Oklahoma Astronaut Remembered
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_ One of NASA&#39;s first astronauts, Oklahoma native L. Gordon Cooper Jr., was remembered at the Johnson Space Center as ``not too bad of a water skier, not too bad of a pilot, but a heck of a good astronaut.
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NASA, the American space agency responsible for putting a man on the moon but who also lost seven astronauts in its 2003 Columbia Shuttle voyage and seven astronauts in its 1986 Challenger take-off, says the first space shuttle mission since the disaster
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The successful shuttle Atlantis mission has finally given NASA something to celebrate this year after being rocked by an astronaut&#39;s arrest and a shooting at its Houston campus.
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Coworkers pay tribute to a devoted and thoughtful leader.
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The mother of a U.S. astronaut who has  been in space since October was killed when a freight train hit  her car at a railroad crossing near Chicago, police said on  Thursday.
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By JOE STINEBAKER HOUSTON - An astronaut from the space shuttle Atlantis collapsed twice Friday during a welcome home ceremony, a wobbly return that officials attributed to the adjustment from 12 days at zero gravity.
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The last of the seven Project Mercury astronauts who pioneered U.S. space exploration in the 1960s remembered one of their own as a fearless pilot with the "right stuff" in an emotional memorial ceremony on Friday for Gordon Cooper.
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By Traci Watson  After a turbulent week, the 10 astronauts in space got a Father's Day gift on Sunday: a day free of major breakdowns and unexpected obstacles.
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By BILL KACZOR    PENSACOLA, Fla.  -- A former dormitory converted to classrooms at the Pensacola Naval Air Station was dedicated Friday to two Columbia astronauts who were among the seven who died in the shuttle disaster Feb...
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America&#39;s earliest space explorers bid farewell Friday to fellow Mercury 7 astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, whose toothy grin became a symbol of confidence and graceful daring as his country struggled to open a new frontier.
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NASA mourns the loss of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper, who rocketed into space in his Faith 7 capsule on May 15, 1963 (above, right).
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Pioneering NASA engineer Maxime Faget, who designed the Project Mercury capsule that carried the first US astronauts into space and worked on every subsequent manned spacecraft including the space shuttle, has died at the age of 83
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A former dormitory converted to classrooms at the Pensacola Naval Air Station was dedicated Friday to two Columbia astronauts who were among the seven who died in the shuttle disaster Feb. 1, 2003.
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Aviation pioneer Burt Rutan has been fondly remembering his childhood hero - German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The X-Prize victor recently hooked up with two surviving members of von Braun&#39;s V2 team
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  --  Last summer, astronaut Lisa Nowak was soaring 220 miles above Earth, floating in the rarefied air of the international space station.
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The last of the seven Project Mercury  astronauts who pioneered U.S. space exploration in the 1960s  remembered one of their own as a fearless pilot with the "right  stuff" in an emotional memorial ceremony on Friday for Gordon  Cooper.
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Astronauts set to take off from Florida on the shuttle Atlantis are determined to remember the mission, because it could be the last of their careers.  Lee Archambault, a 20-year Air Force test pilot and longtime astronaut, has yet to fly into space, The Miami Herald reported.