Tweets from Space, October 10, 2015

Bahamas! 地球上には美しい所が沢山あるんだなぁ~。と景色を見ながら毎日思っています。この世に、天国があるなら、ISSの様な場所でしょうね。美しい景色があって、醜い争いがない。仕事も沢山あるから、悩んでいる暇も無い(笑)。 pic.twitter.com/ScSAxRX7X2 — 油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui (@Astro_Kimiya) October 10, 2015 Day 196. Basking in #Earth's glow tonight. #GoodNight from @space_station!

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Tweets from Space, October 9, 2015

Sri Lanka and Large Magellanic Cloud 😉 ISSが素晴らしいのは、日本では見ることが出来ない南天の星座や天体を見られる事です。南半球を旅することがあれば、是非大マゼラン雲を見て下さいね。 pic.twitter.com/Zopl4PqCqz — 油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui (@Astro_Kimiya) October 8, 2015 Day 195. Day went

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International Space Station completes next Round of CubeSat Deployments

The deployment of CubeSats from the International Space Station resumed this week with a total of 16 satellites up for release Monday through Wednesday comprised of two Danish satellites for the monitoring of ship and aircraft traffic and 14 Planet Labs Doves to become part of the company’s Earth Observation satellite constellation.

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Tweets from Space, October 3, 2015

Nile! Always so beautiful! 夜のナイル川流域を初めて見たときは、本当に驚きましたし、感動もしました。写真で、どれだけ感動が伝わるか分かりませんが、頑張ります。写真を撮る練習を始めてから、もう2年経ったのかな? pic.twitter.com/i8CjXBVVzr — 油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui (@Astro_Kimiya) October 3, 2015 #GoodMorning Earthlings! #happysaturday to you all. #YearInSpace

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Express Delivery in Space – Progress M-29M Cargo Craft arrives at Space Station

An express cargo delivery took place 400 Kilometers above Earth on Thursday when the Progress M-29M resupply craft made a successful docking to the International Space Station after the first fast-track rendezvous since the Progress M-27M failure in April.

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Progress M-29M Cargo Craft enters Express Lane to ISS after flawless Launch

The Progress M-29M cargo spacecraft is en-route to the International Space Station, heading into orbit atop a Russian Soyuz U rocket on Thursday. Blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 16:49 UTC, Soyuz lit up the night skies as it began chasing the Space Station that had passed over the launch site just minutes before.

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