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500th astronaut heads for space: Scientific American »
Posted by: damayanthi 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A little-noticed but historic milestone will be reached this week when the 500th person ever to fly in space blasts off.
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Charles Bolden: Astronaut Charles Bolden to be nominated to lead NASA »
Posted by: chtariq124 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Reporting from Washington and Cape Canaveral, Fla. — President Obama will name former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. as NASA administrator, according to three congressional sources ...
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Robonauts: NASA’s Telepresence Space Mechanic | Robotics Technology Center »
Posted by: mary_vtagab 3 weeks, 6 days ago in News
In aid of extreme conditions, NASA developed a humanoid astronaut to assist astronauts in space. The extreme temperature and pressure in space, makes astronaut preparation ...
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China News: China Picks First Female Astronaut Candidates | China Digital Times (CDT) »
Posted by: hoo1live 3 months, 1 week ago in News
From the Associated Press: China's military-backed space program has selected 45 astronaut candidates, including its first women hopefuls, for a training
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Lisa N, 'Diaper-Astronaut', To Finally Pass Psychiatric Test »
Posted by: phoebus__221 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
"Lisa Nowak, the former Houston astronaut whose lovesick, (possibly) adult diaper-enabled 1000-mile drive from Houston to Orlando made international news in 2007, has been ordered ...
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Astronaut didn't change underwear for a month. »
Posted by: murka22 5 months ago in Humor
After circling Earth 2,208 times, hurtling more than 57 million miles in orbit and enduring near misses with speeding space junk, Koichi Wakata could ...
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The International Space Station Can Be Seen Sunday Evening from the East Coast - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com »
Posted by: Judge_Dred 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
The International Space Station will be visible from the east coast of the United States in the early evening hours on Sunday. See it up ...
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Earth bears scars of human destruction - astronaut | Reuters »
Posted by: hoo1live 5 months ago in News
* Fifth and final spacewalk slated for Monday * NASA trouble-shooting problem with station air-scrubber * Shuttle to depart station on Tuesday By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla ...
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Trip to the Moon and the Legacy of Apollo | MIT World »
Posted by: sofiaclutter 5 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Thirty years after he served on the final Apollo mission, Harrison Schmitt has turned once more to the moon – as a critical resource for scientists ...
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Astronaut Tom Jones Gives Advice to Obama on Space Policy - Associated Content »
Posted by: MarkWhittington 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
As President Barack Obama's administration grinds along, he is not without advice for space policy, often neglected, but very important. Former astronaut and current ...
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NASA's new breed of astronaut »
Posted by: mistereditor 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Now that the International Space Station is hosting its full, six-member crew, the derring-do of jet jockeys is less in demand than comfort with other ...
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Can you twitter from space? | NEWSSUM »
Posted by: barnabasnagy 6 months, 1 week ago in News
Shuttle commander Mark Polansky admitted what many already suspected – you can’t really Twitter from space. NASA astronaut Mark has been issuing regular tweets to ...
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June 16: On This Day in 1963 - 1st Woman in Space »
Posted by: smbas 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
June 16, 1963: On this day, Valentina Tereshkova, a 26 year-old former cotton-mill worker, born on a collective farm near Yaroslavl, USSR, became the first ...
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Astronaut’s Artistic Voyage »
Posted by: whitespacecarpet 11 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
As the pilot for Apollo 12, Alan Bean holds the distinct honor of being the fourth man to walk on the moon. The astronaut later ...
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Advertising on Space Shuttles »
Posted by: jugsi 10 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Advertising just created a new way of making huge bucks. There’s more space to advertise on the shuttle
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