Cargo craft docks with space station
(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2009
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Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station
(AP) -- Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television and the Internet.
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2009
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Craft carrying circus tycoon reaches space station
(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft docked Friday at the International Space Station to drop off Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte - dubbed the first clown in space - along with an American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut.
Space Exploration
Oct 2, 2009
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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.
Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2009
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Circus performer's flight preview steals NASA show
(AP) -- A former stiltwalker and fire-eater stole NASA's show Thursday, saying he'll be "like a kid in a candy store" experimenting with zero-gravity tricks on his upcoming tourist trip to the international space station.
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2009
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Canada's Cirque du Soleil chief heads for the stars
Guy Laliberte, the larger-than-life Canadian entrepreneur behind the Cirque du Soleil phenomenon, announced Thursday he would fulfil a childhood dream by becoming the seventh space tourist.
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2009
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Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test
Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The innovative hybrid ...
Russia signs deal to ferry astronauts in 2012
(AP) -- The Russian space agency says it has signed a $306 million deal with NASA to ferry its astronauts to the international space station in 2012.
Space Exploration
May 29, 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.
Space Exploration
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.
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2009
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