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Astronaut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Astronauts are also required to accumulate a number of flight hours in high-performance jet aircraft. This is mostly done in T-38 jet aircraft out of Ellington Field, due ...

NASA - Astronaut Biographies
Official NASA biographies of current astronauts, former astronauts, astronaut candidates, and payload specialists.

Astronaut Information - NASA - Home
Astronaut Information on the NASA Web. NASA Astronauts; Biographical Data. Astronaut Biographies Home Page. Astronauts; Astronaut Candidate Class ...

NASA - NASA-Astronauts
Astronaut Journals. Space missions and spaceflight training often inspire astronauts to write about their experiences. Here is a collection of letters, reports and ...

List of astronauts by name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people trained by a manned spaceflight program to command, fly as a pilot, or serve as a crew member of a manned spacecraft.

StarChild: Astronauts - NASA - Home
Every two years, NASA must make the difficult decision of selecting new members of the astronaut corps. From thousands of applications that are sent in from all over ...

Astronauts - Universe Today — Space and astronomy news
Astronauts, which are also known as cosmonauts, are trained to serve in space on spacecraft. The term is also often used for scientists and others who travel in space ...

Astronauts' tracks, trash seen in new moon photos - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: A spacecraft circling the moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and trash left behind by Apollo astronauts in their visits from ...

Time in Space May Alter Astronauts' Genes | Wired Science | Wired.com
Spending long periods at low gravity may alter genes, suggests a new experiment involving a magnet-powered trick used on Earth to simulate weightlessness ...

Reference Pages | Space.com - Space, NASA Information & News ...
Collection of all reference pages. ... Vesta Asteroid, Second Largest In The Asteroid Belt, Formation And Facts

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CBC.ca

6300 wannabe astronauts flood NASA inbox
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By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author NASA has received the second-highest number of astronaut applications ever for the 21st astronaut class when more than 6300 people signed up to be space invaders. NASA astronaut Mike Fossum in spacewalk ...
Record response to call for new astronautsUPI.com
6300 astronaut hopefuls apply to NASACBC.ca
Recession leads to flood of new NASA astronauts applicantsThe State Column
Christian Science Monitor -Nextgov -Space Ref (press release)
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msnbc.com

South Bend-born astronaut Voss dies at age 55
South Bend Tribune
Astronaut Janice E. Voss, 55, a veteran of five space flights, died Monday of breast cancer in Scottsdale, Ariz., where she was receiving treatment. Voss was born Oct. 8, 1956, in South Bend, although she moved away as a young child and considered ...
Purdue Astronaut Remembered As Space Program ChampionWRTV Indianapolis
Astronaut and Purdue alumna diesPurdue Exponent

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Fox News

Astronaut dream lives on despite cash woes and crashes
New Scientist
Would-be US astronauts seem as keen as ever to make it into space. The agency reports that 6372 people applied to join its astronaut corps in response to the latest call. That's twice as many as usual and the highest number since 1978 – three years ...
Mock astronauts wanted for mission to Mars ... in HawaiiFox News

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RedOrbit

Satcoms Help Astronauts Communicate From The Space Station
RedOrbit
Seeing ESA astronaut André Kuipers on the International Space Station is a regular occurrence these days. You turn on your TV or check Twitter and there he is. Since there are no cables trailing from the Station to Earth, just how does this happen?

Christian Science Monitor

Could Russia leave US astronauts stranded in space?
Christian Science Monitor
A leaky Soyuz descent capsule means that astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have to wait another six weeks before returning home. And private resupply missions are not ready for prime time. By Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com / February 6 ...
Private spacecraft move forward as Soyuz strugglesNew Scientist
Russian setbacks stress NASA's need for private spaceshipsmsnbc.com
Commercial space missions promise and complicationsExaminer.com
Florida Today -USA TODAY -RedOrbit
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Fox News

Wanted: Mock Astronauts for Mission to Mars ... in Hawaii
LiveScience.com
If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars … well, sort of. Scientists at Cornell University studying how best to feed Mars-bound astronauts during their long space ...
Mock Mars mission to study food preferenceUPI.com

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PhysOrg.com

Augmented reality promises astronauts instant medical knowhow
PhysOrg.com
Credits: ESA/Space Applications Service NV A new augmented reality unit developed by ESA can provide just-in-time medical expertise to astronauts. All they need to do is put on a head-mounted display for 3D guidance in diagnosing problems or even ...
Augmented Reality Will Help Future Astronauts Perform Surgery on Each OtherPopular Science
Augmented reality headset turns astronauts into doctorsWired.co.uk
Virtual display could diagnose illness in spaceUPI.com
International Business Times
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The Sky Guy: Mercury rose to challenge
Florida Times-Union
20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn climbs into his Friendship 7 space capsule atop an Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, ready for the flight that made him the first American to orbit Earth. On Feb. 20, 1962, a Mercury Atlas rocket launches Friendship 7.

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Globe and Mail

Record-Setting Female Astronaut Shannon Lucid Leaving NASA
Space.com
NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, the only American woman to live aboard the Russian Mir space station, and a member of NASA's first astronaut class to include women, has retired after a long and outstanding career at the agency. Lucid's time at NASA spans ...
NASA Receives Second Highest Number of Astronaut ApplicationsMarketWatch (press release)
NASA: More space station delays as Russian vehicle fails ground testWashington Post
Damaged Russian spacecraft forces space station crew delaymsnbc.com
Globe and Mail
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Astronauts to photograph northern lights
CBC.ca
Starting Thursday, two astronauts aboard the International Space Station will photograph the aurora borealis and beam the images back to Earth as part of the AuroraMAX project. AuroraMAX is a public engagement initiative by the University of Calgary, ...

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