Cosmonaut set to tee off in space
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How's this for a handicap: A Russian cosmonaut will strike a lightweight golf ball from outside the international space station in a promotional stunt &#151; but he'll swing one-handed and with one foot wedged in between the hand rails of a ladder.
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A Canadian and an American astronaut prepared for a second spacewalk set for Wednesday to continue setting up the first addition to the International Space Station in nearly four years.
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Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin hit a golf  ball into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station on  Wednesday to raise money for the Russian space program at the  start of a six-hour spacewalk.
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A piece of the Sun is set to fall to Earth and be captured by Hollywood stunt pilots in a tricky mid-air manoeuvre, NASA announced on Thursday.
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Two astronauts prepare to carry out the first spacewalk of the latest shuttle mission to the space station.
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The renowned physicist has always had a hankering for space travel. He'll start with a brief zero-gravity flight in April. By the Associated Press.
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A Russian cosmonaut set a new record for the longest golf  drive in history today after hitting a lightweight ball while tethered to the outside of  the International Space Station (ISS).
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Expedition 10, the latest crew to take up residence on the International Space Station, is set to launch from Kazakhstan.
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A former off-road racer-turned-spaceship commander and a U.S. Air Force test pilot are ready to guide NASA&#39;s shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft - breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.
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I have been to zero gravity and flown like Superman. This is something that only astronauts and the stars of Apollo 13 have done before.
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Keeping an astronaut crew in tip-top shape during lengthy treks to and from distant Mars may demand portable gravity.
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French doctors are set to carry out the first operation on a human patient under zero-gravity inside an aircraft.
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French doctors set off to carry out the first operation on a human being under zero-gravity.
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ONE of Americaâs greatest unsung heroes, an astronaut who touched the stars yet barely scraped the surface of public recognition, is to retire.
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Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) today for a short round of orbital golf and laboratory maintenance.
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Text of report in English by South Korean newspaper Choson Ilbo website on 20 February  The two candidates vying to become the country's first astronaut will head for Russia on Feb. 27 for a year of training.