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NASA posts big collection of sounds from rockets and spaceflights

From its long history of launching rockets and operating spaceships, NASA has posted a big collection of sound-clips that are suitable for ringtones, computer warnings, etc. : NASA’s stream on SoundCloud

Here’s a collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights and current missions. You can hear the roar of a space shuttle launch or Neil Armstrong’s “One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind” every time you get a phone call if you make our sounds your ringtone. Or, you can hear the memorable words “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” every time you make an error on your computer

(There is also this page at NASA: Connect Sounds – NASA.)

Here’s a sampling:

 

Living in Space, Space Systems

Video: ‘Space to Ground” report on ISS – Oct.24.14

The latest on activities on board the Int. Space Station and upcoming traffic of spaceships coming and going:

Asteroids & Comets, Space films and videos

Video: ‘Ambition’ a sci-fi short film

A very impressive short film in tribute to ESA’s Rosetta mission to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Rosetta: the ambition to turn science fiction into science fact  – ESA

Ambition is a collaboration between Platige Image and ESA. Directed by Tomek Bagiński and starring Aiden Gillen and Aisling Franciosi, Ambition was shot on location in Iceland, and screened on 24 October 2014 during the British Film Institute’s celebration of Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, at the Southbank, London.

Here’s a video about the making of Ambition:

Living in Space, Space Systems

Video: Astronaut Barry Wilmore keeps up with SEC football on the ISS

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Following American college football from the Int. Space Station:

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry “Butch” Wilmore of NASA discussed football and other aspects of sports and life on orbit with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Network during an in-flight interview Oct. 23. Wilmore, who arrived on the station in late September, is an avid football fan with degrees from Tennessee Tech University and the University of Tennessee, which is a member of the SEC. Wilmore will remain aboard the station until March 2015.

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