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Showing posts with label International Space Station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Space Station. Show all posts
Saturday, August 1, 2015
View of the Aurora Borealis from the ISS
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Solar Eclipse 2015 (update)
We can all stop posting crappy photos of the #Eclipse2015 now, the International Space Station just won. pic.twitter.com/qA3IXJ7vTA
— Ryan Daws (@Gadget_Ry) March 20, 2015
(Update) Solar Eclipse 2015: International Space Station Photo Was Fake.
Monday, June 9, 2014
First Ever Vine From Space
Astronaut sends first ever Vine from space http://t.co/5sQH2NHbb1 https://t.co/duKcylMNzQ
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) June 9, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
"Cherry Trees That Flew To Space Bloom Six Years Early"
"Japanese astronauts took hundreds of cherry tree seeds with them to the International Space Station in 2008-2009, after which they were planted in several locations throughout Japan. About 265 seeds were taken from a celebrated old tree outside a Buddhist temple in Gifu, in central Japan, that is thought to be 1,250 years old. One of the space seeds was sprouted near the temple, but oddly, shot up more quickly then other cherry trees of its variety (that weren't taken to space). And now the tree is blooming, at four years of age -- about six years ahead of schedule. "We are amazed to see how fast it has grown," Masahiro Kajita, chief priest at the Ganjoji temple, told AFP. The seeds were planted at a total of 14 locations, and blooms have already developed in four locations."
"The precocious pips have baffled the Buddhist monks and scientists alike. The project was not primarily a scientific one, rather "an educational and cultural project to let children gather the stones and learn how they grow into trees and live on after returning from space," said Miho Tomioka, a spokeswoman for the project's organizer, Japan Manned Space Systems (JAMSS). For that reason no "control" seeds were planted to contrast with the space-flown ones--although this cherry variety usually doesn't bloom until the age of 10." (read more)
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"The precocious pips have baffled the Buddhist monks and scientists alike. The project was not primarily a scientific one, rather "an educational and cultural project to let children gather the stones and learn how they grow into trees and live on after returning from space," said Miho Tomioka, a spokeswoman for the project's organizer, Japan Manned Space Systems (JAMSS). For that reason no "control" seeds were planted to contrast with the space-flown ones--although this cherry variety usually doesn't bloom until the age of 10." (read more)
Popular Science
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