Liam Dutton
Our planet from space – January 2014
Nasa’s Earth Observatory has a stunning collection of images and I thought I pull a few of them together and explain what they show.
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Met Office to begin space weather forecasts
The Met Office is to offer daily predictions about the weather in space, providing early warnings of solar storms that can disrupt satellites, radio communications and power grids
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Astronauts’ space walk to repair ISS
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station make a second and final space walk to fix a cooling system.
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Santa sent into space by science-loving pair
Two amateur scientists send a taste of Christmas spirit towards outer space, launching a high altitude weather balloon attached to a makeshift Santa and Rudolph on a sleigh.
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Watch video: Nasa space walk
Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins conduct a space walk to try to fix a failed pump module on the International Space Station over three days. Watch the video here.
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Kirobo’s first space chat: I want a toy rocket
Japan’s first robot astronaut, Kirobo, in his first ever space chat with astronaut Koichi Wakata says he wants a toy rocket for Christmas and zero-gravity is “no problem at all”.
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Iran’s space monkey back on earth
A monkey has returned from space ‘in perfect health’ says Iranian TV. Three-year-old Fargam is the second monkey Iran has successfully sent into space. President Rouhani called it “a proud day”.
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Liam Dutton
Happy 15th birthday International Space Station!
The International Space Station (ISS), the bright white light that many of us have dashed outdoors to spot zipping across the night sky, has just turned 15 years old.
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Bringing space down to earth: 15 years of the ISS
Fifteen years ago the first module of the international space station was launched on board a Russian rocket. Channel 4 News explores how the ISS has opened the mysteries of space up to the world.
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Sochi Olympics torch blasted into space
The Sochi 2014 Olympic torch is launched into space. Astronauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky will take it on a spacewalk on Saturday before it returns to Earth two days later.
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Liam Dutton
Our planet viewed from space
With such a stunning collection of Nasa earth observation images available, I thought I would pull together some of the best ones and offer explanation as to what they are showing.
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Keme Nzerem
Andros is a star, but not a ‘space monkey’
England coach Hodgson isn’t racist, but he should know better than to call England’s bright new star Andros Townsend a “monkey”…
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Robo-astronaut utters first words in space
Japan’s robot astronaut Kirobo talks to earth from the International Space Station. “Good morning to everyone on earth. This is Kirobo. Nice to meet you,” it said in Japanese.
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Liam Dutton
Our world viewed from space
Nasa’s earth observation project offers a huge selection of pictures showing some of the best imagery available. I thought I’d pull a few of the more recent ones together and describe what they show.
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Kevin Spacey: TV’s future is on the web
The Oscar winning actor starring in the remake of the House of Cards calls for an increase in online streaming services such as Netflix so that people can “binge” on an entire television series.
