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Astronauts bid emotional farewell to space station crew

  (Reuters) – The International Space Station’s latest expedition officially began on Friday (June 2) after Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency left the space station for earth. The two flight crew members, embarking on Expedition 52 having arrived on Expedition 51, bade an emotional goodbye as National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut and Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson hugged them before the closing of the hatch that […]

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‘Life’ finds alien terror within confines of space

Reuters — A deadly Martian creature hunts astronauts within the close, claustrophobic confines of a space ship in new thriller “Life,” which is an exploration into mankind’s hubris in its search for extraterrestrial life. “Life,” out in theaters on Friday, follows the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as they discover and nurture a living organism from Mars. As the alien life form, initially a cute little blob named Calvin, quickly grows and becomes […]

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Three astronauts blast off for ISS in upgraded Soyuz craft

by Vasily MAXIMOV BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Three astronauts blasted off into the early morning sky in an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome Thursday, heading towards the International Space Station. First-time astronauts Kathleen Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japanese space agency set off for a four-month mission at the ISS with Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin at around 0136 GMT. “All is well on board!” said mission control in comments relayed […]

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Astronauts get first look inside space station’s new inflatable module

Reuters — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Monday (June 6) floated inside an experimental inflatable module that will test a less expensive and potentially safer option for housing crews during long stays in space, NASA said. Station flight engineers Jeff Williams and Oleg Skripochka opened the hatch to the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, at 4:47 a.m. EDT (0847 GMT) on Monday. Designed and built by privately-owned Bigelow Aerospace, BEAM is the […]

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Zuckerberg streams live chat with men in space

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey Wednesday, with a live-streamed chat with astronauts on the International Space Station. In a Facebook Live video broadcast shown at the NASA page of the social network, Zuckerberg praised the work going on at the station and launched a few questions, some submitted to him online. Zuckerberg effused that while Facebook’s mission has long been to […]

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A successful launch sends three astronauts to the International Space Station

JULY 23 (Reuters) — Despite three failed space rocket launches in the past few months, the next crew scheduled to depart for the International Space Station on Tuesday (July 21) said they’re “ready to go”. “We’re very confident in the rocket at this point. We’re very eager to fly,” said American NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. “I think from a crew standpoint, the extra two months have given us time for some refresher training and the […]

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