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more about #astronauts Klebert L. Hall: These are nice! Too bad we probably won't ever need them. -Kle. more » kylenalepa: Auto-fitting spacesuits? So, we're basically talking plug-suits from Evangelion, right? more » LittleDragon: What ever happened to that skin tight suit they were working on? I think it was at MIT. more » rachaeljean: I am probably misunderstanding the concept, but it reminds me of Back To The Future when Michael J. Fox puts on the super giant jacket which then auto... more » Belabras: The interesting thing to me was learning that the bulk of EVA mission time was spent by astronauts wrestling with their bulky suits. This new suit wo... more » CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): A small part of me does think this is cute. American raised monkeys were the first primates in space - who woulda thought? #astronauts more » Bootknife-Jackson: so this guy just traced file photos? and people are paying good money for these? well. how bout that. was this for his college class?#astronauts more » Batmanuel: Go to the gallery, you find this amusing nugget: "Ham was named after Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton Blackshear who looked after him. He has been called... more » Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Dmitri-9 hates Capitalist shit-apes. #astronauts more » RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: I feel I have to mention Robot Chicken's tribute to these brave little simian explorers. #astronauts more » sicboi: man on man, if it wasn't hard enough trying to discourage Japan's ppl of not condoning eating whale and dolphin meat, now they've turned on to this po... more » CleverName: I prefer peanut butter and jellyfish, thank you. more » tetracycloide: let's hope none of the biologically immortal jellyfish teach it to these behemoths. more » Blue_Thark: If it got its tentacles around you, would you feel the sting? Not sure how poisonous these are, but I know the bigger critters tend to be less harmful... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Well, they are called JELLYfish.. more » twophrasebark: Open up and say "ah" because when all the other sea life is dead this is what we'll be eating. Bon appétit. more » snarklenyc: Screw candy, that thing's so big it could solve a housing crisis...hollow that guy out and stick a chimney in him more » John ya ya: There's a sea monster out there somewhere looking for one of it's eyes. And it's pissed. more » queensowntalia: Frank, I'm relatively sure its a bit of a forced perspective. I believe the jellyfish are pretty big but not THAT large. I recall hearing something ab... more » J_Frank_Parnell: Dear God, please tell me that picture is photoshopped. more » -
#spacesuitporn
One Size Will Fit All With New Shrinking Spacesuit
No longer will astronauts have to spend hours making sure their spacesuits fit properly for missions. Engineers are working on a suit that'll use pneumatic muscles to seal the suits shut automatically... as well as all manner of other value-adds. More » -
#spaceapes
Remembering The First Astronauts
A new gallery show by British artist Simon Hollington focuses on the primates sent into space to blaze trails for humanity. Click through for some of his black and white tributes to Earth's first space travelers. More » -
#monstercandy
School Children Turn Sea Monsters Into Space Candy
Earlier this summer, we warned you about the Echizen jellyfish — creatures that can weigh hundreds of pounds. But a group of high schoolers have found a use for sea monsters: turn them into candy and feed them to astronauts. More » -
#spaceprogram
Should the Space Program Join Forces with Reality TV?
First Virtuality, and now Defying Gravity, predict we'll someday watch the adventures of cloistered astronauts broadcast from space. But why wait? Some suggest the upcoming simulated Mars missions offer the perfect opportunity to introduce the space program to reality television. More » -
#space
China Bans Bad Breath from Space
In space, no one can hear you scream... but on the space shuttle, they can certainly smell your breath. That's why China's space program is barring aspiring astronauts with halitosis — just one of 100 new rules for wannabe taikonauts. More » -
#weirdexperiments
Will People On Long Space Missions Inevitably Kill Each Other?
For 105 days, 4 Russians and 2 Europeans holed up in isolation in Moscow, to see if they could survive a mission to Mars without killing one another in frustration, while American scientists watched. Tomorrow, they'll be freed. More » -
#astronautglamor
Will We See A New Age Of Astronaut Glamor?
What would it take to re-energize our excitement about space exploration? Maybe if astronauts start getting treated like movie stars. Here's a step in the right direction: a Louis Vuitton ad featuring Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell. [WWD via TheFrisky] -
#conceptart
Insect Astronauts Encounter Strange Creatures And A Disaster
It is often difficult to study megafauna, especially when you are so small that pretty much every creature is larger than you are. Nevertheless, a band of brave insectoid-suited scientists is studying this alien planet, and now you can see it through their eyes. More » -
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#spaceday
Celebrate Space Day With The Shuttle Astronauts And An ISS Webcam
Today is the 12th Annual Space Day, an event that's jointly hosted by NASA and Lockheed Martin, held each year on the first of May. This year's theme is titled : 'Celebrating Human Space Flight: Past, Present and Future'. More » -
#spaceporn
Sitting In a Tin Can High Above the World
Over the weekend, space shuttle astronaut Steve Swanson climbed outside the International Space Station to do some repair work and inspections. Here he floats beneath one section of the growing space structure. More »
