Posts Tagged …FROM SPACE

ISS Crew Greets Puny Earthlings 2012 New Year with a Video…FROM SPACE

Posted by mistergroonk in Holiday, Space, Video on January 2, 2012

Six space station astronauts ushered in 2012 together: European astronaut Andre Kuipers, American Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, American Dan Burbank, and cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anatoly Ivanishin. According to NASA, the crew will also commemorate Russian Orthodox Christmas on January 7, 2012.

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Our Strange Sky: Aurora from Atlantis

Posted by mistergroonk in Photography, Science on September 7, 2011

Astronaut Mike Fossum caught a beautiful photo of Aurora on July 27, 2011 from Space Shuttle Atlatnis last mission.
via @astro_aggie

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Our Strange Sky: NASA’s Bird’s Eye View of Hurricane Irene

Posted by mistergroonk in Photography, Science, Space, Video on August 28, 2011

We’ve had our eyes to the skies even though our blog has been silent. Here we have @Astro_Ron‘s tweeted photo of Irene from the ISS. Below the jump, NASA video of Irene from space and a live blog of her passing.

@Astro_Ron Views Irene on August 27, 2011

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Good Morning, Earth! You Look So Fine Time Lapsed at 17,239 MPH.

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Photography, Space, World on September 2, 2010

The Earth captured in time lapse by an astronaut at the International Space Station, cruising at 17,239 miles per hour—that’s 7.7 kilometers per second, or 4.7 miles per second.

Many thanks to Oregon State University for sharing.

Look down for more video…FROM SPACE.

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