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Stories from this author
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The harness we wear to run on a treadmill in space is sort of like a backpack. But the engineering is way more complicated.
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On Space Station every hour is accounted for, and hardly a minute is wasted. Here’s how my day is divided.
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A Space Station group portrait, taken in thermal infrared.
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If you want good pictures in space, make it as dark as you can.
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Here’s what we left inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule before we closed the hatch last month.
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What would you do? A poem.
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As you can see in this video, right now we are in a phase of continuous twilight.
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Are ice crystals different in microgravity? I had a look.
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Weightlifting in weightlessness is now my favorite oxymoron.
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If You Want to Become an Astronaut, Hit the Books and Work on Your Car!
When something breaks on a spacecraft, you have to get your hands dirty.
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It’s okay to shine a laser at the space station, but not at airplanes.
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A European cargo vehicle gives the Space Station a lift.
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…and she beckons my return. A poem.
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Reflections in the Cupola window.
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Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle, caught on camera as it approaches the Space Station.
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Long-exposure astrophotos taken from orbit can produce unexpected patterns.
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The bright lights of oil platforms appear as sparkling constellations off the coast of South America.
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And a high-tech box to store it in.
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A group of San Antonio astronomers shine a light visible from orbit
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When it comes to recycling water, space station astronauts are on the frontier.
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