Malaysia's 1st spaceman recalls flight
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Malaysia's first space traveler said Tuesday his return from orbit "felt like an elephant pressing on my chest," but that he and his two Russian crew mates did not black out or panic during a steeper-than-usual descent caused by a technical glitch.
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An astronaut who returned to Earth on the Space Shuttle Atlantis Thursday collapsed twice at a welcome-home ceremony Friday, but flight surgeons said she was fine, NASA said.
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CHICAGO -- Astronaut Daniel Tani had hoped to spend Christmas with his family, but that was before fuel tank problems scrapped two scheduled December launches of the space shuttle Atlantis, which would have taken him home from the international space station. Now the launch delay -- until late...
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MOJAVE, California A test pilot returned successfully to Earth on Wednesday after a foray into space that was marked by a white-knuckle ascent in which his rocket ship rolled at least 16 times in about 16 seconds and he had to fight to regain control.
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By Traci Watson  All through a 10-year wait to go to space, astronaut Lisa Nowak kept her cool. She reached orbit on the space shuttle in July -- and upon returning, her life went dreadfully wrong.
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By KASIE HUNT  WASHINGTON - NASA will delay the first manned flight of the new spacecraft designed to take humans back to the moon because of budget constraints, the agency's boss said Wednesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, June 8 -- A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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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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By Associated Press  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 glove when he went outside for the first time.
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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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STAR CITY, Russia  - Malaysia's first astronaut said on Thursday his main priority aboard the International Space Station would be cancer research, but he would try to observe as much of Ramadan in orbit as possible.
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Emsworth&#39;s Mike Fincke returns to Earth on Saturday, six months after leaving for the space voyage he had dreamed of since he was a young boy.
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John W. Young, Commander of First Shuttle Mission and NASA&#39;s Longest-Serving Astronaut, to Retire. HOUSTON Dec 8, 2004 - The longest serving astronaut in history, who flew twice to the moon and commanded
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery woke up to The Beatles on Sunday, their first morning in space, where the first order of business will be to make sure their ship wasn't damaged during launch.
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The first shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy has been pushed back by NASA. This is due to hurricane damages and implementation of new safety measures.
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A Soyuz craft left its docking port at the international space station on Sunday, starting a return trip to Earth with two Russian cosmonauts and Malaysia's first space traveler aboard.
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One short flight for man, or the start of a long voyage for rich men. That&#39;s one way of looking at Monday&#39;s historic jaunt of the revolutionary spacecraft SpaceShipOne, which crossed the brink of space for the second time in six days.