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Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield sings "Danny Boy" for St. Patricks Day – Video

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Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield sings "Danny Boy" for St. Patricks Day
A St.Patricks Special: Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield dons an Irish jersey and wows Dublin crowd with "Danny Boy." He explains how his mother taught ...

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Book Review and Giveaway: Max Goes To the Space Station Childrens Books

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by Katrina Cain on March 18, 2014

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Max Goes to the Space Station A Science Adventure with Max the Dog [Hardcover]by Jeffery BennettIllustrated. 32 Pages. Big Kid Science

Jeffery Bennetts Max Goes to the Space Station is the newest addition to the series A Science Adventure with Max the Dog. This series introduces children ages 4 to 12 to the exciting world of scientific thinking through adventurous story telling featuring a lovable and intelligent dog named Max. Max Goes to the Space Station also includes age appropriate suggested activities spanning grades 1 through 8.

This book uses words and illustrations to tell the exciting tale of Max the dog and his journeyto the International Space Station, his adventures while on the station and his return home to hisfamily. The main story is written so that younger children can follow along with Max and his adventures while also providing a Big Kid Box on each page for the older children. A Big Kid Box is a text box on each page that has more in-depth information for older children. At the back of the book are suggested activities for children in the first grade through the eighth grade. Max Goes to the Space Station is one of the many books included in the Stories from Space program. In this program, astronauts read a book from space while on the International Space Station. This year; 2014, astronauts are scheduled to read this book as well as other books from the series.

Universe Today and Big Kid Science are pleased to be able to offer two free copies ofMax Goes to the Space Stationto our readers. In order to be entered into the giveaway drawing, just put your email address into the box at the bottom of this post (where it says Enter the Giveaway) before Tuesday, March 24th. If this is the first time youre registering for a giveaway, youll receive a confirmation email immediately where youll need to click a link to be entered into the drawing. For those who have registered previously, youll receive an email later where you can enter this drawing.

Max Goes to the Space Station and other books in this series are available on Amazon.com.

About the author: David and his wife live in Conway, Arkansas. They are amateur astronomers that love spending nights stargazing and their days working in Higher Education. David graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a Master of Education degree.

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Live from Space – live from Stardome

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Over 130 space fans gathered at Stardome this weekend (15 March), braving the weather to watch a live stream from the International Space Station. SKY and The National Geographic Channel presented this special event at Stardome where viewers got a glimpse of life in the International Space Station (ISS), hundreds of kilometres above earth.

Unprecedented access was granted to the high-tech, space station which orbits the earth every 90 minutes, so viewers were able to take a round the world trip without leaving their seats.

Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata live and work in the ISS and gave a guided tour through the space station during the two-hour television event, showing how they live for months in microgravity. Astronaut Mike Massimo, who has completed two Space Shuttle missions to service the Hubble telescope acted as the earth correspondent, reporting live from Houston.

The space team demonstrated how they wash their hair, where they sleep (sleeping bags tethered to the wall), what happens on cleaning day and how the space menu is prepared and delivered. The crowd also learnt about the not-so reliable toilet and how repairs are made by the astronauts themselves.

David Britten, Astronomy Educator at Stardome says "The ISS passed through Auckland skies on the day of the event. However, in daytime skies it isnt visible without specialised optical systems - even on cloudless days. The best naked eye views from Auckland are not till the next series of favourable local evening passes starting on 23rd March. Details of visible passes of the ISS over local New Zealand skies are available at http://www.stardome.org.nz/astronomy/resources/iss-satellites/.

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Why Trapping Somebody In Space Only Takes A Breeze (And Other Highlights From Expedition 40)

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European Space Agency astronaut Alex Gerst during training prior to Expedition 40/41 in 2014. Credit: European Space Agency

Imagine that you were in the middle of a module on the International Space Station. Floating in mid-air, far from handholds or any way to propel yourself. Is there any way to get out of that situation?

The short answer is not easily, and the longer answer is it could be an effective way to trap criminals in space, joked veteran cosmonaut Maxim Suraevin a press conference today (March 18) for the upcoming Expedition 40/41 mission, which also includes rookies Alex Gerst and Reid Wiseman.

Speaking in Russian, Suraevexplained that during his last 2010 mission, he had crew members set him up in the middle of the stations Node 3.It is true that you can twist asmuch as a contortionist, but youwont be able to move because youhave nothing to bear against, he said in remarks translated into English.

That said, the ventilation system on station does tend to push objects (and people) towards the vents after a time, he observed. What if you had multiple vents set up, however?

I thought that if ever we have apermanent human habitation in space,this would be the best way to keep aperson confined like in a prison inthe middle of the room, where he orshe could not move anywhere, Suraev continued.Being inlimbo, as you will. The only thing that is required is alarge room, a person and several fansblowing in different directions tokeep the person in the middle of theroom. Thats scary, trust me!

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman does spacewalk training in a partial gravity simulator ahead of his Expedition 40/41 flight in 2014. Credit: NASA

Theres no fear on Suraevs part that it will happen with his crewmates, however. My new crew, theyre really good guys and Im really looking forward to being with my new crew in space, and to spend five and a half months aboard the space station, he said in an English phone interview after the press conference. (Good news given that Suraevwill assume command of Expedition 41.)

The crew (who lifts off in May) will have an action-packed mission. It will include the arrival of the last Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and if NASA fixes on a spacesuit leak allow two American maintenance spacewalks. There also are 162 experiments to perform (this according to Gerst) and if theres time, checking out our home planet.

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Future Space Station Crew to Participate in NASA TV News Conference, Media Interviews

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The crew of International Space Station Expedition 40/41, including NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, will participate in a NASA Television news conference and media interviews Tuesday, March 18, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Wiseman, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency will launch to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft May 28 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are scheduled to return to Earth in November.

NASA TV will broadcast at 1:30 p.m. EDT pre-recorded footage of the crew preparing for their mission, followed by live coverage at 2 p.m. of the crew news conference. Reporters who wish to participate by telephone should call Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Those following the briefing on social media can ask questions using the hashtag #askNASA.

After the news conference, interview opportunities are available in person at Johnson, by phone or online. To request credentials to attend in person, or to reserve an interview opportunity, media must contact Johnson's newsroom by 6 p.m. Monday, March 17. The deadline for international journalists to attend in person has passed.

Wiseman, who grew up in Baltimore, is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Md. As a naval aviator, Wiseman flew the FA-18F Super Hornet and served in numerous assignments around the world before his selection to NASA's astronaut corps in 2009.

The crew members will share their experiences aboard the space station on Instagram and Twitter, at:

http://instagram.com/iss

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Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time – Nefarious Space Station – The Garbage Compactor – Video

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Ratchet Clank Future: A Crack In Time - Nefarious Space Station - The Garbage Compactor
Nefarious Space Station - The Garbage Compactor Ratchet Clank Future: A Crack In Time OST Music by Boris Salchow.

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Space Florida ISS Research Competition Winners To Fly Life Sciences Experiments

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Space Florida, the states spaceport authority and aerospace development organization, and NanoRacks LLC, a designer and manufacturer of microgravity research platforms, say that payloads developed by two of the seven winners of the Space Florida International Space Station (ISS) Research Competition will be launched to the ISS onboard SpaceX CRS-3 (Commercial Resupply Services, Mission 3), from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, now planned for late March. The two NanoLabs holding these payloads will fly inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule being launched on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, version 1.1.

The two projects heading to the ISS are HEART FLIES, proposed by the Ohio State University, Stanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center, and Project MERCCURI from the University of California-Davis.

The HEART FLIES (Heart Effect Analysis Research Team conducting Fly Investigations and Experiments in Spaceflight) payload will be studying the effects of spaceflight on the function, morphology and gene expression in fruit fly hearts. These results are part of an effort to understand the cardiovascular effects of spaceflight on humans and provide improved countermeasures and treatments for future astronauts. The research is being led by Dr. Peter H. Lee, Dr. Sharmila Bhattacharya, Dr. Rolf Bodmer and Dr. Karen OIorr.

The Project MERCCURI team (Microbial Ecology Research Combining Citizen & University Researchers) has been gathering microbial samples at a variety of public venues around the country including football and basketball games, as well as sites of historic interest. Microbes from those swab samples will be delivered to the ISS and the growth/behavior of these microbes will be compared with duplicate cultures in Earth-based labs. Additionally, crewmembers will take swap samples on the ISS, which will be analyzed to understand the microbial community present on Station. Leading scientists on this project include Dr. Jonathan Eisen, Dr. David Coil, Dr. Jenna Lang, Mr. Russell Neches, Ms. Wendy Brown, Ms. Darlene Cavalier and Mr. Mark Severance.

The Space Florida ISS Research Competition was designed to inspire innovation as well as provide unique research opportunities and access to the ISS. The remaining five (5) winners of the ISS Research Competition are scheduled for launch to the ISS on SpaceX CRS-4, currently scheduled for launch on July 25, 2014 from Cape Canaveral.

Winners of the Space Florida ISS Research Competition were selected by an independent panel of 14 judges representing a variety of NASA centers, renowned national academic institutions, payload developers and commercial companies with interest in microgravity research. Judges reviewed proposals based on their potential for developing breakthroughs in basic research on materials, biology and the environment, as well as fostering a greater understanding of complex drugs and remedies to improve life on Earth.

Working with these leading edge universities and research groups to help get their experiments to space is an exciting opportunity for us, said Space Florida President Frank DiBello. These individuals represent the future of microgravity research and help us to fulfill the true value of our orbiting National Lab on the ISS.

"We are appreciative of Space Florida for providing this opportunity for others to participate in innovative space research," said NanoRacks Managing Director Jeff Manber. "The ISS Research Competition is a fantastic model for how space research can be set up quickly and efficiently. NanoRacks is pleased to partner with companies like Space Florida and do what we can to lower the costs and challenges for these teams to get to the Space Station."

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