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Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely (AP)

Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely

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created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.


Space station crew finally at full staff of six

Space station crew finally at full staff of six (w/Video)

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created May 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The crew of the International Space Station has increased to six for the first time today with the arrival of three new residents including ESA astronaut Frank De Winne with the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft.


White House orders review of NASA space plans

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(AP) -- The White House has ordered a complete outside review of NASA's manned space program, including plans to return astronauts to the moon.


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Obama administration to review NASA program, sources say

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created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6

In a major turnaround, the Obama administration intends this week to order a review of the spacecraft program that NASA had hoped would one day replace the space shuttle, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.


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Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'

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created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.


NASA Stardust Capsule To Go On Display At Smithsonian

NASA Stardust Capsule To Go On Display At Smithsonian

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created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Having returned the world's first particles from a comet, NASA's Stardust sample return capsule will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...


US astronaut Timothy Creamer (L), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (C), and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (R)

Astronauts to taste 'space sushi'

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Circus founder calls his trip to space a success (AP)

Circus founder calls his trip to space a success

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte on Tuesday called his 10-day space mission "a great success" because it drew attention to his efforts to guarantee access to clean water worldwide.


Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station (AP)

Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Canadian circus tycoon, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off in a spacecraft from the Kazakh steppe Wednesday on a journey to the International Space Station.


Air Force report: Ares I crew couldn't survive blast in first minute

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created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

The crew of NASA's newest spacecraft "will not survive" an explosion of the Ares I rocket within the first minute of launch because blazing chunks of solid-rocket fuel would melt the parachutes on the crew-escape system, ...


L-R: Astronauts Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko and Frank De Winne

New dinner table top priority as ISS expands

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six.


Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands (AP)

Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three including U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, officials said.


US space tourist's return put off by a day (AP)

US space tourist's return put off by a day

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A billionaire American space tourist in the middle of his second stay aboard the international space station will return to Earth a day later than originally planned, Russian space officials said ...


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Russian ship with tourist docks with space station

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created Mar 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying.


Russian ship with tourist docks with space station: reports

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created Mar 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as ...