VIDEOS. Le Père Noël ? Un ovni ? Un missile ? Le lancement d’une fusée de SpaceX offre un spectacle troublant dans le ciel californien La société américaine SpaceX a lancé vendredi dix nouveaux satellites de communication de la société Iridium avec sa fusée Falcon 9, le quatrième lancement sur huit prévus par SpaceX pour
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VIDEO. Thomas Pesquet, l’envoyé spatial Durant six mois, il a filmé pour « Envoyé spécial » son quotidien à bord de l’ISS, la Station spatiale internationale. L’astronaute Thomas Pesquet est le héros de ce documentaire.
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Space Station Research 2017 Highlights in Pictures 2017 was busy for the 17th year of science aboard the International Space Station. Investigations ranged from growing leafy greens in microgravity to expanding small satellite science capabilities, and even studying the behavior of new experimental fuels in space.
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Space Station Media Contacts Media contacts for Intrnational Space Station information.
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Kwanzaa Tholus on Ceres These images show a subtle feature on dwarf planet Ceres called Kwanzaa Tholus.
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Naples at Night An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of the city lights of Naples and the Campania region of southern Italy.
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Under the Midnight Sun In September 2017, a new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where the West Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean.
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From the Earth, Moon and Beyond THE OSIRIS-REx mission, which will map and return samples from asteroid Bennu, is expected to reach the asteroid in August, 2018. This composite image of the Earth and Moon is made from data captured by OSIRIS-REx’s MapCam instrument on Oct. 2, 2017, when the spacecraft was approximately 3 million
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From Mercury Mark II to Project Gemini On Jan. 3, 1962, the newly announced Mercury Mark II project was renamed Project Gemini. This artist’s concept of a two-person Gemini spacecraft in flight shows a cutaway view.
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Geocolor Image From NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite of Powerful East Coast Storm This Geocolor image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite captures the deepening storm off the East coast of the United States on Jan. 4, 2018, at 16:22 UTC. The powerful nor’easter is battering coastal areas with heavy snow and strong winds, from Florida to Maine.
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