NASA rejects drunk astronaut claims as "legend"
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA on Wednesday rejected claims that drunk astronauts flew on spaceships and jets, and the head of the U.S. space agency dismissed one tale of high-flying inebriation as "urban legend."
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An ex-employee of the US space agency, Nasa, has pleaded not guilty to charges he falsified reports of safety checks on the space shuttle Discovery.
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I have no problem with the photograph but why would you bother publishing the story of a complete waste-of space family in the first place? Giving such people any publicity is something you and all media should be ashamed of.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - A NASA investigation found no evidence that drunken astronauts boarded spacecraft or jets, the U.S. space agency's lead safety officer said on Wednesday.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - A U.S. astronaut was accused on Tuesday of trying to kidnap and kill a rival for the affections of a male astronaut after she drove 950 miles wearing diapers to confront the woman.
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An Air Force doctor who headed a controversial astronaut health study told Congress on Thursday that NASA is discouraging open communications by rebutting reports of drunken astronauts on launch day and deriding the claims as urban legends.
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A former US space agency worker pleads not guilty to charges he faked reports of space shuttle safety checks.
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There is no evidence that US astronauts have been drunk on space missions, Nasa's top safety chief reports.
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Capt. Kirk was wrong: Space is not "Star Trek's" "final frontier."
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The official story: &quot;No, this isnât true. Just a wild rumor.&quot;--Eidos staffer. Bono was unavailable for comment. What we heard: Though at first it was laughed off as one of the loopiest rumors to hit the
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Astronauts and NASA flight surgeons overwhelmingly dismissed reports of a crewmember flying drunk, although they did confirm a single incident of an astronaut seemingly inebriated a few days before liftoff, an employee survey released on Wednesday showed.
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But shuttle crewmembers defend their professionalism and say that they drink responsibly -- and obey the rules that NASA has laid down for them.
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By ALICIA CHANG and JEREMIAH MARQUEZ LOS ANGELES - Dennis V. Byrnes, a veteran engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fired off a 1,300-word letter to his congressman in April complaining of &quot;unwarranted intrusion&quot; into his life.
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A former NASA inspector pleaded not guilty this morning to falsifying safety checks on highly critical parts of shuttle Discovery.
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NASA has been screening astronauts for  decades and isn't supposed to let loose screws through. Is it not as good as we thought? Or are astronauts more fragile than they seem?
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NASA and the family of astronaut Lisa Nowak released separate statements late Tuesday on the spaceflyer's Monday arrest by Florida police.
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By Frank D. Roylance, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 7--American astronauts undergo a psychological assessment when they join NASA but face no further evaluations during their careers unless issues arise during their annual flight physicals, the space agency said yesterday.