Astronauts' stays on the International Space Station generally last for around 6 months or more, so it makes sense that they'd start getting hit with a little nostalgia for the motherland they're so casually encircling. How nostalgic, you ask? Very: 1,129,177 photos worth, to be exact. Rocket scientist Nathan Bergey had the ingenious idea to turn these ISS snapshots into the ultimate space scrapbook—by plotting the coordinates of every single image taken from space. Read More >>
This is how it sounds inside the International Space Station, as recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield inside the United States module of the ISS. [Soundcloud via Twitter] Read More >>
Featured comment by mrdogcat:
"It was pretty loud back in 2006 so should be about the same now. :-S
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9379-noisy-iss-may-have-damaged-astronauts..." More »
Even the most opulent Beverly Hills home featured on Cribs can't even begin to compare to this half-hour tour of the International Space Station led by NASA ISS Commander Sunita Williams just hours before she returned to Earth on the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Are you sure? It's a long way to the nearest pub. They did try to build a pub next to the space station but it failed miserably, people said it had no..." More »
Donald Pettit is, as well as being a NASA astronaut, an exceptionally keen photographer — which is why he has over 10 top-of-line DSLR cameras littering the International Space Station. In this video, he talks about the complexities, and joys, of photography in space. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hrusai:
"don pettit is freakin awesome, one of my heroes, though i always find his speech funny, its like he's so clever he forgets how to say words sometimes ..." More »
If you're a lazy astronomer, the kinda person who likes gazing into the night sky but never plans ahead, good news: NASA has launched a new service which will pop you a text message or email whenever the international space station is about to pass over your place, so you can dash outside and take a look. Read More >>
Like any other person, Don Pettit tweets, uploads YouTube videos, and maintains a blog. But unlike the rest of us, Don is doing it from the International Space Station. Blogging for Smithsonian's Air and Space magazine, Pettit tells us how to host dinner guests in Space.Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
""The image of an insect sucking the juices from some lower insect may come to mind"
Is this where my morbid fear of Capri Sun and Ribena comes from..." More »
NASA is the target of some scary hacks and and digital espionage. But if someone out there has control codes to the International Space Station, it might be because the laptop of some NASA knucklehead was stolen, and it didn't have any of the data encrypted. Read More >>
Watch International Space Station astronaut Satoshi Furukawa building a Lego model of the International Space Station inside the International Space Station. I wonder if there's a minifig version of the International Space Station astronaut Satoshi Furukawa building a Lego model of the Lego International Space Station inside the Lego International Space Station. Read More >>
There's nothing like a good, firm handshake. Especially when it's with a robot, and you're in space. Yesterday, NASA's Robonaut completed its systems checks aboard the International Space Station — and celebrated with a handshake. Read More >>
Featured comment by Digipy:
"Is it me? or are Robots not even nearly progressing at the rate i imagined when i was a kid? They still look like over sized 90s toys." More »
The most amazing window ever created by humankind is not on this planet, but floating in space, the most spectacular part of the International Space Station. It's the ISS Cupola. This animation shows how it was installed. Read More >>
Ok -- that last flyby video from the International Space Station was totally mesmerising. But, as if the new mission of the space station is to shock earthlings with amazing imagery, here's one that's even better. So. Much. Glowing. Read More >>
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