Stunt pilots prepare mid-air snatch of space capsule
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PASADENA, CALIF. - Helicopter stunt pilots from Hollywood will attempt a tricky mid-air capture Wednesday, as they try to snag the returning Genesis spacecraft and its collection of solar dust.
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Scientists tried to pry apart a mangled NASA space capsule in hopes of salvaging its precious cargo of solar atoms Thursday, a day after the saucer-shaped probe crashed in the Utah desert.
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Nasa's Deep Impact mission, which will crash a projectile into Comet Tempel 1, is ready for lift-off.
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A piece of the Sun is set to fall to Earth and be captured by Hollywood stunt pilots in a tricky mid-air manoeuvre, NASA announced on Thursday.
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When a privately built rocket plane soared into space earlier this month, astronaut wannabes were giddy with the hope that they&#39;d finally make it off the planet.
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By Ja'Rena Lunsford, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--Rocketplane Kistler is one step closer to launching a demonstration flight to the International Space Station.
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A group of space futurists is devising ways to do everything from bounce objects off comets to send tourists to Mars.
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PASADENA, CALIF. - Two helicopter stunt pilots from Hollywood will try to snag a capsule of stardust in midair, NASA has announced.
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NASA has recruited two Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots for an especially tricky maneuver -- snagging a capsule full of stardust as it parachutes back to Earth next month, mission managers said on Thursday.
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PASADENA, Calif.  - NASA has recruited two Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots for an especially tricky maneuver -- snagging a capsule full of stardust as it parachutes back to Earth next month, mission managers said on Thursday.
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A team of aviation pioneers with dreams of one day offering tourist trips into space will tomorrow attempt to clinch a Â£5.5 million prize by launching a craft beyond the
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Genesis: This week over Utah, Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots will try to snag a returning spacecraft carrying solar particles. By Michael Stroh.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing their orbital laboratory for a crew swap that will begin with the arrival of three new spaceflyers next month.
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PASADENA, Calif.  - NASA has recruited two  Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots for an especially tricky  maneuver -- snagging a capsule full of stardust as it  parachutes back to Earth next month, mission managers said on  Thursday.
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French doctors prepare to carry out the first operation on a human in weightless conditions aboard an aircraft.
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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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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: A Russian-US crew will blast off from here on Thursday bound for the orbiting international space station on a six-month mission to conduct a series of scientific experiments.