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Robot returns from International Space Station and sets two Guinness World Records
The companion robot "Kirobo" returns to earth from the International Space Station and sets two Guinness World Records.

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Kirobo the robot recently returned to Japan from the International Space Station (ISS). On Friday, he was awarded two Guinness World Records being the first robot to have a conversation in...

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[ISS] Expedition 43 Hatch Opening Welcome Ceremony
Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko as well as NASA astronaut Scott Kelly opened the hatches between their Soyuz TMA-16M Spacecraft and the International Space ...

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Scott Kelly begins historic mission to spend a year on the ISS while his twin stays on Earth
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US Russia to Build New Space Station, Plan Joint Mars Project
http://www.undergroundworldnews.com In a landmark decision, Russian space agency Roscosmos and its US counterpart NASA have agreed to build a new space station after the current International.

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Let #39;s Play: Space Station 13 - EP1 - Security
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Dead Space 2 | Blood Boiled | Episode 21 Preview!
Dead Space 2 | Blood Boiled Deanna returns to the world of Dead Space with an incredible session of blood boiling frustration! Has Deanna improved from her first series of Dead Space? Can...

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Talk about out-of-this-world coffee!

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Fifteen years ago International Space Station crew members were eagerly awaiting their first functioning toilet. Now low-orbit life is so routine that astronauts will be sipping espresso like posh caf-goers: the first coffee maker built to work in microgravity conditions arrives this month. ISSpresso is the product of a collaboration among the Italian Space Agency, Italian engineering company Argotec, and Lavazza, a 120-year-old, Turin-based coffee roaster. Astronauts will secure the microwave-size, aerospace-aluminum appliance to a station wall with adjustable tethers and then get to brewing (astronauts face days with 15 or 16 sunrises). The capsule-based system could eventually bring gourmet consomms, teas and soups to microgravity, Argotec's David Avino says. It's a food laboratory."

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An American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut launched into space Friday to attempt something their two countries have never done together before: a one-year mission on the International Space Station that could help one day send humans to Mars.

The epicone-year space missionlaunched NASA's Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule at 3:42 p.m. EDT (1942 GMT) today (March 27) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it was early Saturday morning local time. Also flying on the Soyuz is cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, a crewmember who will live and work aboard the orbiting outpost for about six months, the usual length of time people spend on the station.

"A year in space starts now," NASA spokesperson Dan Huot said at launch.You can check out avideo of the history-making launchas well. [The One-Year Space Mission: Full Coverage]

It should take Padalka, Kelly and Kornienko about 6 hours to reach the space station. If all goes according to plan, the three crewmembers will link up with the space laboratory at around 9:36 p.m. EDT (0136 March 28 GMT), and you canwatch the docking live on Space.comvia NASA TV starting at 8:45 p.m. EDT (0045 March 28 GMT). The hatches between the two spacecraft are scheduled to open at 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 March 28 GMT), allowing the three space fliers to enter the station. The hatch opening will also air live on Space.com at that time.

Scientists will usehealth and other datacollected from Kelly and Kornienko during their yearlong mission to learn more about how long-duration spaceflight affects the human body. While researchers know a lot about what happens to people who live in space for six months, they don't know how the body changes with a longer stay in microgravity.

Acrewed Mars mission a huge goal for NASA in the future could take 500 days or more, according to the space agency. Therefore, learning more about the potential problems astronauts could experience during a long mission is important for NASA officials.

Kelly's identical twin brother (and former NASA astronaut) Mark Kelly will participate in experiments on the ground to help scientists monitoring his brother in space. The Kelly twins will be monitored before, during and after Scott's spaceflight for a number of experiments chosen by NASA officials.

"Today, we launch an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to live and work in space for an entire year the longest continuous stretch an American astronaut will have been in space," NASA administrator Charles Bolden wrote in aSpace.com-exclusive op-ed. "It's an important stepping-stone on our journey to Mars, and will give us detailed medical data recorded throughout the one-year expedition."

Kornienko and Kelly have been training for this yearlong mission for about two years, but this won't be the first time the astronauts have flown to space.

Before this mission, Kelly logged 180 days in orbit during two space shuttle flights and one previous space station mission. By the end of this mission (scheduled to last about 342 days, just shy of a year), Kelly will have logged 522 days in space, according to NASA.

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Its official: The first American to spend a #YearInSpace has arrived.

Astronaut Scott Kelly joined two Russian cosmonauts on Friday in a rocket bound for the International Space Station. They left Kaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:42 p.m. ET, and arrived at 9:36 p.m.,taking less than six hours. Yes, it takes less time to fly to the International Space Station than it normally does to fly from New York to London.

Kelly will stay at the International Space Station (ISS) until March 2016, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, who will be the fifth Russian to spend a year in space. The other cosmonaut, Gennady Padalka, will spend about six months at the station.

What is the purpose in having humans spend a year in space?

One of the main reasons space missions are opting for longer periods of time in orbit is to study the effects space has on the human body. Living in tight quarters in a different gravitational environment could have implications over a period of time. Discovering and addressing these effects may give astronauts the answers needed to prepare for longer space expeditions, such as a manned mission to Mars that could last as long as three years.

This is an important step forward to start utilizing ISS more effectively in preparation for human missions to Mars, Chris Carberry, executive director of Explore Mars, told FoxNews.com. We look forward to more ambitious missions at ISS and beyond that help achieve human landings on Mars in the 2030s.

Ambitions to travel to or even colonize Mars have been on the rise in recent years. In February, Netherlands-based nonprofit Mars One narrowed its 100,000 applicants for a one-way trip to Mars down to 100. The finalists will spend the next decade training and learning how to work efficiently as a team. The final pool will be narrowed to 24 people, who will break into four groups of six to be launched every two years, starting in 2025. If they make the trip, there are no plans for them to return.

This private venture mission is an indication of the widespread curiosity in a mission to start colonization elsewhere in the solar system and that a large number of individuals want to space travel even if it means they'll never return to earth. However, there are many flaws with the Mars One plan, including funding and the ability to even colonize Mars, a planet that has yet to have a manned expedition.

And without spending long periods in space, it is difficult to know the possible side effects of a three-year Mars trip, and how they can be prevented.

Kelly may be one of the best choices for someone to spend a year in space to study the effects on the body. Not only is he a decorated space explorer he is a veteran of three space flights and has logged over 180 days in space but he also has an identical twin brother, former astronaut Mark Kelly, who will remain on earth and serve as a baseline to study the effects.

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