Space Station KLASS – Video

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This is a space station Liam and I made In Minecraft for Science class. It took about 20 Hours to make it, to shoot, edit, and render the video, and to upload it. The space station itself is about 150 Long by 50 Wide by 50 High and contains about 12 modules.From:CapitanWafflemanViews:1 0ratingsTime:05:43More inEducation

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GI Joe Cobra Cartoon Collection IX
GI Joe Cobra Cartoon Collection IX The Pyramid of Darkness Season 1: Episodes 1.01-1.05 After Cobra takes control of the Joes #39; space station and uses its weapons system to attack Joe headquarters, they use the space station to power four large cubes that prevent the use of electrical devices on Earth. Part I: The Further Adventures of GIJoe Part II: Rendezvous in the City of the Dead Part III: Three Cubes to Darkness Part IV: Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls Part V: Knotting Cobra #39;s CoilsFrom:PunchorKissFilmsViews:2 0ratingsTime:27:08More inFilm Animation

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Day 15: #vlomo12 [15] International Space Station (ISS) fly over the Southern Tier NY – Video

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Day 15: #vlomo12 [15] International Space Station (ISS) fly over the Southern Tier NY
Day Fifteen (15) for #vlomo 2012. ISS SIGHTINGS FOR Thu Nov 15/05:55 AM, DURATION 6 (MIN), MAX ELEV 48 (DEG), APPROACH 15 above WSW (DEG-DIR), DEPARTURE 11 above NE (DEG-DIR) On Audioboo: audioboo.fm On VoiceBo: voicebo.comFrom:RichTVTiogaViews:3 0ratingsTime:02:54More inPeople Blogs

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Space Station Silicon Valley Rat O Matic 16400 score plus gold statue part 1 – Video

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Here #39;s part 1 of my score run of 16400 on rat o matic, of course I got the statue as well. This level can actually take awhile to beat, not just the high score.From:KunioNESViews:0 0ratingsTime:09:46More inGaming

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Abandoned Project: Heavy Doctor Who 3 – Video

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Abandoned Project: Heavy Doctor Who 3
I lost everything I recorded, and i realized too late that I had no idea how to end the story. Basicly, Heavy is trapped in the tardis and is sent to completely random places. The Master uses strange telikinetic powers ( lift things with mind) to destroy engineer buildings including a train carrying tanks of fuel which explode and kill civilians. He makes Heavy watch with a camera. Heavy finds himself in a cybermen space station and finds Soldier who teleported out of the ship in episode 2 before it exploded. They use their technology to go back to planet Gottam only to find a Dalek fleet. I did not know what to do after this, and the dalek fleet I built in gmod is lost :(. I will upload a random video soon, but because of gmod 13 update it is halfway done, but ill upload it anyway and finish the rest. I found an awesome too called HAT tool which makes animating alot easier, but that is gone until someone updates it to gmod 13. If I feel like it I could start over and redo this in the future.From:StupidJediViews:0 0ratingsTime:05:01More inFilm Animation

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Europe Proposes Cheap Quantum Optics Link to the Space Station

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The ability to send entangled photons to the ISS would be a stepping stone to a global quantum internet and could test the link between quantum mechanics and relativity

One of the great mysteries of modern physics is the link between quantum mechanics and general relativity or gravity. But quantum phenomena generally occur on the very smallest scales while gravity generally crops on the largest scales. Never the twain shall meet.

At least, not without some clever thinking. One idea is to entangle a pair of photons, hang on to one and send the other across a distance so vast that gravity is significant, in other words, far enough for the gravitational curvature of space to come into play.

The issue in question is whether the entanglement--a purely quantum phenomenon--'feels' this curvature in the same way as purely classical things, like humans.

Therequired distance isn't that far--a few hundred kilometres should do the trick.

But there's a problem. The furthest scientists have sent entangled photons is just 144kilometres.and because of atmospheric losses and the curvature of the Earth's surface, the only way to go further is to fire photons straight upwards, into space.

Today,Thomas Scheidl at theAustrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and a couple of pals suggests a simple and relatively cheap way of doing these kinds of experiments for the first time using the International Space Station (ISS), which orbits at an altitude of about 400 kilometres.

Their plan is to create entangled photons on the ground and beam them up to the ISS. That gets around one important problem with this kind of work, which is that much of the hardware needed for creating entangled photons--the lasers, nonlinear materials etc--are not yet qualified for use in space and getting such a qualification is an expensive business.

So leaving all this stuff on the ground is a sensible idea. All you need in space is a sensor capable of detecting photons and their polarisation. In other words, a camera.

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Russia: Cable cut not affecting space station

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MOSCOW (AP) A communications cable serving the Russian space agencys mission control was cut by construction workers but the accident has not affected the International Space Station or civilian satellites, the U.S. and Russian space agencies said Wednesday.

Russian news agencies cited unnamed sources as saying the cut meant controllers could not send commands to satellites or the Russian segments of the orbiting space lab. But Alexei Kuznetsov, a spokesman for the Roscosmos space agency, said communications were continuing by other means, which he did not specify.

Josh Byerly, a spokesman for the U.S. space agency NASA, said the Russian space program had another ground communications site in operation and was communicating with the space station via Johnson Space Center in Houston without problems.

A Soyuz space capsule is to ferry three astronauts from the station back to Earth on Monday. Kuznetsov said the accident did not affect that plan.

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Russia restores space contact after rupture

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Contact restored ... the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Russia has restored its communications with the International Space Station (ISS) and satellites after repairing a cable in Moscow that had been damaged during road works.

"The line of communication has been restored. The system of command is working normally," the spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos Alexei Kuznetsov told state media.

Officials had said the road works on the Shchyolkovsky Highway outside Moscow close to a Roscosmos communications station had ruptured a key cable, forcing Russia to lose contact with most of its satellites and a segment of the ISS.

While Roscomos and NASA insisted that the problem had no impact on the space station, the mishap was a major embarrassment for Russia which has in recent months battled a series of failures in its space programme.

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Kuznetsov said that the three outgoing astronauts on the ISS Russia's Yury Malenchenko, Sunita Williams of the US and Akihiko Hoshide of Japan will be able to return to Earth on schedule on November 19.

They will leave behind on board the crew of Russia's Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin and Kevin Ford of the United States, who will be joined by a new crew on December 19.

Roscosmos sought to play down the loss of communication, a scenario for which the agency's head of human space flight Sergei Krikalyev said the crew was properly prepared.

"The crew trains for this and it's a normal routine to work without communication," he was quoted as saying by the ITAR-TASS news agency.

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Russia restores contact with International Space Station after cable rupture

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Officials had said the road works on the Shchyolkovsky Highway outside Moscow close to a Roscosmos communications station had ruptured a key cable, forcing Russia to lose contact with most of its satellites and a segment of the ISS.

While Roscosmos and NASA insisted that the problem had no impact on the space station, the mishap was a major embarrassment for Russia which has in recent months battled a series of failures in its space programme.

Kuznetsov said that the three outgoing astronauts on the ISS Russia's Yury Malenchenko, Sunita Williams of the US and Akihiko Hoshide of Japan will be able to return to Earth on schedule on November 19.

Roscosmos sought to play down the loss of communication, a scenario for which the agency's head of human space flight Sergei Krikalyev said the crew was properly prepared.

"The crew trains for this and it's a normal routine to work without communication," he was quoted as saying by the ITAR-TASS news agency.

Kuznetsov said that the cable rupture had had no effect on Russia's management of the ISS and satellites.

NASA said that the communications cut was not a unique occurrence and noted that Russia had the ability to communicate with its segment of the ISS through its US partners.

Interfax said on Wednesday that several vehicles from the Akado company that operates the communications cable had located the site of the tear about six hours after the incident on Wednesday.

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Gadgets in Space : What It Takes to Get an iPad Into Orbit

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The shuttle program may have ended in July, but NASA still maintains a crew of astronauts aboard the International Space Station, where they work on cutting-edge technologies like humanoid robots and how spacecrafts can perform autonomous refueling.

But they also spend a lot of time on decidedly consumer-edge tech.For crew staying on the ISS for six months at a time, gadgets like tablets and smartphones can make this remote outpost feel more homey and comfortable. Everyone wants the next newest camera to be brought up, self-funded space tourist Richard Garriott told Wired. He said the everyone on the ISS wanted to play with the Nikon D3X he took there in October of 2008.

Back in June, NASA sent a pair of iPhone 4s up into orbit on the shuttles last trip to the ISS to conduct experiments with some purpose-built apps. Notebook computers and even iPods have made the leap into orbit. And tablets should also be heading up in the near future. This is all about a lot more than simply playing Angry Birds Space in space.

Were attempting to show how a commercial product that millions of people use can function as spaceflight hardware, Brian Rishikof, CEO of Odyssey Space Research, said in June 2011. His company designed a piece of iPhone software called SpaceLab that was used on the iPhones sent up into orbit on the space shuttles final mission last summer. The goal was to see if these $500 devices could replace machines that cost 10 or 100 times as much.

When we approached NASA with the idea, it was novel. They werent sure, Rishikof told Wired. Eventually we got them to cooperate very well, but it took awhile to convince people that these devices had capabilities worth considering.One of the important metrics of flying in space is the mass, and these things are so light and so powerful. Computationally, its probably one of the best performance-based computers out there.

Because of the low mass, if iPhones and iPads were substituted for larger, NASA-designed computer systems, NASA could save on development time and money (rocket fuel aint cheap, you know). Astronauts also get the benefits of an intuitive, well-designed user interface and more modern technology, versus the computers the astronauts now use, which are generally five to 10 years behind the latest consumer tech.

For a computer designed specifically for use on board the space station, odds are very good its not going to be as robust, user friendly, powerful, or convenient as an off-the-shelf piece of technology, Garriott said.

But before they can be approved for space travel,gadgets have to go through a rigorous, generally two-year-long certification process to make sure theyre appropriate for use on board the ISS.When Garriott was preparing for his trip, he wanted to bring his iPod aboard. In order to get it approved, he would have had remove the internal battery, leave it on earth, wire the device to an external battery pack, and wire that back into the iPod to power it. He left the iPod at home.

The biggest thing [with getting consumer tech certified for flight] is safety issues, said Bruce Yost,NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program manager.For instance the batteries have to be of a certain type so they dont explode or leak. Another issue is determining if a product emits any noxious gases. In the home or office, a plastic product treated with a solvent may give off some fumes that get diluted in the air to safe levels. The reason why there is a sign-off process is that once youre in orbit, youre in an extremely closed ecosystem, Garriott said. The livable area of the space station is about the size of a five-bedroom house, and air gets recycled. The space stations systems may not be able to successfully cleanse certain chemicals out of the air supply.

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Cut cable in Russia won’t affect space station , country says

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A communications cable serving the Russian space agency's mission control was cut by construction workers but the accident has not affected the International Space Station or civilian satellites, the U.S. and Russian space agencies said Wednesday.

Russian news agencies cited unnamed sources as saying the cut meant controllers could not send commands to satellites or the Russian segments of the orbiting space lab. But Alexei Kuznetsov, a spokesman for the Roscosmos space agency, said communications were continuing by other means, which he did not specify.

Josh Byerly, a spokesman for the U.S. space agency NASA, said the Russian space program had another ground communications site in operation and was communicating with the space station via Johnson Space Center in Houston without problems.

A Soyuz space capsule is to ferry three astronauts from the station back to Earth on Monday. Kuznetsov said the accident did not affect that plan.

The Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed Defense Ministry official as saying military satellites were under control.

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Clouds Threaten to Spoil Australia’s Solar Eclipse – Video

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Clouds Threaten to Spoil Australia #39;s Solar Eclipse
More News: http://www.ntdtv.ca A complete solar eclipse is due to begin in Australia on Wednsdeay early morning. But looming clouds may threaten the view for not only Australians, but also people around the world who have traveled to Queensland to witness this natural phenomenon. Here #39;s more. Crowds gather on the beaches of northern Australia on Tuesday in anticipation of a total solar eclipse that will begin early on Wednesday morning. People have travelled here to Cairns in Queensland from around the world to witness the eclipse, which will completely block the Sun for about two minutes. Fred Espenak from NASA #39;s Goddard Space Center is full of excitement. [Fred Espenak, Astrophysicist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration #39;s Goddard Space Flight] "It #39;s the most spectacular natural phenomenon you can see with the naked eye. It #39;s just beyond description." But cloud cover could pose a major problem. UNNAMED ECLIPSE WATCHER: "We #39;ve just driven 3000 km for this weather and to see the eclipse. You can #39;t pick your weather can you? You can pick your friends!" [Jay Pasachoff, Astronomer]: "People have looked back at cloud statistics from weather satellites going back 20 years so we know it #39;s a 50/50 or 60/40 chance. We #39;re still hoping for good weather." A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth. It #39;s expected to cast a shadow 95 miles wide over the northern tip of Australia before moving out into the Pacific Ocean where there is no ...From:NTDTVCanadaNewsViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:30More inNews Politics

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LSU Grad Gets Space Award – Video

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LSU Grad Gets Space Award
LSU Alum Lands Space Award! Sid Champagne launched his journalism career from the Baton Rouge campus in 1985. On November 13, 2012 the National Space Club honored him with its Harry Kolcum News and Communications Award. This Louisiana native has been covering space flight for nearly a quarter century as WFTV #39;s aerospace photojournalist. And, while his "Cajun" humility was evident when accepting the honor, the club members realize the many invaluable contributions made by him with his excellent coverage of our nation #39;s manned and unmanned programs. "The Kolcum Award" is named in honor of the legendary former editor of "Aviation Week Space Technology", Harry Kolcum, who in 1994 left Earth and moved into another galaxy but Sid is still making Harry smile with pride.From:jvidmascarViews:3 0ratingsTime:02:47More inPeople Blogs

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Zero-G: "Movement in Microgravity: Skylab to Space Shuttle" 1988 NASA Weightlessness Footage – Video

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Zero-G: "Movement in Microgravity: Skylab to Space Shuttle" 1988 NASA Weightlessness Footage
more at scitech.quickfound.net "This video takes a serious and humorous look at life in the low gravity environment of space flight. The video also includes onboard activities from Skylab to Space Shuttle missions. " Public domain film from NASA, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. en.wikipedia.org Weightlessness (or zero-g) is the condition that exists for an object or person when they experience little or no acceleration except the acceleration that defines their inertial trajectory, or the trajectory of pure free-fall. The physical path of an inertial trajectory depends only on the direction and strength of the sum of the gravitational attractions outside of the inertial reference frame. Accelerations that are not due to gravity are called "proper accelerations" and it is only these forces (such as a push from a floor or seat) that cause g-forces. Weight is the product of mass and the g-force acceleration. Weightlessness is therefore always produced by the absence of g-forces. Accelerometers, which can measure only accelerations that produce g-force and weight, cannot detect acceleration in weightless conditions, including free fall. The definition and use of #39;weightlessness #39; is difficult unless it is understood that the sensation of "weight" is only indirectly produced by gravity, and results not from gravitation acting alone (which is not felt), but instead by the mechanical forces that ...From:webdev17Views:58 6ratingsTime:08:41More inScience Technology

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