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Coolant leak found in International Space Station
Newstrack India
Tweet | Washington, May 10 (ANI): Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat, and NASA is looking into the problem. | However, it poses no immediate danger to the crew, officials said on Thursday, Discovery News reported. | The s...
International Space Station
(photo: Public Domain / Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko, Flight Engineer, Hero of the Russian Federation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation [edit])
Power system leak at space station
Belfast Telegraph
The International Space Station has a radiator leak in its power system which the outpost's commander calls serious, but not life-threatening. | The six-member crew noticed white flakes of ammonia leaking out of the station on Thursday. Ammonia runs through multiple radiator loops to cool the statio...
Space not the final frontier for viewing movies
The Guardian
SETH BORENSTEIN | AP Science Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before — to see the new "Star Trek" film. | The three astronauts were offered a sneak peak of "Star Trek Into...
NASA to host Google+ hangout featuring astronauts and cast of new Star Trek (Photos)
The Examiner
View slideshow: NASA/Star Trek Google+ Hangout | This time, though, it won't just be featuring members of the space program. It will also feature some big names in entertainment, members of the cast and crew of the upcoming film "Star Trek Into Darkn...
Star Trekking across the universe. Literally.
Stuff
The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before - to see the new Star Trek film. | The three astronauts were offered a sneak peak of Star Trek Into Darkness days before it opens in the US, seeing it not  ...
'Star Trek Into Darkness' beamed up to Space Station astronauts
IMDb
Washington (AP) — The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before — to see the new "Star Trek" film. The three astronauts were offered a sneak peak of "Star Trek Into Darkness"...
Family awaits return of all-singing astronaut Chris Hadfield who conquered Earth
The Australian
HELENE Hadfield is doing some last-minute tidying. "Do you mind if I clean a few things while we talk?" she asks from her home in Houston, Texas. "It's just that I'm expecting someone I've not seen in a while." | She laughs. Her husband is Chris Hadf...
Kepler Goes Down — and Probably Out
Sky & Telescope
The loss of a flywheel-like device to ensure precise pointing means that NASA's planet-hunting telescope has perhaps made its last observations. | An artist's impression of the Kepler spacecraft, which is basically a wide-field photometer fed by a 37...
Space
International Space Station
(photo: Public Domain / Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko, Flight Engineer, Hero of the Russian Federation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation [edit])
Power system leak at space station
Belfast Telegraph
The International Space Station has a radiator leak in its power system which the outpost's commander calls serious, but not life-threatening. | The six-member crew noticed white flakes of ammonia leaking out of the station on Thursday. Ammonia runs through multiple radiator loops to cool the station's power system. | Nasa said the leak was increas...
Science
File - A bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on the ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 2006.
(photo: NOAA / Mike Dunn, NC State Museum of Natural Sciences)
China angles for Arctic power as ice melts
Al Jazeera
Ice is melting away at a record-breaking rate in the Arctic, exposing valuable natural resources and opening up new shipping routes. Measurements taken last August found levels of Arctic sea ice were at their lowest levels since satellites began measuring the ice in 1979. | China doesn't own any Arctic territory - in fact, its northernmost point is...



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