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Kerbal Space Program - Orbital Kolonization System (2)
Orbital Kolonization System allows you to build a fully self sustaining Space Station that works with TAC Life Support. Watch live at http://www.hitbox.tv/badashgames About Modular Kolonization...

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SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS: Watch the Time Lapse
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Money Clip Host Adam Johnson reports on SpaceX #39;s unmanned Dragon spacecraft arriving at the International Space Station. (Source: Bloomberg) -- Subscribe...

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SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off Towards International Space Station
An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to deliver cargo, including a 3D-printer, to the International S...

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Day and night
It takes 90 minutes for an astronaut on the International Space Station to circle Earth completely, passing from daytime to nighttime and back again. This video taken by ESA astronaut Alexander...

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Alien Jellyfish Video capture from International Space Station Livestream
I video #39;d a strange Blog Jellyfish Alien looking thing/object in the International Space Station. In the month after the disappearance of Malaysian Airline MH370, the Livestreamed video cameras...

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Space Station Crew Member Discusses the Future with Former President Clinton
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA discussed the future of human spaceflight, the commercialization of space and the research being conducted...

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Minecraft: Survival Games! Ep. 322 - Space Station Suffocation
Welcome back to another episode of the Minecraft Survival Games! In this episode Thomas interrupts my recording and then talks about space academy! Previous Video: - http://bit.ly/1xidJEx...

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Set on an intergalactic ship, the sci-fi comedy "Space Station 76" mixes elements of "The Jetsons" (chore-performing robots, meals that appear at the push of a button) with "Logan's Run" (molded, white plastic living spaces, windows with planetary views) and tosses in a bit of "The Brady Bunch" (wood-paneled walls, shag carpeting, the color brown) for good measure.

"We wanted our space station to be as much inspired by suburban homes of the '70s as it was by sci-fi movies and TV from the '70s," says director Jack Plotnick, who found his own childhood echoed in the sets.

"There's a microwave in the wall of one of the kitchens, just like my family had, and there are couch pillows with the same design as our couch had. And the jewelry box on one of the character's dressers turned out to be the spitting image of the one my mom had that gave me chills!"

"It's like 'Peyton Place' in outer space," offers production designer Seth Reed, who only had four weeks to prep the low-budget film and found inspiration in everything from midcentury architects like Pierre Koenig to the 1971 "The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement" (a few sets are still available on Amazon).

"The thought was that the characters were given anonymous, empty white living capsules when they arrived on the ship, and then they were allowed to choose color schemes and furniture to suit their taste," Reed says. "The unhappy couple [Matt Bomer and Marisa Coughlan] have customized theirs with fake wood paneling and furniture in rusty reds and browns. There are ferns, a flokati rug and a fake electric fireplace."

Their lonely daughter's bedroom, while modular as well, looks like a lot of girls' bedrooms in the mid-'70s: flowered wallpaper and multiple framed pictures of horses all over the walls. "We were trying to embrace that particular '70s style, even amplifying it," Reed says. "We went for irony a lot!"

While the swirling super-graphic featured on the wall in the ship's recreation room and the patterned "tiles" in the captain's (Patrick Wilson) bathroom were painted by the production team, set decorator Kat Wilson sourced most of the movie's groovy furniture smoked acrylic chairs, chrome lighting fixtures, white plastic everything from industry rental houses. "I don't think most of the pieces were originals, merely inspired by designer pieces," she says.

As for what design element from the era most deserves a comeback, Plotnick doesn't hesitate. "Shag carpeting!" he declares. "What's more comforting than walking on shag carpeting? I think we got rid of it because it collects dust, but now that we really live in the future and have Roombas that can spend all day cleaning, please, can we bring them back?"

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NEW YORK Astronauts paid a virtual visit to former President Bill Clinton from the International Space Station on Wednesday (Sept. 24)to share their perspectives on Earth as it appears from their orbital home.

NASA astronaut Reid Wisemanand European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, part of the station's current Expedition 41 crew, beamed down by video to the Clinton Global Initiative, a gathering world leaders here aiming to develop solutions to major world problems. Joining Clinton on Earth was NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, who visited the station during its Expedition 26/27 mission.

The astronauts spoke of the unique perspective afforded by the International Space Stationan orbiting laboratory built through an international effort. They also showed off a few somersaults in zero gravity. [Watch Bill Clinton Talk Space with Astronauts (Video)]

"I want everyone to know what a unique and amazing place we have here [on the station]," Wiseman told Clinton and the conference audience.

Aboard the station, the astronauts are engaged in experiments on the effects of life in zero gravity. For example, the progressive bone disease osteoporosis proceeds 10 times faster in a typical astronaut in space than it does in a 70-year-old woman on Earth, Coleman said. By measuring the physiological changes that happen to astronauts, scientists can study the effects of aging in space.

The space station also provides a unique vantage point from which to view and appreciate Earth, the astronauts said.

"There are no words to describe that first glance when you look back on your planet," Wiseman said. Earth is a "beautiful living organism," he added.

With astronauts from United States, Russia, Brazil, Canada and Japan, as well as members of the European Space Agency, the space station is an exercise in global collaboration. When you're up in space, "it's hard to feel you're from any particular country," Coleman said.

As operators of the ISS, Wiseman and his colleagues have become good friends, he said. "We want to get the job done, and we want to have fun doing it," he said.

In response, Clinton joked that maybe the best way to get rid of the political gridlock in the U.S. Congress may be to send politicians to space.

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ISS Astronaut Helps Make a Difference from space
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA discussed his social media activities and research on the orbital outpost with NBC Nightly News during...

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