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Astronauts Ring In New Year from Space (Video) NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra and British spaceflyer Tim Peake have beamed home a special New Year's video message for the 7.3 billion people confined to Earth's surface.   Manned Orbiting Laboratory: Secrets of a US Military Space Station (Infographic) Planned in the 1960s but never realized, the Gemini-based manned spy satellite was finally declassified in 2015. Read More     Spinning Fire Under the Milky Way Makes an Awesome Photo This unique method of photography is called steel wool spinning. This image was taken by Nimit Nigam from Kaza, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India on Sept. 17, 2015. Mars Orbiter Catches a Crater Full of Cracks In a decidedly wintry-looking scene, frost-filled fractures fills a crater near the north pole of Mars -- as observed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.   Additional Space Headlines Save Big by Following @PurchDeals on Twitter! We put some of the best deals on space related merchandise and much more directly in front of you, getting you ready for an out of the world holiday season. Follow us today! Read More Russia's Monkeys-to-Mars Mission Draws PETA Protest The word from Russia is that the country wants to send monkeys to the Red Planet by 2017. But waving the red flag on such a plan: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Read More Student Experiments Vital for Space Research, Spaceflight Meeting Founder Says  Growing the spaceflight industry and brining in new talent depends largely on getting student experiments into space, according to Patricia Hynes, cofounder of ISPCS. Read More     Space Plutonium: US Once Again Producing Fuel for Deep-Space Missions Fifty grams of plutonium-238 — the stuff that powers many deep-space missions — was produced at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. It's the first batch made in the United States since 1988 Top 5 Space Questions of 2015…with Answers! (Op-Ed) Are alien invasions possible? Will scientists spawn Earth-crushing black holes? Paul Sutter tackles five of his favorite questions from 2015. Direct Imaging: The Next Big Step in the Hunt for Exoplanets When it comes to hunting down worlds around other stars, many exoplanet scientists are excited about direct imaging planets beyond the solar system.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright 2015 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003