Tag: ISS
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EMP Pulse Attack Would Cripple North American Energy Grids
EMP Attacks: Expert William Forstchen Describes Cataclysmic Impact Washington, D.C., 2023 — An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack above the center of North America would cripple the already vulnerable energy grid, wiping out power and setting off a cascade of deadly events. But just how real is the threat? “I believe the threat of America being hit by…
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Canada Space Agency -How Space Affects Our Body
Living in space has significant effects on the human body. As we prepare for journeys to more distant destinations like Mars, humankind must tackle these risks to ensure safe travel for our astronauts. Have a look at this nifty infographic from the CSA.
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Space Watch Uses Real Parts from Soyuz and Space Suits
Officially made from a piece of metal of a “Soyuz” space launcher and from the fabric of a space suit “Sokol”, this Raketa “Space Launcher” watch brings you very close to the experience of flying to space. Officially made from a piece of metal of a “Soyuz” space launcher and from the fabric of a…
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Canadian Detects And Tracks Over 4,000 Orbiting Objects
When Port Dover astronomer Michael Earl thought about how to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, he did not know what he was in for. He decided that over the year 2007, he would detect and track 1,957 individual satellites. He managed to detect 2,053 of them; nearly 100 over his initial goal. The project…
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New Organism Discovered On Space Station 6 Years Ago
Life in Space Joe Martino writes, “In what is a cool mainstream find, Russian cosmonauts have discovered LIFE clinging to the outside of the International Space Station. This is the first time living organisms have been found on the space station and scientists are not sure how “it” got there. In 2014, Cosmonauts found microorganisms…
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The Commonwealth Opinion: Extreme Events Are Reversing Development Goals
Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life to our nations and communities, inflicting physical and mental trauma on survivors, and causing irreparable damage to centuries old ways of life and undermining prospects for future prosperity and growth. The…
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ALIPH Allocates USD 10 Million For Cultural Heritage Protection In 12 Conflict Countries
Geneva, December 2019 The International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas (ALIPH) said on Tuesday it has allocated another USD 10 million to support 20 projects that safeguard cultural heritage in 12 countries struggling to recover from conflict, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. Cultural heritage has been targeted in recent…
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Canada Space Museum Partners On Search For Historic Avro Arrow Test Models
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is proud to support OEX Recovery Group Incorporated (“OEX”), in a project involving the search-and-recovery of nine free-flight Avro Arrow models from Lake Ontario. The project was created by OEX as a Canada 150 initiative. As one of the three museums under the new Ingenium banner, the Canada Aviation…
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Watch LIVE- private business Orbital Science’s Cygnus spacecraft ventures to Space Station
The main LIVE stream has ended but the video player below is still active. Watch live streaming video from our friends via this external link if you have trouble watching our video player stream Synopsis- A privately-owned spaceship built by Orbital Sciences Corp. made an Earth-rattling trip into orbit from Virginia on Wednesday, September 25th…