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DigitalGlobe's satellite WorldView-3 is an advanced fourth-generation satellite successfully launched on August 13, 2014.- Its the most powerful commercial imaging satellite ever built has just gone into orbit from California.-

DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 spacecraft will return pictures of the Earth's surface down to a resolution of 31cm.

Until recently, the company was restricted to selling images sharper than 50cm only to the US government.

DigitalGlobe's products will be familiar to anyone using Google or Bing maps - both run on views captured by the firm's satellites.

 
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Imgur Pic - Earthrise
 
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Supernova remnant - not sure where but a looooooooooooong way away :) Very Pretty (from millions of light years away, anything carbon based living within a couple of thousadnd lightyears was/is/will be Toast)
 
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Quite a fun pic if trying to explain to kids (adults with no space knowledge, so sad!) the relative sizes of solid planets in our solar system.
 
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn (1921/2016) spent four hours and 56 minutes in space, orbiting Earth three times in one of the most highly anticipated events in US history. The thrilling mission propelled the U.S. in its space race against Russia, and Glenn became a national hero the moment he splashed down in the Atlantic ocean. Also Glenn serving four terms as an Ohio senator andreturning to space at age 77 in 1998.
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Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991. Unable to return home, he ended up having to stay in space until further notice.
The cosmonaut eventually returned back to earth on March 25, 1992, after 10 months in orbit - to a nation that was very different to what it was when he had left. The Soviet Union had fractured into 15 nations, presidents had changed, and even his hometown of Leningrad had become St. Petersburg.
Interestingly, at the time, Krikalev was supposed to serve in the military reserves, and was almost issued a warrant for desertion – before the army realised that their reserve soldier was not even on the planet.
 
Interesting... The first monkey to be sent successfully into space was Albert II (pic), a male rhesus monkey, who made it to a height of 83 miles (134 km) on June 14, 1949. Albert II was carried aboard a V2 rocket. A problem with the parachute on the recovery capsule sadly led Albert II to his death from the force of the impact upon landing.

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Albert II was preceded by Albert, whose capsule only made it to a height of 39 miles (63km) on June 11, 1948. Albert did not last long, and possibly suffocated even before his capsule left the ground. Space officially begins at 100 km above the surface of the Earth, and this height is called the Karman Line. After Albert II made it into space, a number of other monkeys, named Albert III, IV, and V all flew aboard rockets, though none survived the flight, either dying on impact or during the flight.
 
NASA has found a spot in space with its own glowing cosmic tree for the holiday season.

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The object in question is named NGC 2264, otherwise known as the "Christmas Tree Cluster," and is a formation of young stars – some of which are larger than the sun – between the ages of 1 and 5 million years old. NASA says the cluster lies in the Milky Way, roughly 2,500 light-years from Earth.

The NGC 2264 look like a Christmas tree, NASA said, with a bright green glow and what looks like blue and white sparkling lights. But rather than being pine needles and string lights, the green glow is actually gas, while the blue and white sparkles are young stars emitting X-rays. The blue and white dots aren't blinking in sync as depicted in the composite, NASA said.
 
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