Astronauts' Re-Entry to Earthbound Life Difficult
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From the dawn of the space program, America's astronauts have been treated like stars and indoctrinated in NASA's can-do, failure-is-not-an-option ethos.
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Atlantis returns to Earth after spacewalks and concerns of debris hitting the spacecraft
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After years of capturing the imagination of wide-eyed daredevils, dreamers and would-be entrepreneurs, space travel for ordinary people may finally be taking flight.
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Balky computers on the International Space Station were fully revived on Saturday, but crew members admitted the problem had worried them and served as a reminder that spaceflight is dangerous.
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The radiation astronauts encounter in deep space could put vital blood-making cells in jeopardy.
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An astronautâs life can stretch family ties to the breaking point, and astronauts are not immune to emotional stress.
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MOSCOW - Echoing what NASA (news - web sites) officials said a day earlier, a Russian space official on Friday said the two-man crew on the international space station could be forced to return to Earth if a planned resupply flight cannot reach them with
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A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a US-Russian crew back to Earth following six months at the international space station hurtled through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere and landed in Kazakhstan Saturday evening.
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STAR CITY, Russia - The newly returned crew of the international space station said Tuesday they had accomplished all the necessary tasks in their six months on the orbiting station, even with a risky, unplanned space walk to replace a bad circuit breaker
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Heavy weather could delay the return to Earth of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven after a successful mission to the International Space Station, a NASA spokesman said Wednesday.
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By Traci Watson  Home renovations are never easy. In space, where there's no gravity to keep things in place, construction is even tougher.
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A rookie crew of two Russians and an American had a few scary moments as their craft approached too quickly to the International Space Station for docking before they put on the brakes in time to avoid a potential crash.
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Troubles with the main oxygen generator aboard the International Space Station could force Fincke, 37, an Emsworth native, and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka to evacuate the orbiting outpost.
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With NASA now actively planning for the day when astronauts will live for months on the moon or make the years-long flight to Mars and back, a potentially troublesome question is being raised with increasing urgency: Is the human body -- even a well-protected human body -- capable of living in space...
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HOUSTON -- Despite facing down tough computer glitches amidst a busy mission to build up the International Space Station (ISS), spirits are high among the ten astronauts aboard the orbital laboratory.
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By AJ HOSTETLER  Astronauts are people, too.  The pilots, doctors, engineers and scientists who become astronauts go through stringent psychological evaluation in addition to rigorous training in the years before their space missions.
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The shuttle Discoveryâs mission involves challenging construction work aboard the International Space Station.