“The spacecraft was launched via weather balloon. The ascent took about 2hrs rising to an altitude of 90,000ft+.”

This aircraft is the first project manufactured by folks from the African Space Research Program. It’s called African Skyhawk and, according to those who made it, it is the first African made aircraft. The shuttle is designed to hold two pilots inside.

These are amazing photographs with views of the Earth from space. They were taken by Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin who spent 163 days in space in 2010 staying aboard the ISS.

This is what the map looks like on human space programs and our reach into outer space.

Using Google Earth you can see windy roads, curving housing tracts and all kinds of human created patterns. All it takes is a different perspective to realize that art is always around us.

These men have built their own rocket, and it actually flew to explore outer space. Surely, much money and resources have been spent on this project. A special camera was placed on board. The rocket launch was successful, and its flight has exceeded all expectations.

This is what the landscape of earth looks like from space. It is nothing short of awesome. Take a look and see if you don’t agree.

Gargano, Italia

This space comic strip is funny and very contagious.

Floating in space has its perks, including having a tremendous vantage point of our beautiful rotating planet. See which of these gorgeous Earth pictures inspire you the most.

Imagine floating in space inside of your own space hotel and looking down on the Earth and all of those land dwellers.

That's what a shooting star looks like from space. This photo was taken on August 13 during the Perseids Meteor Shower.

Nile seen from the International Space Station.

These are the pictures taken by a Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin during the 25th Expedition to the International Space Station. The Photos are simply amazing.

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Space shuttle Endeavour touched down on Earth and ended the 30-year-long Nasa’s program. These are photographs of its final landing.

Try and figure out how this truck ended up jammed in this narrow space, because we have no clue.

You’ll never truly appreciate how beautiful earth is until you check out these pictures of images of earth as it is viewed from space.

Parana River Delta

This is a new compilation of beautiful and impressive space photos taken by Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock and posted on his Twitter account. This time he shows us pictures from his space mission up to November 25, 2010, when his crew safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan, and many wonderful photographs of Earth taken from space.

This isn’t a dream or a crazy idea it is an upcoming fact. In the future we can take trips to hotels in outer space.

These are some amazing photos from space. They were uploaded by Colonel Douglas H. on his Twitter account. They were taken while he was on the International space station. They are some really incredible photos.

In this tiny 500 sq. ft apartment there is a place for everything and everything is in its place. It has storage space in some most unusual places which gives it a very clean and uncluttered look. The wood trim gives it a cozy feeling.

There are dozens of spacecraft orbiting our solar system. NASA and ESA take many photographs of Earth, Mercury, the Moon, Mars, Saturn and other planets. Inside this post you can see the most recent pictures from around our solar system. Some of them are closely scaled, others are millions of kilometers afar which makes them ever more fantastic and amazing.

While space traveling is still not affordable for most of us, all we are left to do is enjoy some spectacular space photos. These pictures belong to NASA astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock who sent them to Earth via his Twitter account.

A great collection of thrilling and fantastic space photos taken by NASA.

If you ever happen to visit the International Space Station, don’t miss a chance to take pictures. They will be beautiful and thrilling, just like the ones after the jump.

Well, it is easy. They do the markings themselves :)

Beijing, the capital of China, is a very busy city and it is almost impossible to find a spot to park. So people are bringing some king of handmade “carpets” that match the color of the road with parking markings and then they put a fake parking sign and voila.

The police say they can only arrest these people if they catch them red-handed, otherwise they don’t touch them.