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Crash Bandicoot 4 : Crashteroids - 28.66 WR
Yes this is world record but without the start glitch, as you can see I have 0.00.92 but that #39;s easy to improve to atleast 0.20 something 🙂 Anyway this time is really good but it has alot of mistakes except the end because that was awesome, really lucky on the seconds space station and I was lucky that I didn #39;t die ;)From:miabua73Views:14 2ratingsTime:01:37More inGaming

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Cygnus - Pressurized Cargo Modules
The Cygnus maneuvering spacecraft has been developed by Orbital Space Science to demonstrate cargo delivery under NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) agreement. In addition to the COTS development and demonstration program, Orbital will utilize the Cygnus to perform the ISS resupply flights under the Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) contract. This NASA contract authorizes eight missions between 2011 and 2015 carrying approximately 20000 Kg of cargo to the ISS as well as disposal of ISS waste. Thales Alenia Space Italia under contract to Orbital Sciences Corporation designed, developed, produced and delivered pressurized modules for cargo transport -- including equipment, spare parts, scientific experiments and other items -- to the International Space Station (ISS). The pressurized cargo module is based on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM).From:thalesaleniaspaceViews:0 0ratingsTime:06:15More inScience Technology

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Special Offers at Space Station
Lynn Tweed, our Financial Controller, tells us about special offers available from Space Station Self Storage. Great introductory offers and best-in-industry long term loyalty discounts.From:spacestationukViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:05More inHowto Style

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How Do Astronauts Vote From Space
Find out how astronauts cast their vote while in space. Did you know that Astronauts hundreds of miles from the Earth #39;s surface and the nearest polling location are able to cast their vote in the Presidential election? United States citizens situated on the International Space Station are sent a digital version of their ballot which is beamed up to them from from NASA #39;s Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. As a NASA spokesperson explains, ""They send it back to Mission Control. It #39;s a secure ballot that is then sent directly to the voting authorities." The method of voting from outer space was first put into operation by astronaut David Wolf who cast his vote in 1997 in a local election while posted on Russia #39;s Mir space station. Leroy Chiao was the first American astronaut to vote in a Presidential election during the 2004 campaign while commanding the International Space Station Expedition 10. Currently, two Americans are stationed on the ISS, commander Sunita Williams and flight engineer Kevin Ford. They won #39;t be using the digital voting system this time around as both submitted their absentee ballots prior to launching into space earlier this year.From:geobeatsViews:0 1ratingsTime:01:08More inNews Politics

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ISS Update - Nov. 7, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Nov. 7, 2012.From:ReelNASAViews:33 3ratingsTime:06:45More inScience Technology

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Call it the ultimate absentee ballot. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting in tomorrow's (Nov. 6) presidential election from orbit, hundreds of miles above their nearest polling location.

Astronauts residing on the orbiting lab receive a digital version of their ballot, which is beamed up by Mission Control at the agency's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. Filled-out ballots find their way back down to Earth along the same path.

"They send it back to Mission Control," said NASA spokesman Jay Bolden of JSC. "It's a secure ballot that is then sent directly to the voting authorities."

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This system was made possible by a 1997 bill passed by Texas legislators (nearly all NASA astronauts live in or around Houston). It was first used that same year by David Wolf, who happened to be aboard Russia's Mir space station at the time.

"You think about being in a foreign country and voting -- he was actually on a foreign space station," Bolden told SPACE.com.

Wolf participated in a local election in 1997. The first American to vote in a presidential election from space was Leroy Chiao, who did it while commanding the International Space Station's Expedition 10 mission in 2004. (The first crew arrived at the $100 billion orbiting lab in November 2000.)

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The station's current Expedition 33 counts two Americans among its six-person crew -- commander Sunita Williams and flight engineer Kevin Ford. But both of them have already had their say in Tuesday's presidential election, voting from Earth just like the rest of us.

"They actually both did it while they were stationed in Russia, before they launched," Bolden said.

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How Space Station Astronauts Can Vote from Orbit

Call it the ultimate absentee ballot. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting in tomorrow's (Nov. 6) presidential election from orbit, hundreds of miles above their nearest polling location.

Astronauts residing on the orbiting lab receive a digital version of their ballot, which is beamed up by Mission Control at the agency's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. Filled-out ballots find their way back down to Earth along the same path.

"They send it back to Mission Control," said NASA spokesman Jay Bolden of JSC. "It's a secure ballot that is then sent directly to the voting authorities."

This system was made possible by a 1997 bill passed by Texas legislators (nearly all NASA astronauts live in or around Houston). It was first used that same year by David Wolf, who happened to be aboard Russia's Mir space station at the time.

"You think about being in a foreign country and voting he was actually on a foreign space station," Bolden told SPACE.com.

Wolf participated in a local election in 1997. The first American to vote in a presidential election from space was Leroy Chiao, who did it while commanding the International Space Station's Expedition 10 mission in 2004. (The first crew arrived at the $100 billion orbiting lab in November 2000.)

The station's current Expedition 33 counts two Americans among its six-person crew commander Sunita Williams and flight engineer Kevin Ford. But both of them have already had their say in Tuesday's presidential election, voting from Earth just like the rest of us.

"They actually both did it while they were stationed in Russia, before they launched," Bolden said.

Williams and Ford both rode to orbit aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Williams blasted off in mid-July, while Ford launched Oct. 23.

Williams is slated to return to Earth on Nov. 12. When she departs, Ford will become commander of the new Expedition 34 mission, which runs through March 2013.

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International Space Station. Credit: NASA

Published: Nov. 5, 2012 at 7:42 PM

HOUSTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- NASA has announced a service that will send people an email or text message to help them catch sight of the International Space Station when is passes overhead.

The "Spot the Station" program was announced to mark the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, the space agency said.

When the station is visible, usually at dawn and dusk, it is the brightest object in the night sky, other than the moon, and can be seen as a fast moving point of light similar in size and brightness to the planet Venus, NASA officials said.

"It's really remarkable to see the space station fly overhead and to realize humans built an orbital complex that can be spotted from Earth by almost anyone looking up at just the right moment," said William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations.

People who sign up at spotthestation.nasa.gov can choose to receive alerts about morning sighting opportunities, evening sightings or both, NASA said.

The sighting information is calculated by NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for more than 4,600 locations worldwide, all of which are available on "Spot the Station."

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NASA helps watchers spot space station

The International Space Station is photographed shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis undocked from it. (NASA / November 5, 2012)

November 5, 2012, 4:43 p.m.

You get sales alerts, Twitter alerts, sports alerts and Facebook alerts. Now you can also get an alert when the International Space Station is visible overhead thanks to NASA's new Web app Spot the Station.

The International Space Station's orbit 200 miles above Earth makes it visible to more than 90% of the Earth's population, NASA said. The trick is knowing when to look for it.

NASA's Johnson Space Center already calculates the sighting information several times a week for more than 4,600 locations worldwide. With its new Web app, it is just sharing that information with the space-obsessed public.

As long as you know where to look, the International Space Station is pretty easy to see, NASA said.It is the third-brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon, and it looks like a fast moving point of light about the size and brightness of the planet Venus.

If you sign up for the newly released Web app, you'll get an alert via email or on your mobile device a few hours before the International Space Station will be visible from your neighborhood. NASA said it will only alert users of the app when conditions are ripe for good International Space Station viewing -- like when the ISS is more than 40 degrees high in the sky and when the viewing will last long enough that you'll be sure to catch it.

The Space Station is typically visible at dawn and dusk, and you can tell the alert system to tell you just about morning viewings or evening viewings. Or both.

The International Space Station just celebrated 12 years of manned orbit 200 miles above the Earth.

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It's a bird, it's a plane, no ... it's the space station

Beam me up an absentee ballot? It turns out there's no distance too far for absentee voting on Election Day. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the option of voting from space, thanks to savvy technology and a 1997 bill passed by Texas lawmakers.

Astronauts working on the space station receive a digital version of their ballots in a secure email, which are beamed up to them from Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and then sent back to Earth.

"They send a secure ballot to Mission Control," NASA spokesman Jay Bolden of the Johnson Space Center told ABCNews.com. "They'll send it up to our astronauts onboard, and they fill it out and send it back as a private email. astronauts do have privacy in the matter."

The ballot is then sent directly to voting authorities.

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"The election folks count it and tabulate it just like any other vote," Bolden said. "The astronaut has voted and helped make democracy possible."

Astronauts can vote this way in any kind of U.S. election. Six astronauts have used the method to vote in presidential elections since it became law in 1997.

Current Station Cmdr. Sunita Williams, who is a captain in the U.S. Navy, voted from Russia using the same absentee ballot that troops abroad use before she departed for her duties as part of Expedition 32 on the International Space Station. The second American on the six-person crew currently at the lab is flight engineer Kevin Ford. He voted with a Texas absentee ballot while stationed in Russia before the launch, according to Bolden.

NASA astronauts Leroy Chiao, Edward Michael Fincke and Greg Chamitoff have all voted while aboard the International Space Station.

CLICK HERE to see photos of Americans voting around the U.S. today.

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