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A Lab Aloft: The Space Station Research Blog →
Take a look behind-the-scenes with the scientists and researchers who are conducting experiments on board the International Space Station.
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Destination: Station
Destination Station promotes research opportunities, educates communities and communicates the impacts of the station on our everyday lives.
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Space to Run: Astronaut Suni Williams' Blog →
Expedition 33 Commander Suni Williams writes about life aboard the International Space Station in her blog.
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Happy 68th Birthday, Smokey!
Smokey Bear visited the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center on Thursday for a 68th birthday celebration.
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The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation
If we want to expand into the solar system, this tyranny must somehow be deposed.
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Earth Day 2012
In honor of Earth Day a half century into the space age, experts at NASA's Johnson Space Center media library have compiled the top 10 most requested Earth images taken by astronauts.
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NASA Astronaut Names Global Winners in YouTube Space Lab Contest
NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced the two winners in the YouTube Space Lab contest, a global science competition that challenged 14 to 18 year-old students to design science experiments.
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Student Scientists to Submit Space Station Experiments
Students have the chance to envision and design their own experiment for the ultimate prize -- flying it on the International Space Station.
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Astronaut Pettit Shares Passion for Science from Space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit will use everyday objects from Earth to demonstrate physics through "Science off the Sphere."
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Photographing the International Space Station from Your Own Backyard
Photographing the International Space Station seems like something that could be done only from space, but taking a picture from your own backyard actually is easier than you might think.
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Student Scientists to Submit Space Station Experiments
"Your experiment, 250 miles above Earth, for the whole world to see." That is the promise made at the end of the video on the official YouTube Space Lab contest Website.
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Three New Flight Directors Chosen to Lead NASA's Mission Control
NASA has selected three new flight directors. Greg Whitney, Tomas Gonzalez-Torres and Judd Frieling will join the select group of human spaceflight leaders in the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Rocket Rock: Soyuz Crew Gets a Sendoff Song from ZZ Top
A celebratory toast, an Orthodox Russian priest blessing, and a salute are a few trademarks of a Soyuz launch. This time cheap sunglasses, long beards and an iconic guitar also made their way to the rocket pad.
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NASA Commander Mark Kelly Appears at U2360° in Seattle
NASA and U2 released a commemorative video highlighting a year's worth of collaboration in space and on the Irish rock band's 360 Degree tour.
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Time in Space Runs Out; Earth Claims Chess Victory
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour wrapped up their Earth vs. Space 2011 chess match as the shuttle touched down at Kennedy Space Center early June 1 without bringing the contest to a checkmate.
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Royal Sighting Opportunities; Station Crew Sends Congratulations
Crowds gathering around Buckingham Palace for the Friday wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton may have a special treat this week – royal sightings of the International Space Station, and if it launches, space shuttle Endeavour.
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First Space-Earth Duet
Harmony reached new heights recently as NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, circling Earth aboard the International Space Station, and musician Ian Anderson, founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, joined together for the first space-Earth duet.
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Yuri Gagarin: 50 Years Later
The era of human spaceflight began on April 12, 1961, when Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. NASA's Alan Shepard followed less than a month later.
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Leonardo: Frequently Visited ISS Soon to Be Home
The new Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo should know its way around the International Space Station as it marks its eighth and final visit to the orbiting laboratory.
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Higher Altitude Improves Station's Fuel Economy
For most of the last decade, as astronauts and cosmonauts orbited the Earth aboard the International Space Station they were circling the globe at an altitude of approximately 220 statute miles, or about 350 kilometers.