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by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States – American astronaut Peggy Whitson made history when she floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday, breaking the record for the most spacewalks by a woman. Whitson, 57, is making her eighth career spacewalk, surpassing the record of seven previously held by American Suni Williams. The spacewalk formally began at 7:29 am (1129 GMT) when Whitson and her NASA colleague Shane Kimbrough switched their spacesuits to […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The US space agency said Friday it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth’s neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) was scheduled for 2018 and was expected to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, was the last survivor among the group of astronauts known as the “Mercury 7,” who led the pioneering first American space program in 1959. The legendary astronaut and veteran of two wars went on to become a symbol of the space age, as well as serving two decades as a US senator. Here are some of his most memorable quotes: – “Zero […]
by Tim Clary COLUMBUS, United States (AFP) — John Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into space, died Thursday at the age of 95. The US space agency NASA was among the first to pay tribute to the legendary astronaut who went on to serve in the Senate for more than two decades, calling him “a true American hero.” “Godspeed, John […]
IN SPACE (Reuters)– Though they may be more than 200 miles away from earth and far away from family this holiday, that wasn’t going to stop astronauts aboard the International Space Station from enjoying a ‘spacegiving feast’ of rehydrated foods with all the fixings. NASA published a photo of their meal, which included rehydrated turkey, stuffing, potatoes and vegetables. It also included a cherry blueberry cobbler for dessert, NASA Commander Shane Kimbrough said in a […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China launched two astronauts into space Monday, official media said, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station. The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off early in the morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, the official Xinhua news agency reported. It will take astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong two days to reach the Tiangong-2 space lab, or […]
British astronaut Tim Peake to join runners for the weekend London Marathon, completing the grueling race on a treadmill on board the International Space Station.
(Reuters) – NASA will partner with Boeing and SpaceX to build commercially owned and operated “space taxis” to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, ending U.S. dependence on Russia for rides, officials said on Tuesday. The U.S. space agency also considered a bid by privately owned Sierra Nevada Corp, but opted to award long-time aerospace contractor Boeing and California’s SpaceX with contracts valued at a combined $6.8 billion to develop, certify and fly their seven-person capsules. Boeing was awarded $4.2 […]
