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ISS

# iss - Saturday 18 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Spaceman

Some of the many things we learned from Chris Hadfield’s time in space

Do you remember what his all-time favourite space food is? We’ve learned SO MUCH.

# iss - Wednesday 15 May, 2013

Here’s Commander Hadfield’s first Earth meal after months in space

“The smell is like an old friend.” Can you guess what he went for?

# iss - Tuesday 14 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know

The Evening Fix… now with added Casino Royale made of Lego

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…

From TheJournal.ie Cmdr Hadfield This post contains videos

Hello, spaceman: Commander Hadfield is back on earth

The astronaut bid farewell to the station yesterday with a David Bowie song – but now he’s back on earth.

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Chris Hadfield is inspiring a new generation of astronauts

With photos shared on social media and down-to-earth video interviews, Commander Chris Hadfield is surely inspiring many young people to become astronauts and to work in other areas of the space industry, writes Colm Quinn.

# iss - Monday 13 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie There's A Starman...

# iss - Saturday 11 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Space Station

Astronauts repair International Space Station’s ammonia leak in spacewalk

Six-and-a-half hours of work was needed to repair a pump which is thought to have caused the ammonia leak on board the ISS.

# iss - Friday 10 May, 2013

Is that Ireland under all that weather?

Yes, it is. Batten down the hatches.

From TheJournal.ie Leak

‘Very serious’ ammonia leak outside International Space Station

Officials are now considering whether to send ISS crew members into open space to fix the leak.

# iss - Thursday 18 April, 2013

Did you know you can see these things from space?

The divide between east and west Berlin is visible, among other things.

# iss - Friday 29 March, 2013

How fast is the Internet in space? 8 things we learned from an astronaut’s son

DailyEdge.ie spoke to Evan Hadfield, the son of ISS commander Chris Hadfield.

# iss - Sunday 17 March, 2013

Spás This post contains audio

Here’s how they’re celebrating St Patrick’s Day in space

Yes, that’s Commander Chris Hadfield of the International Space Station wearing a green bowtie AND recording his version of Danny Boy.

# iss - Friday 15 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie ISS

Hello Ireland! Cork, Waterford and Killarney as seen from space

Astronaut Thomas Marshburn got snap-happy when the ISS passed over Ireland. Here’s what he saw.

# iss - Thursday 14 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Space

Astronaut Chris Hadfield: ‘A tremendous honour’ to command ISS

The inspirational Canadian is into his first full day as Commander of the International Space Station – the first from his home country to take on the role.

# iss - Sunday 3 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Final Frontier This post contains videos

Are humans or robots the future of space travel?

“We are a long way from the Terminator, or the Matrix” says Nasa chief historian.

# iss - Monday 18 February, 2013

Ground Control To Major Tom This post contains videos

‘My daughter is in Ireland’: Astronaut Chris Hadfield says ‘ask me anything’

Here are our nine favourite questions and responses from the International Space Station

# iss - Tuesday 15 January, 2013

Today in space… it’s Bryan Adams

Don’t tell me, it’s not worth fighting for…

# iss - Sunday 6 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Space

Pic: This is what Dublin looks like from space

We’re not half bad looking from far away…

# iss - Tuesday 25 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie 2012 Review

2012: The year in space exploration

Landing on Mars, meteor showers and fixing the space station with a toothbrush – it’s been quite a year.

# iss - Monday 17 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Look Up

ISS to blaze across sky this evening

Spot the space station pass over at 5.17 and 6.53pm.

# iss - Saturday 3 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Look Up

Watch the skies: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… the Space Station

NASA has launched a new service that emails people when the International Space Station is visible in the skies over where they live.

# iss - Tuesday 23 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Space

US-Russian crew blasts off for space station

NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russians Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin face what may be the heaviest workload in the 12-year history of the space station.

# iss - Wednesday 10 October, 2012

Starship Trooper This post contains videos

Singer Sarah Brightman books flight to space

Well, she did lose her heart to a starship trooper after all.

# iss - Monday 8 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Space

SpaceX rocket on a mission to the ISS – with ice cream included

The commercial cargo ship is bringing 1,000 science experiments and gear to the inhabitants of the ISS – as well as a freezer of chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream.

# iss - Thursday 23 August, 2012

# iss - Tuesday 21 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie ISS

Eyes to the sky: See the International Space Station tonight

This will be one of the last chances to see it until later this year, Astronomy Ireland has said.

# iss - Saturday 28 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Final Frontier

Life on Mars: how close are we to living in space?

Mankind’s fascination with space has long sparked fantasies of living away from Earth, but is this any closer to becoming a reality?

# iss - Monday 23 July, 2012

Stunning This post contains videos

VIDEO: Beautiful time-lapse film of Earth by night

This may help put your Monday in perspective.

# iss - Wednesday 6 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Space

Look up above: International Space Station visible over Ireland tonight

The space station will be visible in the night sky later tonight.

# iss - Thursday 31 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie SpaceX This post contains videos

Dragon returns to Earth after successful ISS mission

Space capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today.

# iss - Friday 25 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Space This post contains videos

VIDEO: “Looks like we got us a Dragon by the tail”

A private company has successfully supplied cargo to the ISS for the first time on board the Dragon capsule.

# iss - Tuesday 22 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Beam Me Up This post contains videos

Second time lucky: NASA launches SpaceX rocket headed for ISS

Saturday’s first attempt at a launch was abandoned after engine trouble – but no such problems this time, with a payload of food – and 300 temporarily spacebound astronomy buffs.

# iss - Saturday 19 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Saturday

Your round-up of the day’s biggest stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…

From TheJournal.ie SpaceX

VIDEO: ISS cargo rocket fails on launch

The SpaceX mission was to be the first attempt by private US companies vying to take over the supply route following the end of NASA’s shuttle missions.

# iss - Friday 18 May, 2012

Want to write to the International Space Station? Here’s the address…

Astronaut Don Pettit has figured out his postal address in case you want to send* him a letter. *It may never get there.

# iss - Monday 16 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Space

Space station visible in Irish skies tonight

The ISS has been constantly manned for the past ten years and is about the same size as Croke Park.

# iss - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

The International Space Station flies across Ireland tonight

Want to see the most expensive object ever built?

# iss - Sunday 12 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Space

NASA planning ‘orbiting lab’ space communications project

The SCaN Testbed is part of a project to build better communications in space for human exploration or travel.

# iss - Tuesday 22 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Space This post contains videos

Watch: ISS crew returns to Earth as NASA issues warning to remaining team

A piece of debris from a destroyed Chinese satellite is expected to pass close by the ISS tomorrow.

# iss - Wednesday 16 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie ISS This post contains videos

Watch: Soyuz rocket docks with International Space Station

The mission was delayed for two months after a similar rocket exploded shortly after take-off in August.

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