scanzen: The first photo taken from space by a man in Earth’s orbit. Photo by Major Gherman Stepanovich Titov aboard Vostok II on August 6-7, 1961. Titov, the second man to orbit the earth was the first man to take a picture and film from space. Gagarin did not take a camera with him on the first spaceflight, so Titov was the first photographer and first cinematographer of the cosmos.
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The first photo taken from space by a man in Earth’s orbit. Photo by Major Gherman Stepanovich Titov aboard Vostok II on August 6-7, 1961.

Titov, the second man to orbit the earth was the first man to take a picture and film from space. Gagarin did not take a camera with him on the first spaceflight, so Titov was the first photographer and first cinematographer of the cosmos.

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jtotheizzoe: itsfullofstars: Cassini Presents Saturn Moon Quintet With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this portrait of five of Saturn’s moons poised along the planet’s rings. From left to right are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and finally Rhea, bisected by the right side of the frame. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 684,000 miles (1.1 million kilometers) from Rhea and 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from Enceladus. The image was taken in visible green light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 29, 2011. Image scale is about 4 miles (7 kilometers) per pixel on Rhea and 7 miles (11 kilometers) per pixel on Enceladus. Read more. Damn, Cassini, you’re doing fine work.
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itsfullofstars:

Cassini Presents Saturn Moon Quintet

With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this portrait of five of Saturn’s moons poised along the planet’s rings.

From left to right are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and finally Rhea, bisected by the right side of the frame. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 684,000 miles (1.1 million kilometers) from Rhea and 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from Enceladus.

The image was taken in visible green light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 29, 2011. Image scale is about 4 miles (7 kilometers) per pixel on Rhea and 7 miles (11 kilometers) per pixel on Enceladus.

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Damn, Cassini, you’re doing fine work.

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migeo: A SPOT satellite image shows a smoke plume coming from Mount Etna, which occupies the eastern part of the Italian island of Sicily. Mount Etna is Europe’s largest and most active volcano. Credit: Planet Observer / SPL / Barcroft Media. (via Telegraph)
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A SPOT satellite image shows a smoke plume coming from Mount Etna, which occupies the eastern part of the Italian island of Sicily. Mount Etna is Europe’s largest and most active volcano. Credit: Planet Observer / SPL / Barcroft Media. (via Telegraph)

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itsfullofstars: Michio Kaku (加来 道雄 Kaku Michio?, born January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York of City University of New York, the co-founder of string field theory, and a “communicator” and “popularizer” of science. He has written several books on physics and related topics, he has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and he writes extensive online blogs and articles.
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Michio Kaku (加来 道雄 Kaku Michio?, born January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York of City University of New York, the co-founder of string field theory, and a “communicator” and “popularizer” of science. He has written several books on physics and related topics, he has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and he writes extensive online blogs and articles.

ianbrooks:

Russian Space Shuttle Repaint Fail

The Buran was the Russian equivalent to the US Space Shuttle, with only one unmanned flight into space to brag about before the program was cancelled due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. While being stored in the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a hangar collapse destroyed the remains in 2002. Trotted out during the recent MAKS 2011 Airshow to display its “restoration”, intrepid photographers discovered that the restoration had merely consisted of laborers painting one side… the side facing the air show crowds. Repaints: they work in vidya gaems, why cant they work for Mother Russia? See the full set of pics including interior shots at englishrussia.