Malaysians take last tests before blast off into space
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The two candidates to become Malaysia&#39;s first man in space underwent final exams on Tuesday before one is selected to blast off on October 10 to the International Space Station (ISS).
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A test rocket which Brazil successfully launched on Saturday provided reassurance to the countryâs space programme 14 months after a more powerful one exploded before lift-off killing 21 people.
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The NASA (news - web sites) turbojet notoriously known as the &quot;vomit comet&quot; for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday.
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The first Malaysian astronaut in space returns safely to Earth from the International Space Station.
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HOUSTON -- A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) one last time Sunday to prime the orbital laboratory&#39;s newest solar wings to rotate and track the Sun.
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Members of the International Space Station crew have successfully conducted a series of tests in preparation for their historic Thursday spacewalk.
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By Mike Schneider, Associated Press  HOUSTON -- Hours after undocking from the international space station Tuesday, Atlantis' seven astronauts finished a final inspection of the space shuttle to make sure its heat shield was ready to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
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MOSCOW  - Russia made final preparations for a crucial cargo flight to the International Space Station, whose two-man crew is running out of food and will have to be evacuated if the supply mission is aborted.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- A cliffhanger countdown ended without a shuttle liftoff Thursday night as a stubborn layer of clouds forced NASA to scrub -- at the last minute -- its attempt to launch Discovery and its astronauts.
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Two Russian cosmonauts and the first Malaysian in space returned to Earth on Sunday in an unusually abrupt and off-target manner after leaving the orbiting the International Space Station, Russian mission control said.
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WASHINGTON - Flight controllers at NASA&#39;s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., had to maneuver the Terra environmental spacecraft in late June to avoid orbital debris created by the Jan. 11 test of a  Chinese anti-satellite (A-Sat) weapon.
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Flight controllers  conducted final tests on the International Space Station&#39;s  revived computer network on Monday in hopes of clearing  visiting space shuttle Atlantis for its departure and return to  Earth.
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NASA will test its latest jet-powered aircraft for the final time next week, aiming to set a world record by flying at 10 times the speed of sound.
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Malaysia has unveiled its first astronaut, a 34-year-old doctor who will blast off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and visit the International Space Station in September 2007.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis' six astronauts did some last-minute studying for their 11-day mission Tuesday as the weather forecast for Wednesday's space shuttle launch continued to look good.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia  - Malaysian officials on Saturday were testing three people who fell ill in a village hit by the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain, after international health officials warned that the virus appeared to be entrenched in parts of ...
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GOLDEN,  Colorado - NASA's next mission to Mars--the Phoenix lander--is undergoing readiness testing in preparation for an early August launch window.