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Astronaut
hideAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. While generally reserved for professional space travelers, the term is sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists.
Until 2003, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military, or by civilian space agencies. However, with the sub-orbital flight of the privately-funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut.
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News tagged with astronauts
Space Robot Can Autonomously Reconfigure Itself
Jun 15, 2009 |
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A robot designed to work in space should ideally be a Jack of all trades, with the ability to perform a wide variety of tasks by itself. By having one robot that can handle many jobs, astronauts can cut down ...
Astronauts surprised by holiday turkey dinners
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Nov 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts thought they were going to give thanks with pantry leftovers Thursday as their mission drew to a close, but found turkey dinners awaiting them.
Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk
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Nov 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.
Astronauts to taste 'space sushi'
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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US astronaut Timothy Creamer said on Thursday he was impatient to taste "space sushi" courtesy of his Japanese crewmate after they arrive on the International Space Station (ISS) later this month.
Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk (Update)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore.
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...
Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth
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Nov 27, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Beyond Apollo: Moon Tech Takes a Giant Leap
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Apr 09, 2009 |
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The flight computer onboard the Lunar Excursion Module, which landed on the Moon during the Apollo program, had a whopping 4 kilobytes of RAM and a 74 KB "hard drive." In places, the craft's outer skin was ...
Stuck bolt, dead battery bedevil Hubble repairs
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May 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Spacewalkers' specially designed tools couldn't dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope, so they took an approach more familiar to people puttering around ...
Astro-bat feared dead after shuttle launch
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Mar 18, 2009 |
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The seven astronauts onboard the space shuttle Discovery had an unexpected companion during their liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center earlier this week, the US space agency said.
Space station's new solar wings open easily (Update 2)
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Mar 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Astronauts successfully unfurled the newly installed solar wings at the international space station Friday, a nerve-racking procedure that went exceedingly well and brought the orbiting outpost to ...
Thanksgiving last full day in space for shuttle
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Nov 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts will spend Thanksgiving checking their ship for the ride home.
Shuttle, station crews seal hatches for departure
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Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- After nearly a week together, the crews of shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between them.
Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home
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Nov 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Atlantis and its seven astronauts have left the International Space Station.
Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag
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Nov 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station.
