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Friday Morning Spice
24 Feb 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
New LOTR films in the works, China wants peace between Russia and Ukraine, Tattooed ‘gang’ cat rescued from prison, ANC calls De Ruyter ‘right wing’, Venice canals run dry, Harvey Weinstein gets sentenced for rape, Missing German tourist’s ID found, ‘Sensitivity readers’ to edit Roald Dhal children books, Cyclone Freddy danger to SA coastline, and England player gets stuck on cableway during load shedding.
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It’s Pretty Cramped After Those Tourists Arrived At The Space Station
11 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The International Space Station was designed to support a crew of six, according to NASA, but is now home to 11 astronauts.
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“Find A Job At McDonald’s” – Major Twitter Beef Between Former US Astronaut And Russian Space Chief
08 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The precarious relationship between the US and Russia is as far-reaching as space, with the future of the International Space Station (ISS) proving to be rather uncertain.
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Radical Footage Of Cape Town Shot From Space [Videos]
19 Jan 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Thanks to the International Space Station (ISS) we get to see Cape Town from space, on more occasions than one.
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It’s Been A Very Strange Year In Space
14 Dec 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2021 will go down as one of the more memorable years in space for a multitude of reasons.
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Looks Like Space Travel Isn’t Always A Smooth Ride [Videos]
08 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Retired NASA astronaut Jack Fischer is sharing some rather astonishing videos that show just how hectic space travel really is.
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Greetings! Watch Astronauts Entering The Space Station On Saturday [Videos]
26 Apr 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There were some emotional scenes this past weekend, as SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS).
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They Just Did A Spacewalk At The International Space Station [Videos]
01 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA executed yet another successful spacewalk on Sunday, and it came with some spectacular views of Earth.
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Latest Tech Headed To International Space Station Was Invented In Jozi [Video]
22 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
When NASA needed a way to test astronauts’ hearing in space, they turned to a Johannesburg-based company to get the job done.
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What It’s Like Watching The Pandemic Play Out From Space [Video]
12 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Astronaut Jessica Meir describes her experience of being one of the people furthest away from Earth when the pandemic started.
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What It’s Really Like To Live On The International Space Station [Video]
03 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Hollywood would have us believe that floating around in space is a glamourous business, but in reality, it can be a little gross.
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It Was A Pretty Average Monday Aboard The International Space Station
21 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It was one of those days when everything went wrong, except it all happened in space which raises the stakes a little.
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Biggest TV Prize Ever – The World’s First Space Reality Show Is Three Years Away
21 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A new reality show, set to be filmed in 2023, wants to send one person to the International Space Station, in what organisers call “the biggest prize ever awarded on TV”.
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Colliding Galaxies, ‘Sonified’ Space, And A Live Feed From The ISS [Videos]
12 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an incredible image of two galaxies colliding, the ISS is streaming live, and some genius ‘sonified’ space.
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Floating Food! Insane Pics From Scott Kelly’s Stay Aboard The International Space Station
01 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
All those people that do those “a photo a day for a year” projects – this guy is beating you all because he is doing it from the International Space Station and you’re doing it from your bathroom.
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When You Take A GoPro To Space [Video]
13 Apr 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Watch two astronauts going out for a stroll and performing some maintenance on the International Space Station. Cue flashbacks to wanting to be an astronaut.
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Why Did NASA Cut This Live Stream, JUST As A UFO Appears? [Video]
20 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / 2 Comments
A man calling himself a UFO hunter has observed some strange things happening on the International Space Station’s life feed. Conspiracy theories abound
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They’re Calling This Gaza Space Photo The ‘Saddest Photo’
25 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Distance is usually the necessary factor in gaining perspective on a situation that seems just too massive to cope with. Distance is exactly what astronauts in the International Space Station have and, unsurprisingly, their perspective is radical.
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Brand New Video-Interview With Floating Astronauts In The Space Station [Video]
11 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This interview gives us an amazing insight into what it is actually like to live in space for months at a time. It is pretty amazing to hear from these astronauts what life is actually like living in space. WOW!
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Whoah! Elon Musk Has Just Taken Things To The Next Level
30 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is real innovation, and the whole engine was made by a 3D printer…. out of this world!
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Astronauts Tweet Mandela Tribute With Photo Of Cape Town From Space [PIC]
06 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield paid tribute to Madiba on behalf of NASA, as he and many other astronauts took to twitter to share their condolences, and celebrate his life.
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New Space Station Cameras Let’s You Watch Your Neighbourhood Live [VIDEO]
05 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A few HD cameras were recently delivered to the International Space Station, and they’re all set to start streaming live images from space.
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Today’s Viral Video: ISS Commander Chris Hadfield Covers David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” From Space [VIDEO]
13 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Canadian astronaut and former Commander of the ISS, Chris Hadfield treats us to an “out of this world” cover of David Bowie’s Space Oditty as his final goodbye.
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“I Watched A Large Meteorite Burn Up Between Me And Australia” – Commander Hadfield Answers Excellent Questions From Space
14 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Canadian Astronaut, Commander Chris Hadfield has risen to Twitter fame over the course of the last few months by tweeting beautiful pictures of earth from the point of view of the International Space Station, currently orbiting around the planet at a sedate pace of 27 600km per hour. Consider this one, for example. The Isle […]
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Female Astronaut Completes First Triathlon In Space
19 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
That’s not a misprint folks, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams recently ran, swam and cycled in space the same distance as her earthbound counterparts would have done in the Nautica Malibu Triahtlon, which was held in Southern California.
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Coming Soon: Live-Stream Of Planet Earth From ISS [VIDEO]
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new startup called Urthecast is in the process of putting together HD cameras to be fitted to the International Space Station, so that people can watch real-time video of the planet from space. Which is at once really cool, and sort of pointless. The footage is looking impressive, though – take a look.
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Amazing Time Lapse Shot From The ISS [VIDEO]
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ease back into the remainder of the week with this gorgeous time lapse video shot from the ISS in low orbit over earth. Bask in the beauty of our planet from a point of view that preciously few of us will ever get to experience in real life.
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First Commercial Spaceship To Launch To Space Station April 30
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
NASA officials have announced that the first launch of a commercially built space capsule to the International Space Station is scheduled for the end of April. California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) are the dudes responsible for the capsule in question, the unmanned Dragon spacecraft.
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Time-Lapse Of ISS Passing Over Stormy Africa [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Start your Tuesday the way your forefathers did, with an amazing time-lapse video of the International Space Station passing over a storm-struck African continent with the Milky Way popping in to say hello in the background. Also visible is Comet Lovejoy, two weeks after its near-fatal sunburn. Please, go look. You’ll feel better about being up.
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People Prefer Armed Guards Over Cops: Report
20 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new report indicates a worrying trend in security conscious South Africa: people by and large prefer relying on private security companies to keep them safe, which is bad news for our official protectors, the South African Polic Service.
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