The son of the Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster six years ago was killed in a training flight. Lt. Asaf Ramon, 21, was a pilot with Israeli Air Forces. He was killed on...
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, turns 79 today, as he was born August 5, 1930. He is of course, most famous for being the first person to take steps on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969....
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" Payette, 45, and her team are headed for a 16-day mission focusing mostly on construction. The crew will complete the assembly of the $1-billion U.S. Japanese Kibo science laboratory aboard the orbiting...
By, Uwe Paschen. Claudie Haignere first French Astronaut and former Minister has been hospitalised. Haignere is somewhat a hero of sorts to the French at large and to the Woman in particular, not only was she...
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"On Nov. 18, 2008, spacewalking astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped her backpack-sized toolbag and it floated away from the International Space Station. The errant bag, about as big as a hiker's...
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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 20, 2008) - On the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station Thursday, Army Lt. Col. Shane Kimbrough donned his space suit to service equipment on the exterior of...
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" Although the crew of the spacecraft Endeavour experienced a glitch in the first space walk when an astronaut accidentally let her tool bag float away, NASA had a lot to celebrate as it announced success with a high-tech space program. NASA, along with Vinton Cerf, a...
Does the International Space Station really need a name? All vessels seem to have a name... Will naming the ISS start some new conflict on the planet???" Isn't ISS enough? In this file photo provided by NASA...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (U.S. Army News Service) -- Army Lt. Col. Robert S. Kimbrough will be aboard the space shuttle Endeavour when it blasts off on a scheduled 15-day mission to the International Space Station. ...
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In the spirit of National Recycling week, NASA will be sending up a water recycling device to the International Space Station that will recycle urine into drinking water. This coincides with the move to double the...
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"According to former NASA astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, there have been a number of messages from the aliens but governments had classified the truth for over 60 years. Mitchell, who was one of the astronauts who took part in the Apollo 14 mission, said that he knew of several...
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Ahhh yes, the summer silly season is upon us. It's that time of year when editors look around for strange, different stories to break the summer doldrums in many areas. So, today's offering is a former NASA...
When Canada's Space Agency months ago put out a call for astronaut applicants, Canadians responded -- 5,352 of them, to be precise. Tragically, only two people will be selected as astronauts, and nothing I can think of -- not astronaut ice-cream, not even a career as a...
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The astronauts aboard the International Space Station will be breathing a little easier this week as parts arriving from the shuttle Discovery include items that will help fix the broken toilet aboard the station. The space shuttle Discovery launched from Cape Canaveral,...