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Clown Returns From Space Followed By A Martian Dwarf Troupe
12:12AM Jesus Diaz | I hate clowns. Clowns rich enough to buy a ticket to ride to the International Space Station? I loathe them with a vengeance. Well, the only clown in space—Guy Laliberte—hard landed on Earth at 8.31am today, Moscow time. More »
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“First Clown In Space” May Also Become First Space Murder Victim
8:30AM Sean Fallon | Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte is set to be the “first clown in space” when he blasts off for the ISS later this month. He also has some surprises planned for the crew that just might get him killed. More »
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Buzz Lightyear Back From 468 Days In Spaaace
3:20AM Danny Allen | How did I miss this? The Toy Story action figure returned on the space shuttle Discovery last Friday, after first launching aboard STS-124 on 31 May 2008. Here’s a video of his time on the International space station. More »
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This Is How Total Destruction On Earth Looks From Space
1:20AM Jesus Diaz | Back in June, astronauts onboard the International Space Station took a few spectacular photos of the Sarychev Peak volcano as it exploded in a 8-kilometre high plume of ash and gas. Now they have released an even more spectacular video. More »
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11:20AM Don Nguyen | This image of the International Space Station, taken just as it crossed the face of the sun, was captured by French astrophotographer Thierry Legault. Amazingly, Legault took the picture from the ground—using only a camera-telescope unit and specialised solar filters.[Wired] More »
The ISS As It Crosses The Face Of The Sun
11:20AM Don Nguyen | This image of the International Space Station, taken just as it crossed the face of the sun, was captured by French astrophotographer Thierry Legault. Amazingly, Legault took the picture from the ground—using only a camera-telescope unit and specialised solar filters.[Wired] More »
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9:30AM Don Nguyen | It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the news surrounding the anniversary of the first lunar landing, but it’s images like this that remind us why space still commands our collective imaginations forty years after Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon. [Reuters] More »
Sunrise From The International Space Station
9:30AM Don Nguyen | It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the news surrounding the anniversary of the first lunar landing, but it’s images like this that remind us why space still commands our collective imaginations forty years after Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon. [Reuters] More »
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Smile: The First Six-Astronaut Crew Ever at the ISS
6:30AM Jesus Diaz | Right now, orbiting at 400 km above Earth’s surface, we have a permanent crew of six astronauts at the International Space Station, a first in the history of space exploration. More »
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Astronauts Watching New Star Trek In Space
9:00AM Jesus Diaz | According to NASA, the three astronauts in the International Space Station have been chilling out watching J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Watching the Enterprise in the ISS, people. It doesn’t get any better than this: More »
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Some Other, Non-Giz-Affiliated Astronaut to Answer Questions Live From Space
1:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Because NASA’s hip with the kids, dammit, they’re using both YouTube and Twitter to let the public ask questions of astronaut Mark Polansky, commander of the International Space Station. More »
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