Image: Preparing for fire on the International Space Station
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Fire drill for ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst
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News tagged with human spaceflight
Spaceflight alters bacterial social networks
When astronauts launch into space, a microbial entourage follows. And the sheer number of these followers would give celebrities on Twitter a run for their money. The estimate is that normal, healthy adults have ten times ...
Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2013
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ESA workhorse to power NASA's Orion spacecraft
(Phys.org)—The ATV-derived service module, sitting directly below Orion's crew capsule, will provide propulsion, power, thermal control, as well as supplying water and gas to the astronauts in the habitable module.
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2013
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Private test pilots to fly first commercial crewed space flights for NASA
Commercial test pilots, not NASA astronauts, will fly the first crewed missions that NASA hopes will at last restore America's capability to blast humans to Earth orbit from American soil – perhaps as early as 2015 – ...
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2013
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Baumgartner feat boosts hopes for imperilled astronauts
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking jump raises hopes that pilots and even astronauts can be saved from accidents in the stratosphere, experts said on Monday.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2012
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Austrian freefaller inspires awe in watching millions
The world looked on in fear and awe as Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of outer space on Sunday, breaking a slew of records and winning millions of instant fans.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2012
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US space shuttle to honor Giffords with flyover (Update)
(AP)—The space shuttle Endeavour will honor former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords with a flyover of her Arizona hometown on its way to the California museum where it will be displayed, the U.S. space agency said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2012
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Astronauts going underground
ESA's CAVES training programme began its second phase last Friday as six astronauts ventured into the Sardinian caves in Italy that are their home this week. CAVES mimics elements of spaceflight to prepare astronauts and ...
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2012
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NASA's colossal crawler gets souped-up for SLS
One of NASA's two iconic crawler-transporters—the 2,750-ton monster vehicles that have delivered rockets from Saturns to Shuttles to launch pads at Kennedy Space Center for nearly half a century—is getting an upgrade ...
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2012
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NASA study provides new findings on protecting astronauts' bones through diet and exercise
(Phys.org)—Eating the right diet and exercising hard in space helps protect International Space Station astronauts' bones, a finding that may help solve one of the key problems facing future explorers heading beyond low ...
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2012
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