U.S. astronaut mourns in space
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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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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 10--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.
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Even as NASA marks the second anniversary of the Columbia accident, and the tragic loss of seven astronauts returning home after a successful flight, agency officials and astronauts are looking&nbsp;toward&nbsp;a return to space shuttle flights.
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By Katie Pesznecker, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 17--Alaska's first astronaut has been in space about a week, and so far Bill Oefelein's trip from Last Frontier to Final Frontier has been a smooth ride.
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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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The 90-year-old mother of a NASA astronaut aboard the international space station died Wednesday when a train struck her vehicle, police said.
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As fellow astronauts, other friends and loved ones gathered in Houston yesterday to honor US &quot;frontiersman&quot; Captain Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr.
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American astronaut Michael Fincke speaks at a news conference in Star City near Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004. The newly-returned crew of the International Space Station said Monday that they accomplished
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The mother of a U.S. astronaut who has been in space since October was killed when a freight train hit her car at a railroad crossing near Chicago, police said on Thursday.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle Discovery astronaut Christer Fuglesang knows better than most of his crewmates what it feels like to wait out launch delays.
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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.
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The charge of attempted murder lodged against U.S. Navy Captain Lisa Nowak is not just a tragedy for the astronaut and her family. It strikes at the cherished image of astronauts as superior individuals who can cope with stresses that might crumple the rest of us.
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This is a sad day for the NASA Family. Yesterday&#39;s vanpool accident involving employees of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has taken the lives of three of our own: Dorothy M. Forks, an employee records
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NASA observed a moment of silence across the country and in orbit in memory of the 17 astronauts killed in America's three spacecraft tragedies.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Discovery astronauts bid an emotional farewell to their colleagues aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday and headed into their spaceship to prepare for the journey home.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  and ERIN McCLAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  ORLANDO, Fla.  In July, astronaut Lisa Nowak traveled 5.3 million miles in a single-minded mission to put America's beleaguered space shuttle program back on track.