NASA&#39;s longest-serving astronaut retiring
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His first space flight was in 1965 when he piloted the first manned Gemini mission. Later he made two trips to the moon -- orbiting during a 1969 flight and then walking on the lunar surface during a mission in 1972.
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By PAUL THOMPSON  THE space shuttle pilot at the centre of a love triangle that led to a showdown between his two lovers is to leave Nasa.   William Oefelein, 42, has been reassigned to the US Navy ending his career as an astronaut.
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NASA administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe on Monday resigned after three years in charge of the US space agency which included the Columbia shuttle disaster, a NASA spokesman said.
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After three tumultuous years at the space agency&#39;s helm, NASA administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe is poised to leave the Bush administration to become chancellor of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
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By LOS ANGELES TIMES  HOUSTON - After 19 years of marriage, three children and one magnificent shuttle flight into space, NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak's life was beginning to unravel.
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WASHINGTON Dec 13, 2004 - Sean O&#39;Keefe, who has spent three tumultuous years running the nation&#39;s space program, is preparing to resign, a government official says.
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The last of the seven Project Mercury astronauts who pioneered US space exploration in the 1960s remembered one of their own as a fearless pilot with the &quot;right stuff&quot; in
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U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was  arrested last month on charges she attempted to kidnap a  romantic rival, has been terminated from the astronaut corps,  NASA said on Wednesday.
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NASA&#39;s most experienced astronaut, John Young, was honored by NASA Tuesday night at the National Air &amp; Space Museum for his 42 years of service as he prepares to retire.
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LOS ANGELES - Gordon Cooper, the last astronaut to take flight during NASA's pioneering Mercury program, has died. He was 77...
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Pioneering NASA engineer Maxime Faget, who designed the Project Mercury capsule that carried the first US astronauts into space and worked on every subsequent manned spacecraft including the space shuttle, has died at the age of 83
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NASA -- Gordon Cooper Jr., the astronaut who piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old...
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NASA Administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe, whose tenure has been shadowed by the 2003 Columbia disaster, plans to resign as head of the US space agency, an official familiar with the decision said on Sunday.
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Two veteran astronauts are enjoying their last week on Earth before rocketing into space for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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Sean O&#39;Keefe, the NASA administrator who guided the agency through sweeping changes after the Columbia shuttle accident, will resign and pursue a job as chancellor
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The space shuttle pilot at the center of a bizarre love triangle that included a former astronaut who now faces attempted kidnapping charges is leaving the space agency, NASA said Friday.
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Sean O&#39;Keefe resigned as NASA administrator on Monday, saying he is leaving the position he has held for three years to pursue better economic opportunity for his family.