Scenes from the ISS

via DVICE by Kevin Hall on 6/26/09

You may have seen the shots of Russia's Sarychev volcano eruption NASA postedearlier this week. Well, the folks over at the Boston Globe's Big Picture went through the archives of other photos taken from the ISS, and have dug up some gems.

Some of our favorites are down below. The first is probably the wildest: what looks like an instrumentation panel or a blueprint is actually a photo of roads and circular fields in Egypt. There are also breathtaking views of volcanoes, islands, rivers and cities. What better view can you get of this planet of ours than from the International Space Station?

Santier spatial �ntr-un proiect comun ruso-european

via�Realitatea .NET - IT & Stiinta�by Realitatea.NET on 5/22/09

Europenii si rusii intentioneza sa contruiasca un "santier" spatial, pe orbita joasa, au declarat oficiali de la agentiile spatiale.

Planul propus vine ca raspuns la retragerea Statiei Spatiale Internationale, santierul urm�nd sa fie folosit pentru asamblarea de navete spatiale capabile sa ajunga la Luna si Marte.

Statia Spatiala Internationala este programata sa se �nchida �n 2016, dar exista discutii pentru prelungirea activitatii p�na �n 2020.

Nu numai europenii si rusii vor sa asambeze navetele direct �n spatiu, ci si NASA care si-a exprimat interesul pentru contruirea navetelor viitoare direct pe orbita.

Majoritatea agentiilor spatiale din lume se vor �nt�lni �n luna iuni la Haga, iar santierul spatial va fi pe agenda de discutii.