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NASAs Tour of the International Space Station
During Expedition 31 in 2012, NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a 3-D camera to take viewers on a "floating" tour of the International Space Station. He pointed the camera outside the station...

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Camera Films From Water Bubble On Space Station
Astronauts create a floating water bubble in microgravity conditions then insert a GoPro camera to film from inside it. Astronauts create a floating water bubble in microgravity conditions...

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Star Wars Republic at War as Confederacy Part 6 Space Station Stronk
Well we got lucky with that one land battle and space station are strong Republic at War is a total conversion modification for Star Wars Empire at War Forces of Corruption. The mod replaces...

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Mind Blowing: ISS astronauts put camera inside bubble, show zero-G tricks
NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst filmed #39;surreal #39; footage #39;implanting #39; a GoPro camera inside a floating ball of water...

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Inside the ISS - 18,000 M.P.H. with Reid Wiseman
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman takes us from the very back of the International Space Station to the front at 18000 M.P.H. Reid traveled almost 450 miles around the Earth in the 90 seconds it...

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Space Station Live: Deanne Bell on 3D Printing in space
Deanne Bell, Program Director of Future Engineers, talks about 3D printing in space.

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Tomorrow Daily - 081: A 3D video from the ISS, E.T. landfill cartridges hit eBay, and more
Read the CNET blog post: http://cnet.co/1tMok8y On today #39;s show, we check out a water sphere floating in microgravity (courtesy of the astronauts onboard the International Space Station), debate...

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Soviet orbital space station "Salyut 6" (copy,bottom view)
Model (copy) of the Soviet orbital space station "Salyut 6" (bottom view). Salyut 6: Launch 29 September 1977.Reentry: 29 July 1982. Moscow Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics (astronautics). ...

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PAVILJONKI FESTIVAL 2014 - 1st impressions
Entropy Unicorns in Space say: Thank you for this unforgettable moments at Hietsun Paviljonki in Helsinki. 01/11/2014. Some notes we found on the infinite typewriter in Space Station after...

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Bigelow Aerospace has developed a new modular space station, which is expected to be taken up on the Dragon rocket manufactured by SpaceX. Meanwhile Elon Musks company plans to start running commercial space flights in the next few years.

During the Cold War the space race between the two superpowers was a major theme, as both a symbol of power and a means of intimidation. Sputnik 1, launched by the USSR in 1957, was the first satellite to go into orbit around Earth, firing the starting gun for the race to conquer space. Four years later, the Russian Yuri Gagarin was the first man to fly in space. The United States repeated the exploit with Explorer 1, and ran the Apollo programmes from 1961 to 1975, culminating in the iconic Apollo 11 mission in 1969, which put the first man on the moon. During that era, space was very much the exclusive preserve of governments and state organs. However, space missions are now finally moving into the private sphere, and the tech and web giants are looking to grab a slice of the action. When it comes to innovation, space would appear to be the last frontier. However, companies high-flying ambitions vary radically. While Elon Musk is planning to go all the way into deep space, offering commercial flights to Mars within a few decades, others are looking to use high-altitude aircraft to provide unlimited connectivity between objects and devices here on Earth.

In a recent interview, Elon Musk explained his belief that there is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multi-planetary in order to safeguard the existence of humanity in the event that something catastrophic were to happen. Musk believes that the Internet and space are now the key areas in the transition from the 20th century to the 21st. Having made his fortune by selling online payment platform PayPal, which he co-founded, to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion, the South African entrepreneur then embarked on his space adventure, founding SpaceX that same year. The companys stated mission is to make space transport technology available at low cost. Musk reckons his company could be in a position to take people to Mars during his lifetime.

Meanwhile Google and Facebook have shown interest in aerospace, but their aim is to continue expanding the ecosystem around their services rather than arranging commercial space flights. While taking an interest in space-based solutions, both web-and-data giants are focusing on improving connectivity on Earth. Google acquired Titan Aerospace, which makes solar-powered drones, in February this year. These unmanned aircraft can fly continuously at a height of 20 kilometres for five years, bringing the Internet to far-flung places with poor connections. Mark Zuckerberg officially launched his Connectivity Lab recently with a similar aim. The Connectivity Lab employs specialist aeronautics engineers, notably a team from Ascenta, a newly-acquired UK company which specialises in designing high altitude aeroplanes, plus two experts from NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory and National Optical Astronomy Laboratory. The company is also working on a laser technology designed to connect up different pieces of space equipment.

The web giants are building their capabilities in this kind of advanced technology as a means of connecting up the world and at the same time finding new outlets for their array of services. This future connectivity may be about as far as they can go in practical terms. However, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is now using technology developed by Google under its Tango project for flying robots known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES), which are designed to search out and feed vital real-time information to astronauts in flight. Meanwhile the fact that SpaceX is teaming up with NASA demonstrates that Musks vision is no mere Hollywood science fantasy. In September this year, NASA awarded contracts to SpaceX (and aerospace pioneer Boeing) to develop commercial systems for space crew transportation to the International Space Station (ISS). Not to be outdone, Virgin Galactic, spearheaded by iconic UK entrepreneur Richard Branson, aims to make space flights available to ordinary people with the SpaceShipTwo shuttle, which has already been cleared by NASA to transport payloads.

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Tech and Web Firms Vying in the Conquest of Space