3 Spacemen Drop in on Drexel: Grads Say It's New Era for Astronauts
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By Nolan Rosenkrans, Philadelphia Daily News  Feb. 23--Despite the remarkable technical feat of space travel and the high-level skills that astronauts need, being one isn't quite as prestigious as it used to be.
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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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Astronauts swung open the door to their new space station addition Saturday and floated into the spacious and sparkling white room, formally christening it Harmony.
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By A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 7--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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Space suits for astronauts may get a new and better design following a University of Houston doctoral student's locomotion stability research.
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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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They were the first to leave the mothership. Now Howard Stern is joining their orbit. What's life like for shock jocks in the zero-gravity atmosphere of satellite radio?
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two U.S. astronauts stepped outside the international space station to carry out a series of maintenance tasks at the orbiting outpost, their third venture out in nine days.Astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams began the spacewalk at 8:26 a.m.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - Two spacewalking astronauts Tuesday began installing the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years, and NASA pronounced the outing a success, even though a small bolt floated off and got lost.
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A new Russian-U.S. crew headed to the international space station Thursday, surging into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft none of the three astronauts has piloted before.
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By Diana Moskovitz, The Miami Herald  May 27--After years as a NASA engineer, Earl Driscoll left the space program and never looked back. He was content taking over the family janitorial business -- a job where his mistakes didn't cost lives.
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Two Discovery astronauts stepped out into space for the first of three spacewalks, to install a new metal structure to the International Space Station, NASA said.
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Two spacewalking astronauts floated out of a hatch on the international space station on Friday to help install a new live-in compartment on the orbiting lab
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com. NASA&#39;s newest astronaut candidates experienced their first taste of zero gravity and are now preparing to make their first jet flights without the company of instructors.
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To: SCIENCE EDITORS  Contact: Dana Davis or Kylie Clem, both of Johnson Space Center, Houston, +1-281-244-0933   HOUSTON, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Robert Curbeam will speak to students at the Quest Academy in Palatine, Ill., on Friday, March 9.
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By BILL KACZOR    PENSACOLA, Fla.  -- A former dormitory converted to classrooms at the Pensacola Naval Air Station was dedicated Friday to two Columbia astronauts who were among the seven who died in the shuttle disaster Feb...