[PIC GALLERY] Space

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STS-134 , scheduled for April 19 is delayed to April 29
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/04/sts-134-launch-slips-april-29-russian-progress-conflict/

 

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Moon and Venus

 

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Artists representation of a volcano on Venus

 

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Venus is brightest towards the right. Also visible are the Pleiades and Orion-

 

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Future colony on a moon of Jupiter

 

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Star size comparison:

 

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Russian Proton-M rocket

 

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Soyuz launch 2003

 

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Moscow-based Orbital Technologies said in september 2010, it hoped to fill the vacuum in the space tourism market by stationing an orbiting hotel in the cosmos.

The company has sky-high hopes that its planned Commercial Space Station can serve as a tourism hub for well-heeled travellers and offer overspill accommodation for the International Space Station and workspace for science projects.

But it's unlikely to come anytime soon - the company wants to launch a seven-room station by 2016 but may increase or decrease that capacity based on customer demand.

See more: http://orbitaltechnologies.ru/en/home.html

 

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Delta IV blasts off from Vandenburg AFB Calif with recon satellite payload, 2011

 

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Atlantis

 

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Atlantis (foreground) and Endeavor

 

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Booster recovery-

 

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Germany Vs USA
In true World Cup spirit ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst (Ger) and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson (USA) play a friendly game of football, celebrating their goals as only they can while living in the International Space Station.