Space Explorer Mike

@MichaelGalanin

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Joined November 2012

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    22 Apr 2018

    Pluto 1994 | 2018

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  2. 7 hours ago

    Science Fun Fact: the tardigrade, the near-microscopic water bear, once survived in the vacuum of space for 10 days.

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  4. 15 hours ago
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  5. 16 hours ago

    Solar System Size Comparison Credit: Alvaro Gracia Montoya

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  6. 17 hours ago

    If you want this, it will cost you $333,000

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  7. 17 hours ago

    Bringing a solar system to life! Explain this wizardry?! Credit: SlimJones123/Imgur

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  8. 18 hours ago

    How the solar system actually travels through the galaxy. Credit: thistimeisgreat/Imgur

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  9. 18 hours ago

    Snowing at sea by 13chrust31360/Imgur

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  10. 19 hours ago

    Korolev cross (Soyuz rocket). Credit: ESA/Arianespace

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  11. Jan 3

    Bonus night shot of Crew Dragon + Falcon 9 vertical on pad 39A because you deserve it

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  12. 20 hours ago

    What is your favorite space exploration trivia?

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  13. 20 hours ago

    In astrophysics, spaghettification (sometimes referred to as the noodle effect)is the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes (rather like spaghetti) in a very strong non-homogeneous gravitational field.

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  14. 21 hours ago

    Our sun is one of at least 100 billion stars, just in the Milky Way. Scientists calculate that there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe, each one brimming with stars.

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  15. Jan 3

    Just consider for a moment that while Earth has an equatorial diameter of 7,926 miles, the Milky Way’s is about 621,000,000,000,000,000 miles. How big is your ego?

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  16. Jan 3

    What is the biggest myth about outer space? That there is no gravity in space.  Answer by Robert Frost, Instructor and Flight Controller at NASA, on Quora

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  17. please share! It’s that time of year again! I need your help to get the word out about apps due by Jan. 15! Help get this program into the hands of US students experiencing poverty today! Details:

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  18. Jan 3
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  19. Jan 3

    The first photo of Earth from the moon was taken on August 23, 1966. Image: NASA

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  20. Jan 3

    The first image of the dark side of the moon by a Soviet spacecraft Luna 3, 1959

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  21. Jan 3

    China Successfully Lands on Dark Side of Moon. What a great achievement! Credit: CNSA

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