The American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut about to embark on a one-year flight are similar in many ways: born in the 1960s, fathers of daughters, military backgrounds.
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2015
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An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut are moving into the International Space Station this week and staying for an entire year.
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2015
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Two men are about to spend a year at the orbiting International Space Station, in an experiment that will test the limits of the human body and mind.
Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2015
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Boris Morukov, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor who led an extraordinary experiment in which volunteers simulated a flight to Mars while never leaving a Moscow car park, has died at 64, his scientific institute said Friday.
Space Exploration
Jan 2, 2015
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US-Russian ties may have returned to Cold War levels, but an astronaut and a cosmonaut gearing up for the longest flight on the International Space Station said Thursday politics would not disrupt their work of helping a ...
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2014
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The Russian news agency ITAR-TASS is claiming that Russian officials have confirmed that Russian cosmonauts have found sea plankton on the outside of the International Space Station. The news agency reports that the cosmonauts ...
For those who have everything, how about a Soviet-era space capsule dating back to the 1970s, when it carried three cosmonauts into space?
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2014
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Remember those snorkels and pads astronauts used during the ammonia pump replacement on station this past December? The new measures went a long way to helping astronauts stay safe if another helmet water leak happens, but ...
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2014
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A Moscow regional court on Friday upheld a lawsuit filed by a prominent cosmonaut against the Russian space training center complaining about wages.
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2013
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The three crew of the International Space Station (ISS) who returned to Earth this week endured a hair-raising descent after their height sensors failed, a Russian cosmonaut revealed on Friday.
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2013
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