This amazing new time-lapse video shows beautiful star trails and city lights streaking over the Earth’s surface as seen from space. Photographer Christoph Malin from Austria created the stunning film by stacking image sequences provided by NASA from the crew at International Space Station. These “stacks” create the Star Trails, but furthermore make interesting patterns visible. For example lightning… Continue reading Stunning Star Trails and City Lights from Space
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Felix Baumgartner Breaks World Record Space Jump
Felix Baumgartner has made history today by breaking the world record for the highest ever skydive attempt, jumping from his capsule 127,000 feet to earth. He is renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career. Baumgartner spent time in the Austrian military where he practiced parachute jumping, including… Continue reading Felix Baumgartner Breaks World Record Space Jump
Red Bull Stratos Skydive Attempt Date Set for Sunday
After his successful 13 Mile Space Jump last March, the Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner hopes to make his second attempt to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier by jumping from a capsule floated more than 120,000 feet into the stratosphere by an ultra-thin, 55-story helium balloon. Baumgartner aborted his mission Tuesday due to high winds. The jump was postponed due to wind Monday,… Continue reading Red Bull Stratos Skydive Attempt Date Set for Sunday
Night Image of Kuwait City from Space
This beautiful clear photo of Kuwait City at night was taken by NASA on August 9th, 2012 with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 400 mm lens. via: Kuwaitiful
Houston, we have a problem!
Houston, we have a problem, is a documentary film that reveals one of the biggest secrets of space race during cold war, Yugoslavian space programme. The Yugoslavs made a rapid development based on unknown diaries of Yugoslav space pioneer Herman Potočnik – Noordung after 2nd world war. Technical solutions described in Potocnik’s unpublished papers were the basis… Continue reading Houston, we have a problem!
Man Makes Successful 13 Mile Space Jump
Felix Baumgartner sits inside a pressurized capsule before his test jump for Red Bull Stratos over Roswell, New Mexico, on March 15, 2012. A hot air balloon lifted the capsule to a height of 13.60 miles over New Mexico which was above the troposphere and within the stratosphere. “Fearless Felix” reached 364.4 mph — more… Continue reading Man Makes Successful 13 Mile Space Jump
Darth Vader in Kuwait
I’ve always been a huge fan of Star Wars, especially Darth Vader. That’s why I took a picture of this 9 inch model.
Flying Over Planet Earth
Switch to 1080p HD with 20″ screen monitor or more to watch this video, and you’ll actually feel like flying over earth on board a spaceship. This movie (time-lapse) was taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. It begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and… Continue reading Flying Over Planet Earth