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2013-06-13 12:59:02 (34 comments, 93 reshares, 623 +1s)

Earth's natural satellite, a waning crescent in the sky photographed by a human living and working on the International Space Station 4 June 2013. Credit: NASA

2013-06-05 17:58:34 (12 comments, 8 reshares, 117 +1s)

5 years ago today this is what Mike Fossum and I were doing (with a little help from Lenny Kravitz)

2013-06-05 11:09:52 (47 comments, 106 reshares, 715 +1s)

NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg was taking a look at us this morning from the cupola observatory windows on the International Space Station. Cloudy on the home planet! 

2013-06-05 02:20:42 (14 comments, 15 reshares, 176 +1s)

When Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy welcomed his three new crewmates aboard the International Space Station last week, they may have thought for a moment they were seeing double.

Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano, Karen Nyberg and Fyodor Yurchikhin, who docked with the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-09 on May 28, were greeted by Cassidy, now sporting a bald head and goatee like Parmitano: http://go.nasa.gov/19FyWe9

2013-06-03 20:34:06 (34 comments, 22 reshares, 377 +1s)

Fresh fruit from Earth is a treat for astronauts on the International Space Station, not a pantry staple.  For an orphanage in Rwanda, drying fresh fruit is a way to become financially self sufficient, thanks to the efforts of engineers volunteering their time to help them do just that. Take a look at the *Engineers Without Borders* project featured on fragileoasis.org:.   http://www.fragileoasis.org/projects/engineers-without-borders

+NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and +European Space Agency, ESA astronaut +Luca Parmitano  both arrived on the International Space Station last week.  Humans, apples and oranges float in zero gravity! 

2013-06-01 21:53:13 (8 comments, 8 reshares, 168 +1s)

Civic Action via Civic Hacking - Happy National Civic Day of Hacking
http://hackforchange.org/

#HackForChange #hackhou

2013-05-29 01:38:06 (13 comments, 9 reshares, 257 +1s)

Shooting star! via +NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg  : "For my son, as I pass by...as a star in the sky." http://pinterest.com/pin/51509989460677462 That's Karen, +European Space Agency, ESA astronautLuca Parmitano and Russian Space Agency cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin streaking to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. They arrive in a few hours.

2013-05-28 16:05:10 (15 comments, 11 reshares, 162 +1s)

When you see the planet from space it puts the common challenges faced by all humans into perspective

http://ind.pn/110fHnO 

2013-05-25 22:51:42 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 123 +1s)

On +NPR 's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me today" there was a discussion about 3D printing #pizza because you can't deliver to the International Space Station in 30 minutes or less http://n.pr/19de8dO (select "Panel Round One").
Actually you can. Here's proof: http://bit.ly/ZwisBl

2013-05-25 19:34:51 (46 comments, 105 reshares, 741 +1s)

Paint and swirl over the Indian Ocean, seen from a spaceship with six Earthlings aboard. Credit: NASA

2013-05-23 18:17:38 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 67 +1s)

#FromSpace I saw a human-made barrier to collaboration http://bit.ly/XbR4F6  
But Citizens of #Earth  were given a tool to prove that we are all interconnected, we are in this together, we are all family: http://bit.ly/YYd1KW 

2013-05-22 13:57:01 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 90 +1s)

#TheKeyIsWe This is Huge!  The largest global hackathon in history. The future of government-citizen engagement is here. I highly recommend watching all the short videos. Congratulations to all the +International Space Apps Challenge 2013 Global Award Winners!
+NASA 

http://1.usa.gov/1a5y9R7  

2013-05-19 17:47:36 (35 comments, 101 reshares, 808 +1s)

Three men and a moon. Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, and astronauts Tom Marshburn and +Chris Hadfield  on their way to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spaceship last December. They returned to Earth Monday in the same ship, while the moon continues its journey around the home planet.

2013-05-19 16:44:09 (26 comments, 94 reshares, 547 +1s)

The thin blue line of Earth's atmosphere frames this quarter million mile view from the 'porch' of the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

2013-05-14 15:52:53 (12 comments, 7 reshares, 146 +1s)

Welcome Home +Chris Hadfield,  Tom Marshburn + Roman Romanenko! After a 1/2 year in space "Home" = Earth

http://bit.ly/19o7XAM  +NASA 

2013-05-12 12:54:20 (33 comments, 118 reshares, 310 +1s)

"If every Mom in the world knew how awesome they were, every problem in the world would be fixed"
Kid President

http://ow.ly/kT1Ig

2013-05-11 13:20:58 (13 comments, 28 reshares, 161 +1s)

International Space Station Expedition 35 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn of NASA switched their spacesuits to battery power at 8:44 a.m. EDT, signifying the start of today's planned six hour, 30 minute excursion.

Cassidy will be performing his fourth spacewalk. He has spent a total of 18 hours, 5 minutes outside during three spacewalks in support of the International Space Station. Cassidy will don a spacesuit with red stripes. His helmet camera displays the number 20.

Marshburn also will be conducting his fourth spacewalk. He has spent a total of 18 hours, 59 minutes outside during three spacewalks in support of the International Space Station. Marshburn will wear a spacesuit with no stripes. His helmet camera displays the number 18.

This is the 168th spacewalk in support of space station assembly and maintenance and is designated U.S. Spacewalk... more »

2013-05-11 00:18:34 (23 comments, 37 reshares, 383 +1s)

Is that Batman? Or Lake Nemrut, Turkey? Either way, why not *be a real life superhero today* - make a difference!  Lake Nemrut partially fills a caldera in the dormant Nemrut volcano along the shores of Lake Van in Turkey, photographed by a human living and working on the International Space Station 2 May 2013. Credit: NASA

2013-05-09 21:24:42 (32 comments, 17 reshares, 95 +1s)

If the dinosaurs had a space program they'd still be here (and we would have bigger rockets)

http://bit.ly/12hxuLc 

2013-05-09 12:48:40 (46 comments, 72 reshares, 436 +1s)

For one brief shining moment on the morning of 5 May 2013 - the star at the center of our solar system. Photograph by a human living and working on the International Space Station as ship and crew traveled east over the southern Pacific Ocean into the rising sun.  Credit: NASA

2013-05-07 02:10:49 (31 comments, 82 reshares, 268 +1s)

Time-Lapse | Earth

2013-05-06 13:48:23 (25 comments, 55 reshares, 377 +1s)

Looking due north from the International Space Station towards the North Pole from east of Fryeburg, Maine where Robert E. Peary, born 157 years ago today, worked as a surveyor after graduating from Bowdoin College in 1877. What do you suppose the legendary discoverer of the North Pole had in mind when he wrote at the age of 21, “as I think of what the world is and that I have my life before me, nothing seems impossible.”  Image credit: NASA

2013-05-05 18:32:41 (21 comments, 36 reshares, 303 +1s)

52 years ago today, Alan Shepard became the first American to fly in space. Our expedition 28 mission patch honors both the first American, Alan Shepard and the first human Yuri Gagarin. It was an honor to be aboard the International Space Station during the 50th anniversary of both of those milestones.

#TheKeyIsWe

2013-05-04 15:14:01 (24 comments, 61 reshares, 532 +1s)

Newfoundland sits for a portrait from the International Space Station. Good lighting hides age. (Counted in the millions and millions).

2013-05-04 15:13:39 (13 comments, 40 reshares, 316 +1s)

May the fourth be with you! International Space Station and crew head east above their home planet toward the rising sun. Happy Star Wars Day!  Credit: NASA #StarWars  

2013-05-03 02:19:36 (33 comments, 47 reshares, 440 +1s)

Dawn breaking. Moon setting. People hitting the snooze. Astronauts thinking about lunch. Credit: NASA

2013-04-30 18:51:20 (34 comments, 9 reshares, 373 +1s)

Thanks to everyone who has been with me on this journey (all 3 million of you) Just went over 3,000,000 on +Google+!

2013-04-30 12:34:12 (31 comments, 46 reshares, 383 +1s)

Morning glory. The day begins for Earth's ambassadors on board the International Space Station. Photograph by +Ron Garan as he was looking out a window toward the Philippines and Taiwan during his six month mission. 

2013-04-30 02:20:16 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 70 +1s)

Short video about the #Launch2020 summit at +Nike HQ

+LAUNCH.org 

#TheKeyIsWe

2013-04-29 16:54:11 (20 comments, 22 reshares, 312 +1s)

Drowsy after a long day, not yet asleep. Earth's sun setting. Photographed by a human living and working on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

2013-04-28 03:50:10 (139 comments, 613 reshares, 1457 +1s)

The sights & sounds of (almost) space!

2013-04-24 20:54:00 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 59 +1s)

It was an honor sharing the stage at +LAUNCH.org 2020 yesterday w/ Joan Benoit Samuelson the 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal in the marathon. #NoLimits

 http://instagram.com/p/YgDwOROt-d/ 

2013-04-22 14:13:26 (21 comments, 53 reshares, 204 +1s)

Did you think that your feet had been bound
By what gravity brings to the ground? Not this astronaut. Enjoy this with huge thanks to Peter Gabriel, especially on Earth Day (and our thanks for this community).

2013-04-20 18:00:34 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 63 +1s)

International Space Apps Challenge is hanging out with 7 people right now in a live Hangout On Air! #hangoutsonair

2013-04-16 22:34:48 (7 comments, 5 reshares, 92 +1s)

"Did you know that #FromSpace +New York Yankees   + +Boston Red Sox fans are next door neighbors?" #UnitedWeStand http://twitpic.com/56iehk 

2013-04-16 15:32:08 (12 comments, 14 reshares, 101 +1s)

Google boss +Eric Schmidt says the whole world will be online in seven years. Far-fetched? Maybe ... but there are a couple of factors that may be nudging things that way.

2013-04-16 11:21:56 (22 comments, 36 reshares, 356 +1s)

Tonight's Finale: A somber Spring night in Boston.

2013-04-14 22:38:23 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 50 +1s)

+Fragile Oasis's +Google+ page makes Best of the Week April 8, 2013 Everywhere -  via +DailyCandy  

http://bit.ly/17au4d8 

2013-04-14 17:57:55 (26 comments, 81 reshares, 431 +1s)

The river snaking through this picture taken by a human living and working on the International Space Station is a fence made of wire, wood and floodlights just inside India at its border with Pakistan. The light on Earth's horizon is airglow made of atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere, which protects all life on our planet.

2013-04-13 23:02:38 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 65 +1s)

Great hangout yesterday talking about the perspective of seeing our Earth #FromSpace from some who have (one from the surface of the Moon), scientists, astronomers, film makers, and philosophers.

2013-04-12 14:56:02 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 38 +1s)

Pamela Gay is hanging out with 7 people right now in a live Hangout On Air! #hangoutsonair

2013-04-12 14:55:17 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 67 +1s)

A showing of the film followed by a panel discussion
of astronauts and Overview Effect commentators
Sponsored by The Overview Institute, Astronomers Without Borders,
and Yuri’s Night. 

Since its premiere on December 7, 2012, “Overview,” a film by Planetary Collective, has garnered 1.7 million plays on Vimeo. This extraordinary work brings home the power of the Overview Effect, its impact on those who experience it, and implications for the future of our planet.

“Overview” will be featured in a two-hour online event on April 12 as part of AWB’s “Global Astronomy Month” from 14:30 am to 16:30 UT, and recorded for playback during Yuri’s Night festivities.

Translate Universal Time (UT) to your time

Confirmed participants as of April 4, 2013 include:

Frank White, author, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and HumanEvolution: Moderat... more »

2013-04-11 01:53:05 (13 comments, 45 reshares, 165 +1s)

The Key is We!

Great video "Dare to Imagine"  from the  +Skoll World Forum  about the need and ability to collaborate to solve the grand challenges facing the inhabitants of our +Fragile Oasis 

Thanks +Shaifali Puri +Elon Musk Sarah Chaddick, Geoffrey West, +Joichi Ito  +Premal Shah  +Arianna Huffington  Tanishq Abraham, and Sakena Yakoobi

2013-04-10 02:10:27 (111 comments, 288 reshares, 1083 +1s)

+NASA's view of our +Fragile Oasis  - 2012 in 138 seconds #FromSpace

http://bit.ly/14a8bP8

2013-04-08 16:17:32 (23 comments, 37 reshares, 307 +1s)

 La Florida was spotted 2 April 1513 by the seafaring explorer Ponce de León as he sailed the Bahama archipelago. Spacefaring explorers on board the International Space Station provide the view back in time. Credit: NASA

2013-04-05 14:24:00 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 34 +1s)

Looking forward to speaking today at #SEAD at 1:00 in +Duke University Fuqua School of Business.  Stop by if you're in the area.

http://www.seaatduke.org

2013-04-05 12:01:35 (35 comments, 51 reshares, 336 +1s)

Good morning. Sunglint on the east North Korea coast at the Sea of Japan photographed by a human living and working on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

2013-04-05 02:18:31 (22 comments, 20 reshares, 297 +1s)

2 years ago today, Sasha Samokutyaev, Andrei Borisenko, and I launched on a 1/2 year adventure. Almost seems like a dream now.
Here's a video of the launch: http://goo.gl/YwLPY 

Here's the dress rehearsal for the launch http://bit.ly/13VUD9T

2013-04-03 00:32:22 (1 comments, 17 reshares, 86 +1s)

Want to see something neat? Here's a million+ photos of Earth taken by NASA's Astronauts on the International Space Station on a map: http://go.nasa.gov/13PGGKu

2013-04-02 00:51:03 (26 comments, 44 reshares, 397 +1s)

A "slice" of pizza history!