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LBP2 Level Shoutout #39;s #1 -Space Station 1p by gjmhhbb-
LBP2 Level Shoutout #39;s #1 -Space Station 1p by gjmhhbb- Here is a wonderful made level, hope you guys like it and why not go play it (if you have LBP2) Level Link:https://lbp.me/v/qtjc4fj...

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Recorded Interview: Blue Angels in Mission Control
Members of the Blue Angles team visited Mission Control, and spoke with the crew aboard the International Space Station. HD download link: ...

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Nov 4, 2014 | SUPER TYPHOON Nuri From International Space Station [ISS] | [new video]
Super typhoon Nuri maintained its winds at 180 mph for a remarkable 24 hour period. It has now weakened slightly. This is the latest ISS pass over the typhoon at approximately 5pm EST on...

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Monthly ISS Research Video Update for October 2014
Highlights of recent research conducted on the International Space Station.

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Space Station 13 HD
Xvid 1080p 60i fancy second pass 739mb.

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UFO In Earths Orbit At Space Station, Nov 3, 2014, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 3, 2014 Location of sighting: Earths orbit at ISS Source: NASA ISS HD live cam I was watching the live space station cam and noticed this glowing object. I was recording...

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Samantha talks Futura
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti talks about her six-month International Space Station mission provided by Italy #39;s ASI space agency. Samantha explains the story behind her mission name...

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ISS Astronaut Talks with Members of the German Parliament
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency discussed the highlights of his mission on the complex and his upcoming return...

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FUNNY LIFE IN SPACE STATION

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The ESA's ATV supply ship last week boosted the space station to a higher orbit to avoid a potential collision.

As in the movie "Gravity," the International Space Station (ISS) recently faced a threat from deadly debris hurtling through space on a collision course with the orbiting laboratory. Unlike in the Hollywood version, the ISS was boosted out of harm's way thanks to a concerted effort by the five space agencies responsible for the space station.

On Oct. 27, ground stations which track space debris determined that a small piece of Russia's Cosmos-2251 satellite "around the size of a hand" was going to pass within 4 kilometers of the ISS in a matter of hours, or "too close for comfort," the European Space Agency (ESA) reported this week.

With six hours to spare before the potential impact, the five space agencies agreed to "an emergency maneuver" using the ESA's expendable Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to lift the ISS to a higher orbit.

"The ATV Control Center team in Toulouse, France triggered a boost of 1.8 km/h, enough to raise the 420-ton Station by 1 km and out of harm's way," the ESA said.

Just a few years ago, with a collision threat that imminent, the six crew members aboard the ISS would have been preparing to evacuate the space station, per protocol. But in 2012, a new procedure was put in place to fire up one of Russia's Progress resupply capsules to move the space station to a different orbit with less than 24 hours warning, the ESA noted.

For last week's close call, however, no Progress spacecraft was docked with the ISS. Instead, the responsible space agencies opted to the ATV Georges Lematre, the first time the ESA's own supply craft has been tasked with such a maneuver. Unlike the reusable Progress and cargo pods built by NASA contractor SpaceX, the ESA's ATVs are designed to burn up in the atmosphere once they undock and depart from the ISS.

The Georges Lematre is in the process of delivering more than 14,500 pounds of supplies, fuel, and gases to the ISS and is set to depart in February, the ESA said.

Cosmos-2251 collided with another satellite in 2009 and broke apart, leaving bits of debris which, as "Gravity" fans know, can pose a grave danger to other orbiting objects, even when very small.

"Ground stations continuously track space junkleftover hardware from defunct satellitesfor potentially life-threatening collisions. A fleck of paint can cause major damage travelling at 28,800 km/h," the ESA noted.

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