News tagged with cosmonauts
Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station
(AP) -- A Canadian circus tycoon, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off in a spacecraft from the Kazakh steppe Wednesday on a journey to the International Space Station.
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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Delayed spacewalk ends successfully
(AP) -- Two international space station crew members wrapped up a successful spacewalk Friday, the first since the size of the station's crew expanded from three to six last month.
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Jun 05, 2009 |
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Spacewalk begins after CO2 in spacesuits delay
(AP) -- Two international space station crew members began a spacewalk Friday, despite initial concerns about high carbon dioxide levels in their redesigned Russian space suits.
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Jun 05, 2009 |
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New dinner table top priority as ISS expands
Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six.
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May 07, 2009 |
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Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.
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Apr 10, 2009 |
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Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands
(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three including U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, officials said.
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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Europe, Russia in Mars mission rehearsal
Six volunteers from Europe and Russia will on Tuesday allow themselves to be locked up in a capsule in Moscow for over three months to simulate the conditions for an eventual manned mission to Mars.
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Mar 29, 2009 |
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Final in-orbit shuttle inspection complete
(AP) -- Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery conducted a final inspection of the vehicle Thursday and at first glance found no significant damage which would prevent it from returning to Earth.
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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Shuttle undocks from space station after 8 days
(AP) -- After eight days together, space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station Wednesday, beaming down stunning photos of the orbiting outpost, finally balanced and boasting all ...
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Mar 25, 2009 |
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