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First 3D video transmission live from space

Half a century after humankind entered outer space, an ESA-developed camera produced live-streaming 3D images for the first time in the history of space travel - showing the International Space Station like never before.
On 6 August, NASA astronaut Ron Garan operated the Erasmus Recording Binocular (ERB-2) camera to open a new window on the ISS through stereoscopic eyes, in high-definition quality. As Flight Engineer for Expedition 28 and a video blogger himself, Garan set up the futuristic-looking camera in Europe's Columbus laboratory. While talking about the work on board the ISS, he enhanced the sense of depth and presence by playing with an inflatable Earth globe.
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Two cosmonauts will conduct a six-hour spacewalk on Wednesday, Aug. 3, to continue outfitting the Russian segment of the International Space Station. NASA Television will broadcast the spacewalk beginning at 9 a.m. CDT.
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At 1430 UTC on Wednesday, August 3, two Russian cosmonauts will begin a six-hour spacewalk that will see the deployment of ARISSat-1/KEDR. Expedition 28 Russian Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov, RU3DIS, and Alexander Samokutyaev will launch the satellite from the ISS near the beginning of the spacewalk. NASA will carry the spacewalk live on their website beginning at 1400 UTC.
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Space station to be sunk after 2020

Russia and its partners plan to plunge the International Space Station (ISS) into the ocean at the end of its life cycle after 2020 so as not to leave space junk, the space agency said Wednesday.
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The crew of Atlantis carry out repairs to the International Space Station.



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NASA is tracking a piece of Soviet space debris that could collide with the International Space Station, the US space agency said after the shuttle Atlantis docked on its final mission.
The space junk is part of Cosmos 375, a satellite launched in 1970 by the former Soviet Union and which collided with another satellite and broke apart, but details about the size and exact trajectory of the object were unknown, NASA said.
NASA estimates that the debris could collide with the station at around 12 noon (1600 GMT) on Tuesday, the same day two US astronauts are scheduled to step out on a spacewalk.
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World's first 'live' video feed of Earth from space

The world's first high definition streaming video camera to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) has been announced by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science at the UK Space Conference on 4 July. The project is a joint venture between Canada, Russia and the UK.
The high resolution camera will offer a video image with a resolution that is comparable to much of Google Earth. This will give users the unique opportunity to see man-made objects and groups of people and to search for videos of particular locations. It will be possible to zoom in and out, virtually steer the camera from side to side, rewind and fast forward as they investigate areas of interest on Earth. The web platform also gives users the capability to constantly track the location of the ISS anticipating the exact time when it will pass over a particular geographic location.
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Station Crew Takes Shelter as Debris Passes

On the heels of a routine fire drill aboard the International Space Station, an actual emergency event of a possible conjunction with a piece of unidentified space debris that later passed by harmlessly took centre stage of the Expedition 28 crew's activities Tuesday.
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International Space Station crew in debris scare

A piece of debris has narrowly missed the International Space Station, forcing six members of the crew to rush to their rescue shuttle and prepare for an emergency evacuation back to Earth.
Officials said the debris passed the station by just 250m.
The crew were given the all clear to return to work minutes after a collision was avoided.
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Debris narrowly misses space station

An unidentified piece of debris narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday in a rare incident that forced the six-member crew to scramble to their rescue craft.
The piece of space junk missed the fragile orbiter by just 250 metres, the Interfax news agency quoted a source in the Russian space industry as saying.
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Plants successfully grown in space

Scientists working with astronauts on the International Space Station are "very pleased" with the results of a small food-growing trial.
Italian and American scientists say plants can be grown without the Earth's gravity, using specialised water, soil and light techniques.
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