakhstan around 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday and arrived at the International Space Station at 10:45 p.m. ET. It takes more...
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Take A Panoramic Tour Of The International Space Station
Samantha Cristoforetti explains how the Columbus hatch works in the ISSESAEuropean Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti spent 199 days conducting experiments in the International Space...
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Watch Astronauts Harvest And Eat The First Space-Grown Salad
Selfie taken by Astronaut Scott Kelly with Space Station-Grown LettuceScott Kelly/Twitter/NASAUpdate, 11:35am: Although the space lettuce tasting was originally scheduled for 11:15 am EDT, a spacewalk...
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Space-Grown Lettuce Tastes "Awesome," Astronauts Say
Three Astronauts Try The First Space-Grown LettuceNASA LivestreamNASA has been growing lettuce on the space station since May 2014, and today, astronauts finally got to test the fruits of their labors....
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The Future Of The Internet, According To Its Father
Vint Cerf, Google’s vice president and chief Internet evangelistDavid S. Holloway/Contour Images/GettyThe Internet has changed a lot over its 30-something years. That terrible dial-up noise is gone;...
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New Trailer For 'The Martian' Shows Matt Damon Get To Work On Mars
Screenshot from 'The Martian' official trailer20th Century FoxSome people here on Earth (Elon Musk — looking at you) can't wait to visit Mars. But in its current form, the Red Planet is a harsh...
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Finally, A Classy Cup For Sipping Whisky In Space
A cup for drinking whisky in spaceOpen Space Agency, via New York TimesApart from blasting away on a rocket or a spaceplane, there's a gentler way to get to into low Earth orbit. For the leisurely...
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How We'll Get People To Mars In One Piece
Dava Newman NASA's New Deputy DirectorNASA/Douglas SondersAerospace engineer Dava Newman has devoted her career to figuring out how we might live in space—suspending subjects from the rafters of her...
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This Is What Traveling To Mars Does To Your Brain
'Salad machine' of the Mars500: preparing the salad cassetteESAA member of the Mars500 crew prepares to harvest vegetables grown in a simulated spacecraft environment.Future Mars astronauts will have...
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Ed Dwight, the African American Astronaut who Never Flew
Ed DwightUSAFNASA’s early astronaut corps was anything but diverse. The criteria astronaut hopefuls had to meet in the late 1950s and 1960s was so strict that those eventually selected to fly in space...
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Why Is NASA Looking To Hire More Astronauts?
AstronautNASAAstronaut Chris Cassidy during a spacewalk on the ISS.What child hasn't dreamed of becoming an astronaut? Now, you can. Starting on December 14, NASA will begin accepting applications for...
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Tomorrow, Watch A Live Spacewalk On NASA TV
ISS Solar ArrayNASAHow long does it take to get a broken cooling system back to normal? If it's on the International Space Station (ISS), it might take three years.On Friday, astronauts Scott Kelly and...
View ArticleWatch Scientists Test New Jetpack Tech For Exploring Asteroids
Video of Demonstrating CMG Hardware during NASA Microgravity FlightWhen astronauts go on spacewalks, they use jetpacks. Not the fire-spewing kind, but a backpack that lets out streams of nitrogen gas,...
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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Scott Kelly And Kjell Lindgren
Scott Kelly and Kjell LindgrenNASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren demonstrate what foods they'll be eating for Thanksgiving.NASA JohnsonNASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren are...
View ArticleSubmit Your Questions For Astronauts Spending a Year In Space
Ever wonder what it's like to live aboard the International Space Station? What kind of research is being done there?NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are each spending...
View ArticleOrbital's Cygnus Spacecraft Just Docked With The ISS
After much ado and three launch attempts that were scrubbed due to bad weather, Orbital ATK is finally back on track with its space station resupply missions. The latest shipment to the International...
View ArticleSee What Astronauts Have To Say About The Paris Climate Talks
Sometimes to confront a huge problem, you need to step back and get a better perspective. When it comes to global issues like climate change, there's really only one place to go to get a worldwide...
View ArticleWatch Our Full Interview With The Space Station Astronauts
What's life like on the International Space Station? Earlier this morning, Popular Science had the opportunity to ask two of the people best equipped to answer that question in the entire universe:...
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From A Risky Spacewalk To The Top of Mount Everest
NASASpace Station Solar Panel Repair by astronaut Scott Parazynski, M.D.Astronaut Scott Parazynski, M.D. performed a risky 7-hour-long spacewalk to repair a damaged solar panel on the space station...
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