Science

NASA Lost A Laptop With Unencrypted Space Station Codes

NASA is the target of some scary hacks and and digital espionage. But if someone out there has control codes to the International Space Station, it might be because the laptop of some NASA knucklehead was stolen, and it didn’t have any of the data encrypted.


February 27, 2012
Geek Out

Astronaut Builds Lego ISS Inside ISS

Watch International Space Station astronaut Satoshi Furukawa building a Lego model of the International Space Station inside the International Space Station. I wonder if there’s a minifig version of the International Space Station astronaut Satoshi Furukawa building a Lego model of the Lego International Space Station inside the Lego International Space Station.


February 3, 2012
Science

This Moonset From Space Is Unlike Any Other ISS Time-Lapse You’ve Seen Before

By now you’re probably used to all the spectacular night-time time lapses from the International Space Station. But this one demonstrates that the show is just as amazing during the day. Check out the moon seemingly sinking into the Earth’s atmosphere.


January 25, 2012
Geek Out

Apple’s Stack of Cash Would Be 32 Times Higher Than The Space Station

If you stack every single dollar bill in Apple’s $US97 billion cash reserves, you would reach 10594km into space. That’s about 32 times the altitude of the International Space Station. It would look pretty much like this.


January 20, 2012
Science

This Is The Newest Most Amazing Video From Space Ever

It never fails. Every month or so, the astronauts at the International Space Station capture Earth in the most amazing, astonishing, rock-your-socks-off way imaginable. Every time it’s better than the previous one. This one is the current winner by far.


December 27, 2011
Cameras

How The ISS Makes Those Earth Time Lapses

Have you ever wondered why there are so many amazing videos of Earth from orbit nowadays? The answer is simple: the amazing low-light performance of current DSLR cameras, like the Nikon D3 used by Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum.


December 23, 2011
Science

The Most Amazing View Of A Comet Ever

When the Commander of the International Space Station says he just saw “the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space,” you know you’re in for something incredible. We’ve never seen a view of a comet like this.


December 1, 2011
Science

NASA Wants A Washing Machine For The ISS

I was joking when I said this looked like a washing machine being installed on the International Space Station. Now NASA is serious about it. You know, because astronauts stink.


November 14, 2011
Science

Astounding Orbital Time Lapse Will Blow Your Brains Out In Space

OK — that last flyby video from the International Space Station was totally mesmerising. But, as if the new mission of the space station is to shock earthlings with amazing imagery, here’s one that’s even better. So. Much. Glowing.


October 6, 2011
Science

Rare View Of The Red Aurora

Most often Auroras are green, with some dark violet and some cyan-ish blue. But sometimes, rarely seen, they are red.