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Wringing out Water (In Space)

April 19th, 2013 | Space

Wringing-out-Water-In-Space

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield is renowned for his communication of science. He plays guitar from space, throws up incredible images of Earth from the ISS, and he’ll answer all your curiosities about living in a gravity-free world on YouTube.  This recent demonstration was a result of a question from 2 high school students, Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner, who were interested in what might happen when you wring out water from a washcloth in space.
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The result is pretty amazing.  I was worried the water would short-circuit the electronics, but thanks to surface tension, all is well.
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I like how a seemingly simple task on Earth becomes fascinating when it happens in Space.
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-RSB

[via i09]

ISS Star Trails

June 21st, 2012 | Space

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These are some pretty awesome time lapse photos taken from the International Space Station by Flight Engineer, Don Pettit.  Here’s an excerpt from the photographer:

“My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image.
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To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do.
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I take multiple 30-second exposures, then ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure.
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You would think he might be able to get his hands on a long exposure camera, but oh well, these turned out great.

For more images, check out the NASA Flicker.

-RSB

Atlantis

January 10th, 2012 | Space

All good spaceships must come to an end.   Take a last look through these photos of the retired  Space Shuttle Atlantis, which undertook 33 missions between the years of 1985 to 2011.

Among its accomplishments are that it was the 1st shuttle to launch an interplanetary probe, it launched the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and it also made several vital trips in the construction of the International Space Station.

Great retro controls!

-RSB

[via CollectSpace.com]

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