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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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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.
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
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station make a second and final space walk to fix a cooling system.
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.
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.
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”.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
England coach Hodgson isn’t racist, but he should know better than to call England’s bright new star Andros Townsend a “monkey”…
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.
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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