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Cosmonauts tackle equipment installation outside space station
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A pair of Russian cosmonauts wrapped up a 6-1/2 hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, the first of up to eight outings this year to install experiments and prepare the orbital outpost for a new module, officials said. Flight engineers Pavel Vinogradov, 59, a veteran of seven spacewalks and Roman Romanenko, 41, a second-generation cosmonaut on his debut spacewalk, floated outside the station’s airlock at 10:03 a.m. EDT/1403 GMT as the station soared 262 miles over the southern Pacific Ocean. Continue reading
Russian cargo craft departs International Space Station
An unpiloted Russian Progress cargo ship departed the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday, clearing the way for Moscow’s next space freighter. The ISS Progress 49 resupply ship undocked from the rear port of the stations Zvezda service module at 8:02 a.m. EDT after more than five months at the orbiting complex Continue reading
SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down with ton of space station cargo
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific today carrying samples and trash from the International Space Station. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports. By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News SpaceX said its robotic Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, bringing back more than a ton of cargo from the International Space Station Continue reading
SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down with space station cargo
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific today carrying samples and trash from the International Space Station. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports. Continue reading
SpaceX Dragon capsule returns from International Space Station
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A Space Exploration Technologies’ Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, bringing back science experiments and gear from the International Space Station. The spacecraft left the orbital outpost at 6:56 a.m. ET, and parachuted into the ocean about 225 miles west of Mexico’s Baja California at 12:34 p.m. Continue reading
Dragon Return from Space Station Postponed – NASA
MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) The return of the US Dragon space freighter from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth has been postponed by one day due to poor weather conditions, NASA reported Friday. Continue reading
It's a 'go' for SpaceX launch to space station
NASA / Kim Shiflett This Dragon spacecraft will launch on the upcoming SpaceX CRS-2 mission. The flight will be the second commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by SpaceX Continue reading
SpaceX readies for rocket launch to space station Friday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The weather looks promising for the planned Friday launch of a privately built robotic space capsule to the International Space Station, NASA says. The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX of Hawthorne, Calif., is slated to launch toward the space station Friday (March 1) at 10:10 a.m Continue reading
Robotic Russian Supply Ship Leaves Space Station
An unmanned Russian cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station Saturday (Feb. Continue reading
Strong quake hits off Solomon Islands
A 6.6-magnitude quake hit off the Solomon Islands on Saturday, Australian seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage and a tsunami threat was also ruled out. Continue reading
Series of quakes hit off Solomon Islands
A series of strong earthquakes struck off the Solomon Islands in rapid succession on Sunday, seismologists said, but no damage was reported and no tsunami warnings were issued. The strongest of the three tremors, at 5:58 am (1858 GMT Saturday) had a magnitude of 6.1, with the other two each measuring 5.1, according to the US Geological Survey. The quakes occurred within 30 minutes of one another at depths of 10 kilometres to 36 kilometres, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) from the Solomon Islands capital Honiara Continue reading
Gorgeous beaches of Nueva Gorgona – Video
Gorgeous beaches of Nueva Gorgona Gorgona is a small fishing village, with beautiful white and black beaches on the Pacific Ocean, located at 79.5 km from Panama City. Gorgona has three very unique salt and pepper beaches with bright white and black sand coming from the quartz and magnetite minerals as a result of the volcanic ground of the sleeping volcano in El Valle. For more information or reservation go to: www.bananasandals.com or call 778-773-1356 Continue reading
Patricio Tamariz, Executive Director, Ecuador Tourism Authority – Unravel Travel TV – Video
Patricio Tamariz, Executive Director, Ecuador Tourism Authority – Unravel Travel TV Jane Wilson, Unravel Travel TV talks to Patricio Tamariz, Executive Director, Ecuador Tourism Authority at the World travel Market 2012 in London. Mr. Continue reading
July 31, 2012 ISS_Progress spaceship undocks from ISS for experiment – Video
July 31, 2012 ISS_Progress spaceship undocks from ISS for experiment In the early hours of Tuesday, at 01:16am Moscow time, the Russian cargo spaceship Progress successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS). It will remain in orbit until mid-August to carry out a scientific experiment, before plunging into the Pacific Ocean. Progress M-15M engaged with the ISS' Pirs module on Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 12, 2012 Earth Orbit_Japanese spacecraft undocks from ISS – Video
Sep 12, 2012 Earth Orbit_Japanese spacecraft undocks from ISS US astronaut Joseph Acaba and his Japanese colleague Akihiko Hoshide successfully undocked the HTV-3 space carrier from the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Japanese cargo ship brought five tons of supplies to the orbital station last month Continue reading
Epic Fails of Life Of Pi (Uncensored) HD! Must Watch – Video
Epic Fails of Life Of Pi (Uncensored) HD! Must Watch Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker Continue reading
Po’olenalena Beach Hale -Makena Maui Beachfront home for sale by Tom Tezak – Video
Po'olenalena Beach Hale -Makena Maui Beachfront home for sale by Tom Tezak Maui real estate for sale, beachfront, oceanfront estate listed by Tom Tezak Realtor on Maui. www.tomtezak.com Opportunity doesn't knock all that often. And when it does, it's best to answer… Continue reading
Lego WW2 Battle of Pacifc Battle Of Tenaru Assaults #1 – Video
Lego WW2 Battle of Pacifc Battle Of Tenaru Assaults #1 The Pacific War, also sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War[14] refers broadly to the Pacific theatre of the Second World War that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, then called the Far East. The term Pacific War is used to encompass the Pacific Ocean theatre, the South West Pacific theatre, the South-East Asian theatre and the Second Sino-Japanese War, also including the 1945 Soviet-Japanese conflict Continue reading
Pacific Islands – Wiki Article – Video
Pacific Islands – Wiki Article The Pacific Islands comprise 20000 to 30000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading