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Space station air leak caused by man-made drill hole, reports say | CBC News A hole that caused an air leak and pressure drop at the International Space Station last week was caused by a man-made drill hole not a micrometeorite strike — and may even have been punctured deliberately as an act of sabotage, …

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VFX artist shows you how BIG SpaceX rockets REALLY are! This was posted on Google+

SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon Heavy rocket Today’s rocket launch was a success. This was posted on Google+

Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch today at 1:30 PM ET SpaceX will attempt to launch the Falcon Heavy rocket today. This was posted on Google+

#SpaceX How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster This was posted on Google+

Here’s a full-length look at SpaceX’s spacesuit Elon Musk posted this head-to-toe pic on Instagram. This was posted on Google+

SpaceX Wants to Fly Two Bourgies Around the Moon Next Year Well, here’s a bit of space news we weren’t expecting: Today, future Martian overlord and SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced that in 2018, the company intends to fly two private citizens around the Moon in its Dragon 2 spacecraft, carried to orbit by its …

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NASA’s New Astronaut Suits Are Straight Out of 2001: A Space Odyssey Someone at Boeing has been on a serious Kubrick kick, as evidenced by the new spacesuits for its NASA Starliner astronauts. The blue suits, which were revealed today, combine a retro flare with a modern feel. This was posted on Google+

This Animated Tribute to the NASA Voyager Space Program Is Simply Stunning Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 and 2 are still exploring interstellar space today. Both probes have flown by Jupiter and Saturn while the Voyager 2 has made its way to Uranus and Neptune too. The Voyager space program has traveled further in …

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These videos always make humanity look so small in comparison. #space What Is the Limit to How Far We Can Travel in Space? Bad news, guys. There’s a limit to humanity. Even if we had the technology for interstellar space travel, we still wouldn’t be able to see most of the observable universe because we’re …

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Watch This Compilation of SpaceX Launches for the Crashes Yes, we could watch that gif of the Falcon 9 rocket landing itself on a drone ship all day long. But, after watching this string of the last four years of SpaceX’s rockets hurtling through the air, it turns out there’s one thing that’s even better: …

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How Would a Real Space Elevator Work and Is It Even Possible to Build? Kurzgesagt ponders the question of whether space elevators can be built and answers it as only they can. It’s fascinating to learn about the (obvious) benefits of having a space elevator—sending things to space becomes much, much cheaper!—but even if it’ll …

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NASA Challenger space shuttle disaster remembered on 30th anniversary Thirty years ago today, the space shuttle Challenger exploded during liftoff, killing seven astronauts. Their families gathered with NASA today to mark the space shuttle accident’s 30th anniversary. This was posted on Google+

The ISS Is Getting a New Camera to Check Itself for Space Debris Damage | Motherboard The $1.7-million vision system will launch in 2020, and is ‘roughly the size of a microwave oven.’ This was posted on Google+

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sticks the landing on its return From Earth to orbit and back. SpaceX has finally done it. This was posted on Google+

Google is giving away 1TB of free Drive space with new Chromebooks This was posted on Google+

You can see the International Space Station’s view of Earth right now It’s possible to see the International Space Station floating overhead if you have the right equipment and good timing, but have you ever wondered what This was posted on Google+

It's like a miniature version of the space shuttle. Watch the development of America’s next space shuttle In 2016, a new kind of space shuttle will rise to the skies atop an Atlas V rocket. Developed by a private company—the Sierra Nevada Corporation—it would be able to ferry seven astronauts to orbit and back. Its …

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Great article on how to free up some of that online storage space if you have a Google account. How to Free Up Storage Space On Your Google Account: The Ultimate Guide Google accounts now use a shared pool of storage. Every account gets 15 GB of free space, which is shared across your Gmail, …

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