Space the beyond

laughingsquid:

Above Earth, Iconic Representations of 23 Historic Space Missions

Photos de National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA - Photos du mur

“Thierry Legault granted us permission to share this photo of Space Station. He says to look closely for spacewalker Steve Bowen on the end of the robotic arm. Get out your eye glasses!”

It’s a good day for spacewalking (by Paolo Nespoli)

danielesavi:

Beati loro!

NASA - Maiden Voyage

qstates:

Pierre Thuot, 5/11/1992.

[Courtesy of NASA]

qstates:

James Newman standing at the edge of Discovery’s payload bay, 9/16/1993.

[Courtesy of NASA]

itsfullofstars:

NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (via)

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Another beautiful morning in space! EVA2 today. on Twitpic

Space pedestrian
On 18 March 1965, 45 years ago today, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first “space pedestrian” by performing a spacewalk from his spaceship Voskhod 2, under the watchful eye of his colleague Pavel Belyayev.
Credit: DR

Voskhod 2 mission on Wikipedia

via www.enjoyspace.com

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spacerocks:

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this must be after NASA does it’s re-branding. unorthodox, maybe, but i’m ok with it.

spacerocks:

who is this man? i’ll tell you. he is cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and he is quite possibly the coolest man to ever have lived. (why, spacerocks? why is he?) because he was the first living thing from the planet earth to have WALKED IN SPACE!!

here’s a list of space firsts (aka people i am jealous of): SPACEROCKS SALUTES YOU

atompunk:

alulamecontou:

Full Moon

whitakerstudio:

A close-up of Astronaut John Grunsfeld shows the reflection of Astronaut Andrew Feustel, perched on the robotic arm and taking the photo. The pair teamed together on three of the five spacewalks during Servicing Mission 4 in May 2009.

The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute conducts Hubble science operations.

Goddard is responsible for HST project management, including mission and science operations, servicing missions, and all associated development activities.

To learn more about the Hubble Space Telescope go here:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html

Some absolutely mesmerising images from the Hubble Space Station on NASA’s Goddard Flight Centre’s Flickrstream.