U.S. astronaut mourns mother from orbit
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Daniel M. Tani's 90-year-old mother died in an auto accident this week, but he has no way of getting home until late January. He must grieve from more than 200 miles away Â in orbit, aboard the international space station.
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An Iranian-American woman becomes the first paying female space tourist, following the successful liftoff of a Russian rocket bound for the international space station. She'll return to Earth at the end of the month.
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By Angie Herrington, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 21--Chattanoogan June Scobee Rodgers says she can relate to how the  families of the six astronauts on the Atlantis space shuttle must have felt  this morning before the spacecraft's expected return.
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The meltdown of astronaut Lisa Nowak is strange and sad. Even though we no longer throw ticker tape parades for NASA astronauts returning from outer space, they still hold a special place in our collective national image. Astronauts are our heroic pioneers.
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A hug today commemorated the first meeting of a female commander of the space shuttle and the International Space Station.
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The mother of an astronaut stuck aboard the International Space Station by shuttle delays was killed this week when a freight train struck her car in Chicago.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The international space station's three residents bade farewell to one set of houseguests Sunday and prepared for the arrival of more visitors.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - A married 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 adult diapers to confront the woman.
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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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ORLANDO, Florida  - A married U.S. astronaut was accused on Tuesday of trying to kidnap and kill a rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut after a bizarre 950-mile drive wearing diapers to confront the woman.
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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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Days away from ending a six-month mission in space, U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke said on Wednesday he is looking forward to meeting his 4-month-old daughter.
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A married U.S. astronaut was  accused on Tuesday of trying to kidnap and kill a rival for the  affections of a fellow astronaut after a bizarre 950-mile drive  wearing diapers to confront the woman.
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ORLANDO, Aug. 24 -- Former astronaut Lisa M. Nowak apologized Friday to Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman, the rival she is accused of attacking and trying to kidnap during the unraveling of a love triangle with a fellow astronaut.
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NASA observed a moment of silence across the country and in orbit Thursday in memory of the 17 astronauts killed in America's three spacecraft tragedies.
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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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Astronaut Pam Melroy has logged more than 560 hours in space. She slowed down long enough Tuesday to discuss the future of space exploration at Stennis Space Center.