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377 Days
Published on 20 Apr 2008 at 10:16 am.
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Yesterday, when the TMA-11 Soyuz touched down in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson was aboard. She was returning to Earth after having spend 192 days in space, all but about two of which was on the International Space Station. She was just finishing serving as the commander of the ISS Expedition 16 mission. Now, […]
Space Tourist Richard Garriott
Published on 7 Apr 2008 at 10:15 pm.
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In October Richard Garriott, a wealthy computer game developer, is paying to fly to the International Space Station. He is the latest in a fairly short list of space tourists. Of course, the list can’t be too big. After all, it is costing him $30 million to fly to the ISS. Not […]
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Bassett and See
Published on 28 Feb 2008 at 3:50 pm.
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The United States, and the world, was shocked on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed in a launch accident, claiming the lives of seven astronauts. NASA losing astronauts on a mission was a new thing. Another seven astronauts lost their lives when the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 […]
Educator Astronauts
Published on 5 Nov 2007 at 2:42 pm.
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In 2003, NASA created a new category of astronaut: the Mission Specialist-Educator. These were to be K-12 teachers who were trained as astronauts. Three were selected for the Astronaut Candidate Class of 2004. They were Joe Acaba, Ricky Arnold, and Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger. Earlier today, I read on Spaceports that two […]
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (Mar. 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007)
Published on 3 May 2007 at 4:43 pm.
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Wally Schirra was among the first seven American astronauts selected for Project Mercury. Schirra was a naval aviator, flying combat missions in the Korean War, where he shot down at least one (and possibly two) MIG-15s. After the war, he served as a test pilot and flight instructor. Schirra was selected to […]
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Spaced Out?
Published on 6 Feb 2007 at 10:08 am.
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I know most of you have probably heard this on the news already, and I normally like to write about different things, but this is just too unusual to pass up. Lisa Nowak was apparently seeing a man, William Oefelein. But, she is married. So, right away you know that no good […]
