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ISS 360 | Station Spatiale Internationale - Street View Enrichi
Visite virtuelle de la station spatiale internationale en mode "street view", avec des photos de Thomas Pesquet.Mon Mar 5 12:59:17 2018 - permalink -- https://iss360.ovh/
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After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters
"After 37 years, Voyager fired up its trajectory thrusters at the command of the Voyager team on Earth. It took the commands almost 20 hours to reach Voyager because it's around 21 billion kilometers away (actually in interstellar space). I am blown away that this works but I can't get my phone to play songs correctly in my car over bluetooth."Mon Dec 11 11:28:34 2017 - permalink -- https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/after-37-years-voyager-has-fired-up-its-trajectory-thrusters/
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Pale Blue Dot
Fri Nov 24 08:20:29 2017 - permalink -- http://adaptivesamples.com/2017/01/22/pale-blue-dot/
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How do you check if a room behind a door aboard a spaceship has an atmosphere/pressure ?
Very interesting question !Tue Oct 24 10:01:44 2017 - permalink -- https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/95630/how-do-you-check-if-a-room-behind-a-door-aboard-a-spaceship-has-an-atmosphere-pr
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Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found
(via : https://links.neros.fr/?hcBW0Q)Tue Oct 10 11:27:10 2017 - permalink -- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149742-half-the-universes-missing-matter-has-just-been-finally-found/
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You are lost in Solar System. I want to take you back home. Tell me which way to go
Very interesting for all physics / space / SF enthusiasts.Fri Feb 17 13:44:24 2017 - permalink -- http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/71424/you-are-lost-in-solar-system-i-want-to-take-you-back-home-tell-me-which-way-to
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Saturn seen by the Cassini probe
Fri Feb 17 09:07:41 2017 - permalink -- https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2394/32922015165_5b869c4514_k.jpg
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The Sun in HD, by the NASA
JPEG Image, 10000 × 8192 pixelsTue Feb 14 08:57:37 2017 - permalink -- https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012100/a012144/SDO_Year6_HCblend_8k.jpg
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‘We have a fire in the cockpit!’ The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later.
It has been 50 years since the Apollo 1 fire killed Roger Chaffee at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Complex 34 in Florida. Chaffee, along with astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Ed White II, died on Jan. 27, 1967, when a blaze erupted in their command module during preflight testing.Fri Jan 27 13:55:54 2017 - permalink -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/50-years-ago-three-astronauts-died-in-the-apollo-1-fire/
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Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander
Tue Oct 25 11:30:31 2016 - permalink -- http://www.nature.com/news/computing-glitch-may-have-doomed-mars-lander-1.20861
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Nuclear power: Desperately seeking plutonium
NASA has 35 kilograms of plutonium-238 to power its deep-space missions — but that will not get it very far.Sat Apr 23 06:57:41 2016 - permalink -- http://www.nature.com/news/nuclear-power-desperately-seeking-plutonium-1.16411
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How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need?
Thu Mar 31 12:22:58 2016 - permalink -- http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/3/16/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need/
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Ask an Astrophysicist
A list of questions sorted by topics (space travel, cosmics rays, black holes, ...) answered by the NASA.Mon Jan 25 18:12:57 2016 - permalink -
On the same topic, visit http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/feedback/expert/index.html where astronauts and mission control people answer questions about their job.- http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/ask_astro/index.html
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CPU History - Computers and CPUs in Space
A WIDE variety of chips are used in space. Today most are progressing towards 32-bit CPUs with memory management. This is so that programming is easier and a wider spread of operating systems/applications (Java, Linux, VxWorks etc) are available to use.Tue Jan 12 19:08:48 2016 - permalink -- http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html
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A solar eclipse, viewed from the International Space Station
Fri Dec 11 06:46:51 2015 - permalink -- http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pictures-216.jpg
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Juno and Lego figurines
The Juno spacecraft, on a mission to Jupiter, has 3 Lego figurines representing Galileo, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno.Wed Dec 2 07:08:28 2015 - permalink -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)#Galileo.27s_plaque_and_Lego_figurines
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First woman on the Moon
[woman] - Houston, we have a problem.Wed Oct 14 20:46:04 2015 - permalink -
[Houston] - What ?
[woman] - Never mind.
[Houston] - What's the problem ?
[woman] - Nothing
[Houston] - Please, tell us ?
[woman] - I'm fine- http://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20151009/crazy_things_27.jpg
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Behind the Scenes: People
NASA has employees to sniff everything they consider sending to space. If they don't like the smell, the item doesn't leave Earth.Sun Sep 27 16:36:48 2015 - permalink -- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/people/galdrich.html
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ISS Virtual Tour 1.0
Visite guidée de la station spatiale internationale.Tue Sep 15 17:46:22 2015 - permalink -
(via : les Shaarli)- http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/virtual-tour-iss/
