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Kerbal Space Program #1 | The Orbiter 1
Gambrous jumps into Kerbal Space Program to start a new lets play that shall take the Kerbal race to the edge of space and beyond. He must now launch his Kerbals from Kerbin #39;s surface and explore...

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Progress M-26M Cargo Vehicle
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Progress M-26M is placed inside it #39;s protective fairing in preparation for launch. Lift off of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, carrying the Progress M-26M cargo vehicle...

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dream scene earth is space station+skin rainmeter tranformex alienware

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OUTER SPACE AGENDA and the NEW WORLD ORDER
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Russian supply ship docks with International Space Station
A Russian supply ship packed with 3.1 tons of cargo and propellant to refuel the International Space Station successfully docks with the orbital outpost. Rou...

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International Space Station Timelapse for Thu, 19th February 2015 UTC
This is a image taken from the live feed from the International Space Station.

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NASA postponed a spacewalk on the International Space Station that had been slated for today.

NASA postponed a spacewalk on the International Space Station that had been slated for today because astronauts needed time to conduct further checks on the suits that will be used.

The space agency announced that two American astronauts will perform a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on Saturday instead of today to begin assembly of two new docking stations on the orbiter. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 7:10 a.m. ET.

The delay is so "added analysis" can be done on the spacesuits that NASA astronauts Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts will wear during their spacewalk.

This isn't the first time that spacesuits have delayed the beginning of work on the space docks.

Dan Huot, a NASA spokesman, said the spacewalk initially had been set for early last month but was pushed back so ground teams could analyze two fan pump separators, which control the temperature in the suits, that exhibited start-up issues.

The spacewalk, which had been scheduled for today, was pushed back 24 hours for final testing.

"The suits currently on board and their fan pumps have been thoroughly tested and teams are confident in their performance," Huot said. "The 24-hour delay this week was just to give teams the time to close out final paper work and make sure everything was ready to go."

The space agency, working with other international partners, is trying to add two new space docks to the orbiting station to handle what is expected to be an increasing number of commercial space taxis bringing supplies and astronauts to the station.

NASA is expected to stop paying Russia to ferry its astronauts to the space station in 2017. The agency contracted with SpaceX, which already conducts resupply missions, and Boeing to launch astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time since NASA retired its fleet of space shuttles in 2011.

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NASA delays spacewalk for added suit check

On Friday, astronauts aboard the International Space Station will initiate the station's first reassembly in several years. The station will be reconfigured to create two new docking ports for the space taxis NASA hopes to have launched by the end of 2017 as part of its Commercial Crew program.

The first of three assembly spacewalks will be conducted on Friday by NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts. While outside the station, they will begin work installing cables and communications equipment for the two new berthing slips.

Wilmore and Virts won't be able to ready the two new ports without new equipment, however. Two International Docking Adapters are needed to turn what were once parking spots for NASA's Space Shuttles into docks capable of accepting future U.S. commercial crew vehicles. The two adapters will be launched by SpaceX resupply missions later this year.

"This is quite a bit of work," Mike Suffredini, NASA's ISS program manager, told Discovery News. "Our plan has always been to have a docking capability in place and operational by the end of 2015 and we're on track to do that."

NASA is anxious to have its space taxis up and operational. Since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, NASA has had to rely on Russia to ferry its astronauts to and from the space station. Last year, NASA awarded major contracts to Boeing and SpaceX to construct space taxis.

The combination of space taxis and reconfigured ports will not only make NASA's ISS missions more autonomous, but also bolster their size and scope.

"They will permit the standard station crew size to grow from six to seven, potentially doubling the amount of time devoted to research aboard the orbiting laboratory," NASA officials said in a recent press release.

Friday's spacewalk will be televised by NASA TV. It will be Wilmore's second career spacewalk and the first for Virts.

"SAFER" virtual reality simulator- the jet pack we can use to get back to ISS if we floated away during a spacewalk. pic.twitter.com/Fp2tiwzpqj Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) February 18, 2015

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Samantha Cristoforetti for Short Food Movie #Expo2015
Capt. Samantha Cristoforetti #39;s message in support of Short Food Movie for Expo Milano 2015 (www.shortfoodmovie.expo2015.org ). Video created by Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut and...

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INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, part 2 1080p
PLAYLIST: PLAYLIST: In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and. How does an astronaut...

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