Posts tagged with ‘outer space’

Objection! [floats away into infinite darkness]

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And now, here’s a water balloon exploding in zero gravity

Aren’t you glad we have astronauts like Don Petit? Besides posting some of the most remarkable photos taken from space, he makes videos to explain some of humanity’s most pressing questions.

Including, what actually happens when a balloon bursts in space?

NASA Show’s Us Balloons Bursting in Zero Gravity Conditions

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And then astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted a picture of nachos in space

NAAAAACHOOOOOS IN SPAAAAAAAACE

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NASA snaps a picture of 5500 galaxies at once

Using Hubble, NASA snagged this picture of 5500 galaxies, using a range of light wavelengths. The camera is 10 billion times more sensitive than the human eye, producing the deepest look into our universe yet. I suddenly feel so… small.

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This is the first photograph ever taken from space

The grainy black and white photo above was the very first photo from space. It was taken from an altitude of 65 miles by a 35 mm camera aboard a V-2 rocket on October 24, 1946. The US military launched dozens of these V-2 rockets, captured from the Germans at the end of World War II, from the White Sands Missile Range. They wanted to learn about how to build their own rockets, but invited scientists to hitch along instruments to study the Earth’s upper atmosphere while they’re launching them anyway.

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