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Spot the Space Station over your backyard with new NASA service

On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced Friday a new service to help people see the orbiting laboratory when it passes overhead. “Spot the Station” will send an email or text message to those who sign up for the service a few hours before they […]

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International Space Station visible tonight

The International Space Station (ISS) will be visible from Hawaii, weather permitting, at 6:32 p.m. tonight by looking low in the Northeast portion of the sky.

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The summit of South America’s Llullaillaco Volcano has an elevation of 22,110 feet above sea level, making it the highest historically active volcano in the world. It sits on the border of Argentina and Chile.

The current stratovolcano -- a cone-shaped volcano built from successive layers of thick lava flows and eruption products like ash and rock fragments -- is built on top of an older stratovolcano. The last explosive eruption of the volcano, based on historical records, occurred in 1877.

Llullaillaco Volcano seen from International Space Station

The summit of South America’s Llullaillaco Volcano has an elevation of 22,110 feet above sea level, making it the highest historically active volcano in the world. It sits on the border of Argentina and Chile. The current stratovolcano — a cone-shaped volcano built from successive layers of thick lava flows and eruption products like ash […]

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NASA invites youth to take virtual spacewalk

NASA invites youth to take virtual spacewalk

MEDIA RELEASE Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory.  NASA has developed a new video game, Station Spacewalk, to give young people an “out of this world” virtual opportunity to experience the […]

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The International Space Station will be visible from the Big Island over the next few nights. Bust out the binoculars!

Wish you were here: Above the clouds

The International Space Station will be visible from the Big Island over the next few nights. Bust out the binoculars!

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Astronaut photograph was acquired on May 13, 2009, with a Nikon 2DXs digital camera fitted with a 200mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.

Big Island and vog seen from the International Space Station

Astronaut photograph was acquired on May 13, 2009, with a Nikon 2DXs digital camera fitted with a 200mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.

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