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Astronaut invents coffee cup for a weightless cup o' joe

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:14pm

Astronaut Donald Pettit loves his morning coffee, but it just wasn't the same drinking it out of an aluminum bag as he soared above the earth on Space Shuttle mission STS-126. That's when he invented the On-Orbit Coffee Cup,...

Reentering shuttle causes double sonic boom, scares the crap out of people

Monday, December 1, 2008 - 6:34am

The space shuttle Endeavor just returned from a delivery mission to the International Space Station where it brought, among other things, new bedrooms and a system for converting urine and sweat into drinkable water. But when it reentered the...

Hubble rescue preparation yields awesome gallery of industrial machines

Kevin Hall

Monday, September 1, 2008 - 11:19am

Here at DVICE, we're gluttons for high resolution photography of big machines, though this gallery strikes something of a melancholy note. On October 8th, NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis will embark on a mission to restore the Hubble Space Telescope...

Watch the Discovery shuttle mission live until June 14th

Kevin Hall

Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 4:01am

Floating astronauts, space walks, mission control rooms — oh my! NASA is streaming the efforts of the Discovery space shuttle crew to prep that Kibo science module we told you about. It's really a marvel to see the multinational...

Dramatic narration-free launch sequence lets you ride with the Space Shuttle

Friday, April 4, 2008 - 11:15am

Here’s a unique video of a space shuttle launch, where you get point-of-view shots from the perspective of the astronauts. The sequence is edited from three separate shuttle launches, all of which were on their way to the International...

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Astronaut invents coffee cup for a weightless cup o' joe

Reentering shuttle causes double sonic boom, scares the crap out of people

Hubble rescue preparation yields awesome gallery of industrial machines

Watch the Discovery shuttle mission live until June 14th

Dramatic narration-free launch sequence lets you ride with the Space Shuttle

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