First zero-gravity human surgery
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French doctors set off to carry out the first operation on a human being under zero-gravity.
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John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. The space program really takes off after this. Compiled by Tony Long.
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NASA's  newest&nbsp;astronaut candidates&nbsp;experienced their first taste of zero gravity and are now preparing&nbsp;to make their first jet flights without the company of instructors.
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Telerobotic surgery performed in zero-gravity environment holds promise for  medicine in space and on the battlefield.
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French doctors are carrying out the world's first ever operation on a human in zero-gravity, using a specially-adapted aircraft to simulate conditions in space.
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Braving queasy stomachs, a team of French doctors took to the skies Wednesday for the first operation on a human being in zero-gravity conditions, removing a cyst from the arm of a man as the aircraft soared and dived to create weightlessness.
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The creator of the first privately-financed craft to carry a human into space showed models of a new, bigger version.
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China&#39;s first manned spaceship, the Shenzhou V, was launched in October last year with one Chinese astronaut aboard for a one-day flight.
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Russian and US spacemen have landed safely back on Earth after completing their mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Russians Yuri Shargin and Gennady Padalka and American Michael Fincke touched
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com. NASA&#39;s newest astronaut candidates experienced their first taste of zero gravity and are now preparing to make their first jet flights without the company of instructors.
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A robotic arm able to carry out an intricate life-saving heart operation is being pioneered by UK surgeons.
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Last week's&nbsp;announcement&nbsp;by the Zero  Gravity Corporation that it would be offering weightless flights to paying  customers was good news for thrill seekers.&nbsp; Those who sign up for the  experience will be treated to several stomach-rolling climbs and drops.&nbsp;  Although the planes used are slightly modified commercial planes, tests have  shown that they can manage the demanding maneuvers.
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Scientists have performed a delicate surgical operation on a single living cell, using a needle that is just a few millionths of a metre wide.
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Un primo involucro di materiale aeronautico. Poi altre due casse protettive. E sensori anti-shock. I preparativi per la trasferta
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MELBOURNE, Fla.  - The crew aboard the  International Space Station slipped into spacesuits and floated  out a hatch early on Wednesday to begin a planned 5 1/2-hour  spacewalk, the first since the men arrived at the outpost three  months ago.
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HOUSTON - It's a junkyard out there in space and sometimes astronauts accidentally contribute to the litter.In 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time.
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Astronauts and cosmonauts meet in space for the first time when Apollo and Soyuz perform the first international space docking.