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colchrishadfield:

This South American lake looks like an uncomfortable place to go swimming.

canadian-space-agency:

A collection of pictures taken by Chris Hadfield during his mission aboard the International Space Station.

Photo credits: Chris Hadfield

Montage credit: edwrdnrtn

fyeahcosmonauts:

An update on Soyuz TMA-09M. The crew of Fyodor Yurchikhin, Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano arrived at Baikonur and have been through their first and second fit checks in the Soyuz. The press was also allowed in for a day and watched the crew exercise, relax and plant their traditional trees. They launch on May 28.

(Source: 1, 2 & 3)

(via itsfullofstars)

colchrishadfield:

The Isle of Portland looks like an interesting place - the type I’d like to visit now that I’m back on Earth.

colchrishadfield:

Today’s photo shows light snow and low sun turning the American Midwest into a strange bas-relief.

crookedindifference:

In a sketch prepared in November 1964, Dr. Wernher von Braun envisioned developing a Saturn V S-II Stage into a space station.

(via spaceandstuffidk)

theatlanticcities:

Astronauts living on board the International Space Station managed to get some pretty incredible photos over the weekend of the Pavlof Volcano while it was erupting.

Read: Dramatic Photographs of Alaska’s Erupting Volcano, as Seen From Space

(via spaceshares)

(via lightthiscandle)

colchrishadfield:

Today’s photo is a river doing impersonations: Look, I’m a Stag Beetle!

colchrishadfield:

Hot smokestack exhaust streams in the harsh wind across a central Asian winter landscape.