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      <title>These Might Be The Coolest Images of Michigan from Space</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 13:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We really live in a pretty amazing place. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/michigan-from-space-2/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Email, flat-screen TVs, the International Space Station... check out these 9 things that didn't exist the last time the Detroit Lions played for the NFC Championship. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/694/p/new-things-since-last-time-detroit-won-a-playoff-game/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Happy Birthday To These Michigan Celebrities Born In January</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If your birthday is in January, there is a good chance you could be sharing it with one of these famous people who were born or lived in Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigan-celebrities-born-in-january/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's been 45 years since the last one, but on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020, NASA astronauts returned to earth with an ocean splash down in the Gulf of Mexico. <a href="https://wgrd.com/splash-down/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&apos;s been 45 years since the last one, but on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020, NASA astronauts returned to earth with an ocean splash down in the Gulf of Mexico. <a href="https://wgrd.com/splash-down/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How to Watch SpaceX Launch Into Space Today</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 14:31:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the first time in almost a decade that the U.S. will be going to space. <a href="https://wgrd.com/how-to-watch-spacex-launch-into-space-today/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the first time in almost a decade that the U.S. will be going to space. <a href="https://wgrd.com/how-to-watch-spacex-launch-into-space-today/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>All Female Space Walk Back On With Grand Rapids’ Native Astronaut</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:51:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[History will be made, October 21st.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/all-female-space-walk-back-on-with-grand-rapids-native-astronaut/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[History will be made, October 21st.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/all-female-space-walk-back-on-with-grand-rapids-native-astronaut/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Sparks]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>International Space Station Now Visible from Grand Rapids</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Space Station will be visible to the naked eye in Grand Rapids through July 27th!  <a href="https://wgrd.com/international-space-station-now-visible-from-grand-rapids/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The International Space Station will be visible to the naked eye in Grand Rapids through July 27th!  <a href="https://wgrd.com/international-space-station-now-visible-from-grand-rapids/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Astronaut Tweets Photo of Detroit from Space [Photo]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a friendly hello to residents of Detroit from 249 miles up in space Wednesday.
Kelly snapped a photo of the city, the Detroit River, Windsor and part of Belle Isle from the International Space Station and shared it via Twitter along with his greeting &quot;#Detroit. Pleased to make your acquaintance. #YearInSpace.&quot; <a href="https://wgrd.com/astronaut-tweets-photo-of-detroit-from-space-photo/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a friendly hello to residents of Detroit from 249 miles up in space Wednesday.
Kelly snapped a photo of the city, the Detroit River, Windsor and part of Belle Isle from the International Space Station and shared it&nbsp;via Twitter&nbsp;along with his greeting &amp;quot;#Detroit. Pleased to make your acquaintance. #YearInSpace.&amp;quot; <a href="https://wgrd.com/astronaut-tweets-photo-of-detroit-from-space-photo/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>SpaceX Rocket Booster Crashes On to Floating Barge [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:59:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Explosions are cool. That is particularly true when they’re scientific explosions that don’t injure anyone. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wingsspacex-rocket-booster-crashes-on-to-floating-barge-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Explosions are cool. That is particularly true when they&CloseCurlyQuote;re scientific explosions that don&CloseCurlyQuote;t injure anyone. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wingsspacex-rocket-booster-crashes-on-to-floating-barge-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Free Beer and Hot Wings]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Free Beer &amp; Hot Wings: Unmanned NASA Rocket Explodes Seconds After Launch [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:02:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA endured a massive failure on Tuesday. 
An unmanned Antares rocket, intended to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, exploded seconds after launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-unmanned-nasa-rocket-explodes-seconds-after-launch-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[NASA endured a massive failure on Tuesday. 
An unmanned Antares rocket, intended to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, exploded seconds after launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-unmanned-nasa-rocket-explodes-seconds-after-launch-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>First Vine Posted From Space!</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 19:19:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It was only a matter of time before the Vine thing got to space.
Here it is, for historical purposes:  The first ever Vine posted from space!  Reid Wiseman is now the first person to ever post a Vine from space.  Will this be commemorated with a national holiday or something?  Probably not, but it's still one of the cooler things to check out on Vine. <a href="https://wgrd.com/first-vine-posted-from-space/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It was only a matter of time before the Vine thing got to space.
Here it is, for historical purposes: &nbsp;The first ever Vine posted from space! &nbsp;Reid Wiseman is now the first person to ever post a Vine from space. &nbsp;Will this be commemorated with a national holiday or something? &nbsp;Probably not, but it&apos;s still one of the cooler things to check out on Vine. <a href="https://wgrd.com/first-vine-posted-from-space/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnnie Walker]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Free Beer &amp; Hot Wings: What If The Moon Was As Close As the International Space Station? [Video]</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-what-if-the-moon-was-as-close-as-the-international-space-station-video/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 11:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The moon orbits Earth at about 238,855 miles. The International Space Station orbits Earth at about 260 miles.
That's quite a difference.
So, what would it look like if they switched, and the moon orbited the Earth at 260 miles? <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-what-if-the-moon-was-as-close-as-the-international-space-station-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The moon orbits Earth at about 238,855 miles. The International Space Station orbits Earth at about 260 miles.
That&apos;s quite a difference.
So, what would it look like if they switched, and the moon orbited the Earth at 260 miles? <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-what-if-the-moon-was-as-close-as-the-international-space-station-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Far Out Fix: U.S. Astronauts on Spacewalk Repairing International Space Station</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:13:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins are working outside the orbiting International Space Station today (Dec. 21) to fix a bad pump.
They are doing the first in a series of spacewalks to replace a degraded ammonia pump module with one of the station's two external cooling loops that keeps both internal and external equipment cool, according to NASA. <a href="https://wgrd.com/far-out-fix-u-s-astronauts-on-spacewalk-repairing-international-space-station/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[NASA Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins are working outside the orbiting International Space Station today (Dec. 21) to fix a bad pump.
They are doing the first in a series of spacewalks to replace a degraded ammonia pump module with one of the station&apos;s two external cooling loops that keeps both internal and external equipment cool, according to NASA. <a href="https://wgrd.com/far-out-fix-u-s-astronauts-on-spacewalk-repairing-international-space-station/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Martinez]]></dc:creator>
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