international space station

Chris Hadfield has been the commander of the International Space Station for the past five months and has been releasing all kinds of nifty videos and here's his latest, a cover of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' recorded solo entirely on the space station.

Of course being in space sounds like a pretty cool thing and being an astronaut is the dream of many many kids growing up, but our bodies weren't created to live in space, much less be there so basic things we take for granted suddenly take on different meanings without gravity. Like crying. So if you're homesick for planet earth here's what you can expect once the waterworks start...

If I said the name Ed Robertson would you know who I'm talking about? Well Robertson is part of the Barenaked Ladies and he just co-wrote a song with astronaut and International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. The best part about this performance is that Hadfield recorded this in space, and it's being called the first original song in space. Here's a video of the song “I.S.S. (Is Somebody

Even in Earth's orbit we suffer from the problem of pollution. Through the years books have been published, and even some of the movies picture some of the garbage. Sometimes this garbage can damage some of our equipment in space.