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May 13

Editors Picks: Hadfield’s Space Oddity, Bruins Comeback & Cannes Film Festival

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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield speaks on the phone after the Russian Soyuz space capsule landed some 150 km (90 miles) southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, in central Kazakhstan May 14, 2013. The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station (ISS) landed safely in Kazakhstan with two crewmates on Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month mission aboard the ISS. POOL/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlfive882325

Falling from the sky, the Soyuz space capsule held three astronauts returning to Earth after their 5-month stint on the International Space Station. Among the three was Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield. Suddenly widely popular, Hadfield had used his Facebook feed (managed by his son Evan) to showcase some pretty spectacular photos of Earth over the course of the mission. Not only that, but recently Hadfield shot a video of himself doing a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”, which of course instantly went viral. Truly amazed at what new technologies can provide, Hadfield just wanted to expose more people to the wonder and amazement of space … Well, Colonel, seeing that you’ve probably made the first music video in space, I think it’s working!

Newscom gets between 30-60,000 images a day from our partners around the world, and it’s easy to miss some truly amazing images if you aren’t specifically looking for them. So each week, we’ll go through our collections and present to you our favorites. Our job is to pick whatever catches our eye. Your job is to simply enjoy them. Check out the entire lightbox of this week’s best pictures back at Newscom, and read on to see other stories from this past week. Continue reading →

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07
Aug 12

Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars

This graphic shows the locations of the cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, loaded with the most-sophisticated instruments ever used to explore another world, touched down on the Red Planet early Monday morning, on a quest for signs of whether the Red Planet has evidence of past and present habitable environments

This graphic shows the locations of the cameras on NASA’s Curiosity rover. NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, loaded with the most-sophisticated instruments ever used to explore another world, touched down on the Red Planet early Monday morning, on a quest for signs of whether the Red Planet has evidence of past and present habitable environments. Nasa/ZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: zumawireworldphotosfive608796

While there are American heroes in London right now, there are also American heroes in Pasadena, California. NASA has just successfully landed the rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars Sunday night. The touchdown climaxes an eight year project, with the past eight months spent traveling to Mars. Curiosity launched from Cape Canaveral November 26, 2011 and successfully landed in Gale Crater (it’s on Mars) on August 6th. The most exciting part came during the final seven minutes through the Martian atmosphere. This little guy was all on his own to let the protective heat shield fall away, deploy his parachute, and fire rockets to slow his 13,000 mph speed. 14 minutes after Curiosity’s landing, NASA received it’s first photograph. Surviving those seven minutes of terror should  merit a gold medal.  The picture was a little grainy due to all of the dust kicked up, but still pretty cool nonetheless. Continue reading →

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22
Apr 11

Pictures of the Week: Earth from Space

View of the earth from space showing North American and South America and the sun shining in the background.

View of the earth from space showing North American and South America and the sun shining in the background. T. Kevin Smyth Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: scphotos073660

It’s Earth Day. In order to truly celebrate Earth and its many wonders we decided to take a step back  … way back and see the whole picture. We’re talking the whole Earth, from space. While other well-intentioned photo sites will be focusing on Earth and its resources, pretty places, or endangered animals and the like, we’re going to talk about what really matters. The whole enchilada. Continue reading →