Space Thread - Merged

[Rose]

Astronauts in space ....twittering on Internet

André Kuipers on Twitter : https://twitter.com/#!/astro_andre
@astro_andre

In space. 28.000 km/h, 400 km, above Earth. International Space Station. Expedition 30 & 31, 191 days. Landing 1 July 2012.

Links:
International Space Station · http://blogs.esa.int/andre-kuipers/
https://twitter.com/#!/HollandSpaceCen

Look:

Kuipers:
We fly into the night over the Atlantic Ocean. Looking back at the sunset over Rio de la Plata and Buenos Aires.




The roof of the world. The Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.



Monitoring Dragon for hours during it's approach is not punishment.
Here Dragon over Namibia

[bb1]

What superb pictures! Glad to see someone is putting twitter to good use.

[Rose]

Amazing video..


Walking on Air

This video features a series of time lapse sequences photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. Set to the song "Walking in the Air," by Howard Blake, the video takes viewers around the world, through auroras, and over dazzling lightning displays.
The sequences are as follows:
:01 -- Stars over southern United States
:08 -- US west coast to Canada
:21 -- Central Europe to the Middle East
:36 -- Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean
:54 -- Storms over Africa
1:08 -- Central United States
1:20 -- Midwest United States
1:33 -- United Kingdom to Baltic Sea
1:46 -- Moonset
1:55 -- Northern United States to Eastern Canada
2:12 -- Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean
2:32 -- Comet Lovejoy
2:53 -- Aurora Borealis over Hudson Bay
3:06 -- United Kingdom to Central Europe

Song lyrics:

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly

I'm holding very tight
I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

Far across the world
The villages go by like dreams
The rivers and the hills
The forests and the streams

Children gaze open mouth
Taken by surprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes

We're surffing in the air
We're swimming in the frozen sky
We're drifting over icy
Mountain floating by

Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep
Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly


Walking on Air

[Sabot]

Wow. Twitter in Space. Don't you just love Twitter.

And oh, lookee. Planet Earth is ROUND. Who'd have thought it?

That video has made my day, Rose. One of my Gosh moments.

[lily]

Stunning! Thank you so very much Rose. Words fail me.

[Rose]

I have send it to all my contactpersons (30) and all positive, it is a great video.

[bb1]

It's so beautiful, Rose

[lily]

Wow. Twitter in Space. Don't you just love Twitter.

And oh, lookee. Planet Earth is ROUND. Who'd have thought it?

That video has made my day, Rose. One of my Gosh moments.

It's flat but they just used a special type of photoshop app, Sabot. Stedman should know. He's in outer space himself.

[Sabot]

Wow. Twitter in Space. Don't you just love Twitter.

And oh, lookee. Planet Earth is ROUND. Who'd have thought it?

That video has made my day, Rose. One of my Gosh moments.

It's flat but they just used a special type of photoshop app, Sabot. Stedman should know. He's in outer space himself.

Bugger, why didn't I think of that, lily. Of course it's photoshopped. They must have turned it upsidedown, like a dinner plate.

[Rose]

new piture from space




With our orbit along the border between night and day at the moment, we could often see the Venus transit for long periods of time.[/img]
Astro Amdre: With our orbit along the border between night and day at the moment, we could often see the Venus transit for long periods of time.

[lily]

Wow. Twitter in Space. Don't you just love Twitter.

And oh, lookee. Planet Earth is ROUND. Who'd have thought it?

That video has made my day, Rose. One of my Gosh moments.

It's flat but they just used a special type of photoshop app, Sabot. Stedman should know. He's in outer space himself.

Bugger, why didn't I think of that, lily. Of course it's photoshopped. They must have turned it upsidedown, like a dinner plate.

Yer of course they did, Sabot. That photo of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau proves it.

[bb1]

Thanks for that, Rose

It's raining too heavily here to see ANYTHING.

[bb1]

A bit of sad news:

http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16242435

American Author Ray Bradbury Dies Aged 91




Ray Bradbury continued to write novels, short stories and screenplays into his 90s

American science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, who wrote Fahrenheit 451, has died aged 91 in California.

His daughter, Alexandra Bradbury, said he died on Tuesday night. She did not have any additional details.
The writer's long career saw him write everything from science-fiction to mystery, horror and humour.
His grandson, Danny Karapetian, tweeted: "The world has lost one of the best writers it's ever known, and one of the dearest men to my heart. RIP Ray Bradbury (Ol' Gramps)."
Bradbury broke through in 1950 with The Martian Chronicles, a series of stories about human attempts to colonise Mars, which served as a commentary on the Cold War.

He also scripted John Huston's 1956 film version of Moby Dick and wrote for the TV series The Twilight Zone.

Although his writing had slowed in recent years due to a stroke, which meant he had to use a wheelchair, Bradbury remained active.
He penned new novels, plays, screenplays and a volume of poetry, writing every day in the basement office of his home in Los Angeles.
One of Bradbury's most famous works, Fahrenheit 451, which depicted a future where books were banned, was a Cold War era novel about the evils of censorship and thought control in a totalitarian state.
It was adapted into a film by Francois Truffaut in 1966.
"The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me," he said in 2000.

"The feeling I have every day is very much the same as it was when I was 12."
Born in 1920 in Illinios, Bradbury started out selling newspapers and writing in his spare time.
His first book, Dark Carnival, a collection of short stories, was published in 1947.
Bradbury was married to Marguerite McClure, who died in 2003. The couple had four daughters together.

[Lamplighter]

Space Shuttle sails up the River Hudson to her new home:

[lily]

A bit of sad news:

http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16242435

American Author Ray Bradbury Dies Aged 91




Ray Bradbury continued to write novels, short stories and screenplays into his 90s

American science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, who wrote Fahrenheit 451, has died aged 91 in California.

His daughter, Alexandra Bradbury, said he died on Tuesday night. She did not have any additional details.
The writer's long career saw him write everything from science-fiction to mystery, horror and humour.
His grandson, Danny Karapetian, tweeted: "The world has lost one of the best writers it's ever known, and one of the dearest men to my heart. RIP Ray Bradbury (Ol' Gramps)."
Bradbury broke through in 1950 with The Martian Chronicles, a series of stories about human attempts to colonise Mars, which served as a commentary on the Cold War.

He also scripted John Huston's 1956 film version of Moby Dick and wrote for the TV series The Twilight Zone.

Although his writing had slowed in recent years due to a stroke, which meant he had to use a wheelchair, Bradbury remained active.
He penned new novels, plays, screenplays and a volume of poetry, writing every day in the basement office of his home in Los Angeles.
One of Bradbury's most famous works, Fahrenheit 451, which depicted a future where books were banned, was a Cold War era novel about the evils of censorship and thought control in a totalitarian state.
It was adapted into a film by Francois Truffaut in 1966.
"The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me," he said in 2000.

"The feeling I have every day is very much the same as it was when I was 12."
Born in 1920 in Illinios, Bradbury started out selling newspapers and writing in his spare time.
His first book, Dark Carnival, a collection of short stories, was published in 1947.
Bradbury was married to Marguerite McClure, who died in 2003. The couple had four daughters together.

I noticed that Bonny. It is really sad because we have lost this incredible writer who was such a character. Larger than life. I will never forget him.

I hope he's cleaned up his language for his journey.

[Pedro Silva]

My friends, this was taken from Sky News:

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16242736

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16242014

[Rose]

WOW ...supporters in spCE.....HOPE IT HELPS.

[Rose]

Bizar light effect in the lens and window during a sunrise.

Credit: ESA/NASA

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