Norwegian Night Sky
A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright:
Sebastian Voltmer
Explanation:
Awesome Day/Night Sky in Northern Norway
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Free Flying in Space
To Fly Free in Space
STS-41B,
NASA
How amazing is this!:
Approximately 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was farther out than anyone had ever been before.
Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless,
pictured above>, was floating free in space.
McCandless and fellow NASA astronaut Robert Stewart were the first to
experience such an untethered Space Shuttle mission
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APOD: Explanation:
Comet Lovejoy and the ISS
Image Credit:
Carlos
Caccia, (Intendente Alvear, Argentina) /
Right – Dan Burbank
(ISS Expedition 30, NASA)
Explanation:
On December 24,
Comet Lovejoy seen from Argentina.
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