Astronauts on new mission dismiss safety concerns after Soyuz accident
by Andrei BORODOULINE Agence France Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Astronauts of the first manned space mission since an unprecedented…
7 years ago
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UAE announces first astronauts to go to space
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The United Arab Emirates has selected its first two astronauts to go on a mission…
8 years ago
For first time in decades, astronaut quits NASA training
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- For the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training,…
8 years ago
Moonwalking astronaut-artist Alan Bean dies at 86
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon, has died, his…
8 years ago
Black NASA astronaut is replaced in sudden crew shuffle
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Jeanette Epps, 46, a former CIA agent turned astronaut, was about to become the first…
8 years ago
‘To boldly grow’: Japan astronaut worried by space growth spurt
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese astronaut has sparked hilarity back on Earth after he claimed to have grown nine…
8 years ago
McCandless, first astronaut to fly untethered, dies at age 80
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft…
8 years ago
US spacewalkers install ‘new eyes’ at space station
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Two US astronauts installed a high-definition video camera at the International Space Station Tuesday and…
9 years ago
Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission
by Kirill Kudryavtsev Agence France Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off for…
9 years ago
Featured video: NASA video shows how astronauts see Earth’s light show from space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArHwh3xkEa8 NASA has released a video showing how light shows like these can be seen by astronauts gazing back down…
9 years ago
“Better you than me,” Trump tells record-breaking astronaut
by Jean-Louis Santini / with Kerry Sheridan in Miami Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- United States President Donald…
9 years ago
ISS astronauts prepare to return to Earth
TEXAS, United States (Reuters) -- Outgoing International Space Station (ISS) commander Shane Kimbrough along with Russian crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and…
9 years ago
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