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Just a personal indulgence of mine that I'll probably update with pictures from time to time.

R2 in space:
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Watching 'days of our lives':

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I love how in space, everyone looks like they're underwater.
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The guy's face to the right sums up my feelings about Days of our Lives perfectly. :lol:
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Boy, I can't wait until the aliens arrive:

"That ISS was pretty impressive, given your Earthling level of technology. What did you use it for?"

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I hope those scissors don't accidentally come out of old baldy's pocket! :D
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A Soyuz class ship approaching:

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Picture of Discovery and ISS from the ground.

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... he-ground/


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Now, that's friggin' cool. Also, I don't know why I expected the label on the Soyuz to say anything else besides "Soyuz."
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This is pretty awesome considering how fast the ISS moves across the sky!

http://popastro.com/news/newsdetail.php?id_nw=40

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I saw it tonight, it was one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen.
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It's quite a sight isn't it? Just before I first saw it, I wondered how I would pick it out (i.e what it would look like, how bright, how fast) thinking I might get it confused with an aircraft. However, you just know it when you see it for the first time. It's usually much brighter than anything in the night sky, save maybe Venus and moves too quickly across the sky to be an aircraft (and an aircraft has blinking lights and the ISS is constantly illuminated by the sun). It's very graceful and fills me with awe everytime :)

For realtime updates on the ISS and all space satellites, check out this site:

http://www.n2yo.com/
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