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SpaceX capsule has 'new car' smell, astronauts say (Update)

SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches Saturday following the spacecraft's landmark mission to the orbiting lab.

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created May 26, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 5

Russia delivers three astronauts to ISS

Two Russians and an American joined three colleagues aboard the International Space Station Thursday for a mission that should include receiving the orbiter's first visit from a private spacecraft.

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station

(AP) -- A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month stay at the International Space Station.

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Russia releases Gagarin's secret last words

One of the last things Yuri Gagarin did before making his pioneering voyage into space 50 years ago was make sure he had enough sausage to last him on the trip back home to Moscow.

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created Apr 10, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 18

520-day flight simulation nears 'landing' on Mars

After 233 days in a locked steel capsule, six researchers on a 520-day mock flight to Mars are all feeling strong and ready to "land" on the Red Planet, the mission director said Friday.

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created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Russia sends multinational crew to ISS

Russia on Wednesday sent a multinational crew of three astronauts to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

NASA considering space station for Mars dry run

The International Space Station may provide the setting for a 500-day pretend trip to Mars in another few years.

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created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan, rattles nerves

(AP) -- A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three returning astronauts from the International Space Station touched down safely Friday in the central steppes of Kazakhstan, but not without rattling nerves after ...

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

International Space Station crew takes spacewalk

(AP) -- Two Russian cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk on Thursday intended to activate a new segment on the International Space Station so it can dock Russian spacecraft.

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created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Circus tycoon clowns around aboard space station

(AP) -- A Canadian circus billionaire boarded the International Space Station on Friday after a smooth ride up from Earth, and promptly played the entertainer by donning a red clown nose for a camera.

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Soyuz carrying Americans, Russian lands

(AP) -- A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Americans and a Russian from the International Space Station touched down Friday in Kazakhstan in a landing that the Russian space program's chief described as ideal.

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created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Most experienced US spacewalker retires

A NASA astronaut who spent more hours walking in space than any other American and also set a record for the longest spaceflight mission has retired to join the private sector, the US space agency said Monday.

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created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Russia sets sights on Moon, Mars and beyond

Russia's crisis-hit space agency intends to send its first manned mission to the Moon and deploy research stations on Mars under an ambitious plan presented to the government this month.

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created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Russia marks 'forgotten spaceman's' historic flight

Russia on Saturday marks 50 years since Gherman Titov became the second man in orbit, a historic achievement long eclipsed by the first space flight of his friend and rival Yuri Gagarin months earlier.

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created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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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created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2