Record number of astronaut wannabes apply to NASA—18,300
NASA has received a record 18,300 resumes from people keen on becoming astronauts, the US space agency said.
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Feb 19, 2016
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Image: Astronaut Mae Jemison suits up for launch, 1992
On Sept. 12, 1992, launch day of the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission on space shuttle Endeavour, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison waits as her suit technician, Sharon McDougle, performs a unpressurized and pressurized leak check on her ...
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Feb 19, 2016
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How synthetic biology will solve biological mysteries and make humans safer in space
The release of the hit movie The Martian highlighted the diverse engineering challenges in visiting the distant surface of another world. More recently, the historic landing of SpaceX's Falcon first stage gives hope that ...
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Feb 3, 2016
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US remembers astronauts killed, pledges to reach Mars
The United States marked the 30th anniversary Thursday of the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle with a pledge to remember lost astronauts as it presses on toward Mars.
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Jan 28, 2016
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SpaceX landing a 'feat' but not yet a game-changer, expert says
A day after SpaceX pulled off an upright landing of its powerful Falcon 9 rocket, the head of France's space agency called it a "technological feat" but warned of more work ahead.
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Dec 22, 2015
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SpaceX aims for historic rocket launch, landing (Update)
SpaceX aims to make history Monday by landing its most powerful Falcon 9 rocket in an upright position after launch, a key step toward making rockets as reusable as airplanes.
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Dec 21, 2015
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UK astronaut Tim Peake puts space back on agenda in Britain
Britain has decided to boldly go where others have gone before.
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Dec 15, 2015
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NASA calls on SpaceX to send astronauts to ISS
SpaceX received orders Friday from the US space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station in the coming years, helping restore US access to space, NASA said.
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Nov 20, 2015
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Story Time from Space: Astronauts getting new picture books
Once upon a time, when NASA's shuttles were still flying, an astronaut read a children's story from space.
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Oct 26, 2015
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Journaling: Astronauts chronicle missions
LOG ENTRY: SOL 25—Remember those old math questions you had in Algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving at a different rate and you need to figure out when it'll be empty? Well, that ...
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Oct 20, 2015
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