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Sunitha williams Makes History to the First Women headed a Spice Mission
Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams took off on her second space visit at around 8.10 am on Sunday morning. With this expedition, Sunita Williams has become the first woman in history to head a space mission. Wishes and prayers began to pour in for Sunita as she got ready for her second space odyssey. The 46-year-old took off aboard the Soyuz spacecraft that lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Sunita Williams is accompanied by two flight engineers from Russia and Japan and she will be making two space walks during the mission. The trio will be reaching the International Space Station on Tuesday, joining the Expedition-32 crew who are already present there. Former president APJ Abdul Kalam wished the astronaut the best. "I want to say #39;all the best #39; (to Sunita Williams)." On her last flight six years ago, Sunita spent a record breaking 195 days in space, the only woman in history to do so. This time, she will be flying up in a Russian Soyuz capsule.From:StarIndiansViews:5 0ratingsTime:01:23More inPeople Blogs

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ISS Station tour: Russian Segment
Expedition 33 Commander Suni Williams concludes her tour of the International Space Station with a visit to the Russian segment, which includes Zarya, the first segment of the station launched in 1998, and Zvezda, the central command post. She also takes a look at the Poisk and Rassvet modules where Soyuz spacecraft are docked.From:YU2MMAViews:1 0ratingsTime:09:40More inScience Technology

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Bollywood talks about Sunitha Williams second spice visit
New Delhi: Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams took off on her second space visit at around 8.10 am on Sunday morning. With this expedition, Sunita Williams has become the first woman in history to head a space mission. Wishes and prayers began to pour in for Sunita as she got ready for her second space odyssey. The 46-year-old took off aboard the Soyuz spacecraft that lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Sunita Williams is accompanied by two flight engineers from Russia and Japan and she will be making two space walks during the mission. VideoPhotoGallery The trio will be reaching the International Space Station on Tuesday, joining the Expedition-32 crew who are already present there. Former president APJ Abdul Kalam wished the astronaut the best. "I want to say #39;all the best #39; (to Sunita Williams)." On her last flight six years ago, Sunita spent a record breaking 195 days in space, the only woman in history to do so. This time, she will be flying up in a Russian Soyuz capsule.From:BollywoodStarsfullViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:23More inPeople Blogs

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Sabotage Take 2 Part 2: Kerbal Space Program: Let #39;s Play #56
After (in my mind) successfully sabotaging a ship in orbit, I re-read the rules and try again, this time with a redesigned space station target and redesigned saboteur ship. I hope your stomach can handle lots of orbital debris. Thanks for watching! Kerbal Space Program is a fantastic indie game developed by Squad, download it from http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.comFrom:hillstacheViews:0 0ratingsTime:22:14More inGaming

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Amazing Halo 4 Flood Map- ODST Station Alpha By: XxSeyesxX
Welcome to ODST Station Alpha By XxSeyesxX. This amazing flood map is located inside of a giant space station, with many sections that connect. There is even a low gravity, outdoors area with asteroids floating around! Please download the map by messaging XxSeyesxX or by searching his gamertag in the filebrowser. Music: Aspiration By: Distrance Artist: http://www.YouTube.com Download Song: http://www.mikseri.net ProForgeRacing Intro Song: Welcome Home By: Coheed and CambriaFrom:ProForgeRacingViews:1 0ratingsTime:03:52More inGaming

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A Scottish space fan fulfilled a lifelong dream - and visited the International Space Station, at least in virtual form.

Ian Sheffield, 66, paid to have his photo taken into space - and stamped with a circular red stamp showing the picture has visited the ISS, 250 miles above Earth.

Sheffield arranged the 'trip' through a contact, and is coy about how much he paid - it costs at least 6,000 per lb of cargo put into orbit. The round trip is 56 million miles.

A Russian astronaut propped up his picture in the window of the Space Station.

Ian said this week: "I couldn't afford the 15 million fare to go myself, so I thought 'why not send a substitute?'

"The best way of identifying me was to send my actual photograph. I was very excited when I got it back."

The Soyuz spacecraft can also be seen attached to the space station.

Ian, a retired chartered engineer at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, organised the unique journey for his picture through a private contact in Germany, who then passed the portrait to Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka.

Mr Padalka was launched into space along with two other astronauts on the Soyuz spacecraft expedition 31 on May 14 and after spending 125 days in orbit, the picture returned to Earth and Ian received it in the post last week.

Ian, who paid a small fee to have the photo sent into space, said post office staff in in Gullane were shocked when he described the journey the picture would be taking.

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Turkey and all the trimmings are a staple for Americans on Thanksgiving, and that doesn't have to change for Americans in space.

Astronaut food has come a long way from the early days of human spaceflight, and crewmembers on the International Space Station these days can enjoy many Turkey Day traditions, such as cornbread stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, cherry blueberry cobbler, and, of course, turkey itself.

This year, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander of the space station's Expedition 34 mission, will celebrate with his Russian crewmates Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy.

"Thanksgiving is not a holiday that the Russians celebrate, but we have found that on orbit the crewmembers celebrate each others' holidays," said Vickie Kloeris, manager of the Space Food Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "They will take part in Kevin Ford's celebration of Thanksgiving, just as American crewmembers will take part in some of the Russian holidays."[Thanksgiving Feast in Space - The Menue (Video)]

The space station's Thanksgiving delicacies will come in somewhat different forms than what may be on most holiday tables, though. Space food falls into two categories: freeze-dried (just add water) or thermostabilized (comes in a pouch). And all food sent to the space station has to meet certain microbiological requirements and have a sufficient shelf life.

For example, the cornbread dressing on offer is a replacement for the traditional bread-based stuffing that many people are used to. However, bread makes too many crumbs that float around in all directions in weightlessness and are difficult to clean up.

Still, the current Thanksgiving menu is a huge improvement over what earlier space travelers had available.

"If you want to go all the way back to Mercury and Gemini, there were no holiday meals back then," Kloeris told SPACE.com. "All you had was cube foods and tube foods. We've definitely expanded greatly the amount of traditional items that we have made available for holiday times, and that only makes sense because when we started having crewmembers stay on space station long term, we knew every year we'd be hitting Thanksgiving and Christmas with somebody."

In addition to the standard holiday menu items, each astronaut gets a certain number of "bonus containers" to pack whatever particular foods they'd like, provided they meet the basic requirements. Most pack off-the-shelf products like cookies and other treats.

"We have crewmembers who take icing in tubs and cookies, and they'll ice them at Christmas time," Kloeris said. "We've even had crewmembers take food coloring so they could color the icing."

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Astronauts to get Thanksgiving feast in space

Turkey and all the trimmings are a staple for Americans on Thanksgiving, and that doesn't have to change for Americans in space.

Astronaut foodhas come a long way from the early days of human spaceflight, and crewmembers on the International Space Station these days can enjoy many Turkey Day traditions, such as cornbread stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, cherry blueberry cobbler, and, of course, turkey itself.

This year, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander of the space station's Expedition 34 mission, will celebrate with his Russian crewmates Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy.

"Thanksgiving is not a holiday that the Russians celebrate, but we have found that on orbit thecrewmembers celebrate each others' holidays," said Vickie Kloeris, manager of the Space Food Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "They will take part in Kevin Ford's celebration of Thanksgiving, just as American crewmembers will take part in some of the Russian holidays."[Thanksgiving Feast in Space - The Menue (Video)]

Thespace station's Thanksgiving delicacieswill come in somewhat different forms than what may be on most holiday tables, though. Space food falls into two categories: freeze-dried (just add water) or thermostabilized (comes in a pouch). And all food sent to the space station has to meet certain microbiological requirements and have a sufficient shelf life.

For example, the cornbread dressing on offer is a replacement for the traditional bread-based stuffing that many people are used to. However, break makes too many crumbs that float around in all directions in weightlessness and are difficult to clean up.

Still, the current Thanksgiving menu is a huge improvement over what earlier space travelers had available.

"If you want to go all the way back to Mercury and Gemini, there were no holiday meals back then," Kloeris told SPACE.com. "All you had was cube foods and tube foods. We've definitely expanded greatly the amount of traditional items that we have made available for holiday times, and that only makes sense because when we started having crewmembers stay on space station long term, we knew every year we'd be hitting Thanksgiving and Christmas with somebody."

In addition to the standardholiday menu items, each astronaut gets a certain number of "bonus containers" to pack whatever particular foods they'd like, provided they meet the basic requirements. Most pack off-the-shelf products like cookies and other treats.

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