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Actress Jessica Chastain Looks into the Future of Space Exploration
There is momentum building as human discovery goes even further into interstellar space. Recently astronomers from the Kepler mission discovered Earth-size planets in the habitable zone. Meanwhile ...

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International Space Station passing over Berkeley, CA on 27 Dec 2014

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Space Station 720Hd
12/21/14 Highlights of Astronaut #39;s video timelapse of Earth. Full length version - from ESA - http://youtu.be/lNwWOul4i9Y FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted ( ) material....

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Happy New Year from the ISS (English)
New Year greeting from ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and her crewmates, NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts, who are currently living and working on board the International...

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The Curvature, Earth from Space in 4k (UHD)
The Curvature Earth from Space in 4k UHD) Ultra HD 4K - NO UPCONVERSIONS! Magnificent views of planet earth from space. Featuring Aurora Borealis lights, Thunderstorms, City Lights, Sunsets,...

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Space Station Crew Members Discuss Life in Space at Holidays with the Media
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore of NASA and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency discussed their research activities.

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Expedition 42 New Years Message
International Space Station Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts send Happy New Year wishes to the everyone on Earth as they get ready to start 2015 on orbit.

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Happy New Year from the International Space Station
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA wish the world a happy New Year during downlink messages from the orbital...

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Space Station Crew Will Celebrate New Year #39;s 16 Times | Video
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Taking time off for the holidays, the crew of the International Space Station is preparing for a busy start to the new year, with the arrival of a SpaceX cargo ship next week and three U.S. spacewalks in February to begin work needed to add docking ports for new commercial crew ships.

Space station commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore celebrated his 52nd birthday Monday, enjoying gifts from his crewmates, including a bag of Reese's Pieces candy from flight engineer Terry Virts, and congratulatory notes from flight controllers around the world.

While there is no champagne on board to celebrate the New Year holiday in space, "we'll break open a grapefruit juice or tropical punch, whatever we have on board," Wilmore told CBS News Tuesday in a space-to-ground interview.

"And the birthday yesterday was very special, my crewmates made it very special for me, mission controls across the globe made it very special, they actually sang to me, sent me some cards, so it was a great day. Great and very memorable."

Floating in the U.S. segment of the station, joined by European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Wilmore said his New Year's resolution was to pay more attention to experiment instructions and procedures to avoid mistakes.

"One thing you think about constantly is, don't let me mess this up!" he said. "Because there are people on the ground who put a lot of effort into getting it up here and we don't want to be the ones to mess it up. So my New Year's resolution is to try to pay better attention to every step of every procedure so we get it all right."

Launched Sept. 25, Wilmore, a shuttle veteran, has spent the past three-and-a-half months aboard the station. Cristoforetti, making her first spaceflight, arrived Nov. 23. She said her New Year's resolution is to spend more time shooting video to share the experience of spaceflight with the public.

One aspect of spaceflight that is difficult to share is the sensation of weightlessness. While she expected spectacular views of Earth, Cristoforetti said living in microgravity was much more thrilling than she anticipated.

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield provides some end of year motivation about invention, innovation and the spirit of being optimistic about the year ahead...

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Space station crew enjoys holidays, preps for busy start to 2015