Posts Tagged ‘space’

Russia Sends Monkeys To Mars

Monday, April 28, 2008 3:00 No Comments

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Its not the first time Russia sends animals to space. Take Laika for instance, a dog that was sent to space in 1957, and paved the way for the first human to be send up there. It seems though that Russians want to start the space race again and they wan to be sure [...]

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Send The Dead In Space

Saturday, March 29, 2008 17:03 No Comments

From the title you might have guessed what this post is about . Celestis is a pioneer in the funeral home services and now proposes space travels.
Starting from their cheapest service that costs $695 a special urn with 1gr of the dead person’s ashes inside, can start a short space voyage and then end up [...]

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Astronaut Will Twitter From Everest

Saturday, March 29, 2008 17:03 No Comments

Not sure what is more strange. That an astronaut, ο Scott Parazynski decided to climb Everest or that he will write to his blog from there through his twitter
After travelling to space 5 times he went on another epic journey which will certainly be interesting.
See more at the missions webpage here. See also [...]

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Google Sky!

Monday, March 17, 2008 21:13 No Comments

Last few months Google Earth had the potential to change it to ?sky mode? and look and navigate in space. Today Google presents us Google Sky which is a stand alone version of Google Earth and through your browser someone can see the stars and the planets.

What was impressive is the historical view that it [...]

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Boomerang and Space Underware

Monday, February 25, 2008 19:18 No Comments

Takao Doi will probably enter the history books as the astronaut with the weirdest missions. His first mission was to throw a boomerang in space to see what will happen. His second mission was to try a special underwear made with a high tech fabric that is expected to provide better protection and hygiene for [...]

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Lunar Legacy: Send Your Picture to the Moon

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 22:08 No Comments

In 1972 Charles Duke during his trip to the moon left behind a picture of him and his family. Today, after 36 years, the photograph remains intact for the generations to come.
Today the X-Prize foundation, Google and the “Lunar Legacy” program, give us the possibility for anyone to send his photos on the moon for [...]

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