Astronaut Touches Down for Scouts
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By Keith Whamond, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 6--If you were to take a poll of all the nearly 900,000 members of the Boy Scouts of America and ask them all what they'd like to be when they grow up, chances are that the top answer would probably be astronaut.
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Nasa's Opportunity Mars rover is pictured from space by the recently arrived Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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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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By Chicago Tribune  Feb. 8--Being an astronaut, even if it doesn't quite carry the romantic cachet of "The Right Stuff" era of the 1960s, is still one of those jobs that ignites the imagination.
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But the pesky oxygen generator is on the blink again Anousheh Ansari, the first female space tourist, has touched down safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan along with the out going crew of the International Space Station, astronaut Jeff Williams and cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov.â¦
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By Seth Borenstein Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With a 4-inch gap in the space shuttle Atlantis' heat-protecting blanket not appearing to be an urgent problem on Saturday, the crew readied themselves for what NASA called a delicate ballet with the international space station.
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A body-hugging new spacesuit may give astronauts more agility in space. Plus, it makes a kicky fashion statement
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A new crew will be sent to the International Space Station next month, even though there are concerns about adequate oxygen and other supplies.
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Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft &#151; breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.
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Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft - breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.
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On the current space shuttle mission, Bo-class astronaut handles are giving way to a new naming convention involving baked goods. Or something.
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An American space tourist bound for the International Space Station (ISS) has begun training for his fall launch aboard a Russian rocket.
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The U.S. astronauts selected for the next servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope are beginning their training this week.  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts are at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for their first formal crew orientation.
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When floating through space, and orbiting the Earth, an astronaut witnesses a sunset and sunrise every 45 minutes. Exploring beyond the atmosphere furthers
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The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to make a pretend trip to Mars.
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American astronaut Mike Fincke, front , and Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Shargin, third, get off a plane at the Chkalovsky airport, just outside Moscow, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, while heading to Moscow&#39;s Star City, the home-base of Russia&#39;s space program.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station began the delicate task of folding up one of the station's solar power wing panels on Wednesday to make way for a new set to track the sun for power.