Showing posts with label International-Space-Station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International-Space-Station. Show all posts

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Volcano Erupting from Space-Astonishing Scene(photos)

The International Space Station crew capture some astonishing photos from a erupting volcano in space. Sarychev Peak is one of the active volcanoes in the world. 20 years later in Kuril Island near Japan the Volcano came alive a week ago.



The ISS happen to fly over at the time. They capture some breathtaking photos of clouds rising through the atmosphere.




Eruptions have been dated back since 1700's last know Eruptions 1989. Hummm..
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Canada- finest Blast-Off into Space-Florida

Canada's-finest-blast-off into-space-on-Saturday
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. — Canada's finest blast off into space on Saturday.The two Canadians made a significant jump into history. Julie Payette and Robert Thirsk set to led the way for the Canadians. History in the making for the Canadians.



The Endeavour crew plans to spend 12 days at the station and conduct five spacewalks to install the porch, replace batteries and tackle a long list of maintenance tasks.


The Crew includes two Canadians -- station flight engineer Robert Thirsk and astronaut Endeavour Julie Payette -- Japan's Koichi Wakata, Europe's Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Roman Romanenko and seven U.S. astronauts.


Endeavour will blast off at 7:17 a.m. EDT (1117 GMT) on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida..