Tag: space

July 17, 2014 at 6:29 pm

A Walter White Bobblehead Got Sent to Space and Came Down as Heisenberg

A Walter White Bobblehead Got Sent to Space and Came Down as Heisenberg

Using a helium balloon, a Walter White bobblehead was launched into space, reaching speeds of 95 mph (153km/h), temperatures as low as -65F (-54C), and attaining a maximum altitude of 85,000 feet (25,908m) before crashing back to Earth as Heisenberg 😉 The feat was made possible by the team at tvtag

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March 25, 2014 at 10:22 am

What I Learned From Going Blind in Space

What I Learned From Going Blind in Space

In this inspired TED talk, Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to ever walk in space and the first Canadian to ever command the International Space Station, talks about fear versus danger and what he learned from going blind in space. There’s an astronaut saying: In space, “there is no problem so bad that you…

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January 6, 2014 at 5:13 pm

This Three Minute Break Will Give You a New Appreciation for our Planet

This Three Minute Break Will Give You a New Appreciation for our Planet

The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles). At the request of Carl Sagan, the Voyager 1 spacecraft was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and take a photo…

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