Sigourney Weaver wants to go into space
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She might have acted in the movie Alien but actress Sigourney Weaver's fascination with the outer world does'nt seem to end at that.
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Anyone who    wants to follow in the shoes of Burt Rutan and win the next big space prize    will have to build a spacecraft capable of taking a crew of no fewer than five    people to an altitude of 400 kilometers and complete two orbits of the Earth    at that altitude. Then they have to repeat that accomplishment within 60 days.
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Astronaut hopefuls with the right stuff have a fresh chance to reach for the International Space Station and, ultimately, the moon, thanks to a new NASA hunt for qualified spaceflyers.
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In a scene from the film &quot;The Right Stuff, sunlight streams through the window of astronaut Leroy Gordon &quot;Gordo&quot; Cooper&#39;s Faith 7 spacecraft as it reaches orbit.
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On Monday Anousheh Ansari is scheduled to become the first woman to go into space as an amateur astronaut.
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If all goes according to plan, Anousheh Ansari will realize a life-long dream and ride a Russian rocket into space Monday.
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Like millions of children, Anousheh Ansari dreamed and wondered about the stars. Next month the Iranian-born U.S. entrepreneur can get a closer look, as she rides a Russian capsule to the international space station and becomes the first female space tourist.
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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 telecommunications entrepreneur took off Monday on a Russian rocket bound for the international space station, achieving her dream of becoming the the world's first female space tourist.
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Anousheh Ansari, an American of Iranian origin, is packing her bags for a flight on Monday that will take her and two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus may have the perfect gift idea for the loved one who wants to get away from it all: a space trip that includes a spectacular view of Earth and a chance to experience weightlessness.
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As a female voice coos, "Welcome to space," six passengers in skintight spacesuits unbuckle their seat belts and somersault in zero gravity, occasionally peeking back at Earth through the private spaceship's large portholes.
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The creator of the first privately-financed craft to carry a human into space showed models of a new, bigger version.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first paying female space tourist said Friday she felt a little queasy on her rocket ride to the international space station but she since has been enjoying every minute of her cosmic trip.
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Last July, Lisa Nowak was on top of the world. Clad in the bright orange uniform of a United States astronaut, she smiled and posed for the cameras before setting off on a shuttle mission to the International Space Station high above planet Earth. But how the mighty can fall.
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PASADENA (California) - Hollywood stunt pilots and Nasa scientists are teaming up to snatch a capsule full of stardust as it parachutes back to Earth next month.
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By The Associated Press  POWAY -- A man who gave up a free space ride because he couldn't afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.