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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by codechapstick on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:01AM (#8515847)
My favorite NASA sound story is while still on planet earth. I can't find the article right now, but space shuttle launches were so loud that they produced some sort of buffering in the atmosphere. So what sounds like bad audio quality on recording, what actually how it sounds in person because of the intensity of the sound.
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by unicornporn on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:09AM (#8515908)
So, what's the license for these? http://www.nasa.gov/connect/artspace/participate/royalty_fre... seems to indicate "royalty free". What does that mean in the context?
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by hamiltonkibbe on Monday October 27, 2014 @01:46PM (#8516955)
As a taxpaying american, I'm going to go with WTFPL?
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by BillFranklin on Monday October 27, 2014 @07:45AM (#8514918)
You can find them on SoundCloud at soundcloud.com/nasa - nice white noise. Also mix with Sunshine OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em7mzT48J4k
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by fragmede on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:15AM (#8515946)
In related news: NASA has a Soundcloud channel - https://soundcloud.com/nasa
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by journeeman on Monday October 27, 2014 @09:10AM (#8515217)
Check out this article from Universe Today - http://www.universetoday.com/102234/put-the-aurora-borealis-...

Looks like a VLF receiver could give one a new way to sense natural phenomena like lightning and apparently even some mundane objects.

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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by dba7dba on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @02:16AM (#8519746)
I just want to vent here as this article is about NASA. I have basic Time Warner Cable, the kind with basic local channels plus HGTV, Discovery etc. Got it while back for world cup.

I noticed NASA channel is not included in my package.

WTH? Isn't NASA funded by tax I paid? Why should I pay extra to see videos of NASA on TW cable? What am I missing?

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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by mrborgen on Monday October 27, 2014 @08:48AM (#8515125)
Love these sounds. Discovered them recently and made a little 'outer space' beat with an app I am making.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of9daMfQjpA

Anybody who's seen other musical compositions using Nasa sounds? If so, do post it here!

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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by iamtew on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:48AM (#8516200)
SomaFM does something similar with their "Mission Control" channel, where they mix ambient electronic music with NASA (and other space related) recordings. I listen to it quite often in the office, nice and relaxing.

http://somafm.com/missioncontrol/

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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by nereye on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:45AM (#8516176)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orb%27s_Adventures_Beyond_t...
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by swamp40 on Monday October 27, 2014 @04:16PM (#8517913)
I've always loved the audio from ESA's Huygens probe descending onto Titan:

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huyg...

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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by ganzuul on Monday October 27, 2014 @09:24AM (#8515277)
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/SR71...

The JPEGs are actually .mov sound files.

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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by tplpnm on Monday October 27, 2014 @09:03AM (#8515186)
I'm guessing SomaFM makes use of these sounds on this channel: http://somafm.com/missioncontrol/
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by stevep98 on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @03:44AM (#8519892)
If you like these, check out the 'SOMA' internet radio stations - available in iTunes under 'ambient'.
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by blueintegral on Monday October 27, 2014 @02:36PM (#8517255)
archive.org appears to have these as well as the transcripts: https://archive.org/details/NasaAudioHighlightReels
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by jfraser on Monday October 27, 2014 @08:39AM (#8515099)
These are awesome. The Cassini Saturn radio emissions are pretty freaky!
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Re:A collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights an... by spydum on Monday October 27, 2014 @08:45AM (#8515113)
that shuttle landing gear drop is nasty!
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