News tagged with cosmonauts
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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 26, 2012 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2011 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2011 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2011 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Astronauts to carry Christmas cheer to ISS
Despite being separated from their families, astronauts heading to the International Space Station next week are excited to be spending Christmas in space, a crew member said Saturday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2009 |
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First-time cosmonauts set to blast off with toy duck
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov brandished a small toy duck Friday as he and his crewmates prepared to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) in April.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Cosmonaut food prices skyrocket due to inflation: official
The price of food rations on board the International Space Station (ISS) has increased by nearly 50 percent over the past year due to inflation, a Russian official said on Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 21, 2010 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2010 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 04, 2011 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2011 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2012 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Cosmonauts complete spacewalk
Expedition 25 Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Skripochka ended Monday’s spacewalk at 4:22 p.m. EST. The excursion lasted six hours and 27 minutes.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2010 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2009 |
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