Happy Holidays from Cassini!
http://www.universetoday.com/107465/happy-holidays-from-cassini/

What will survive this battle of the galaxies? Known as Seyfert's Sextet, this intriguing group of galaxies lies in the head portion of the split constellation of the Snake (Serpens). The sextet actually contains only four interacting galaxies, though. Near the center of this Hubble Space Telescope picture, the small face-on spiral galaxy lies in the distant background and appears only by chance aligned with the main group. Also, the prominent condensation on the upper left is likely not a separate galaxy at all, but a tidal tail of stars flung out by the galaxies' gravitational interactions. About 190 million light-years away, the interacting galaxies are tightly packed into a region around 100,000 light-years across, comparable to the size of our own Milky Way galaxy, making this one of the densest known galaxy groups. Bound by gravity, the close-knit group may coalesce into a single large galaxy over the next few billion years.

ISON vpravo nahoře

trochu toho patosu

The World Outside My Window - Time Lapse of Earth from the ISS (4K) - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAEIMx39-w

Sovietsky clovek je uzasny :)

Gagarin: Pěrvyj v kosmose (2013) | ČSFD.cz
http://www.csfd.cz/film/343278-gagarin-pervyj-v-kosmose/

Kolem severního pólu Saturnu vykreslily atmosférické proudy téměř dokonalý šestiúhelník. A sonda Cassini nám v prosinci loňského roku pořídila jeho zatím nejostřejší záběr – ve viditelném i infračerveném světle. BARVY jsou tedy UMĚLÉ. Oko centrálního hurikánu má asi 50krát větší průměr než oka pozemských hurikánů. Světlý vír vpravo dole má přibližný průměr 3500 km. Zdroj: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Hampton University

Comet Lovejoy through Mörby Castle Ruins

Canadarm2 Up Close! | International Space Station
You can even see the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) logo!
The Mobile Servicing System (MSS), better known by its primary component Canadarm2, is a robotic system and associated
equipment on the International Space Station (ISS). Launched to the ISS in 2001, it plays a key role in station assembly
and maintenance; it moves equipment and supplies around the station, supports astronauts working in space, and services
instruments and other payloads attached to the ISS. Astronauts receive specialized training to enable them to perform
these functions with the various systems of the MSS. The MSS is composed of the actual arm called Space Station Remote
Manipulator System (SSRMS), the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS) and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator
(SPDM, also known as Dextre or Canada hand). The system can move along rails on the Integrated Truss Structure on top of
the US provided Mobile Transporter cart which hosts the MRS Base System. The system's control software was written in
the Ada 95 programming language.

COMET ISON viewed from Mars by the Curiosity Rover in October 2013

The comet ISON survives at its closest approach to the Sun ...
Image captured by Lasco C2 / SOHO / NASA.