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Craft carrying circus tycoon reaches space station
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft docked Friday at the International Space Station to drop off Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte - dubbed the first clown in space - along with an American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut.
Canada's Cirque du Soleil chief heads for the stars
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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Guy Laliberte, the larger-than-life Canadian entrepreneur behind the Cirque du Soleil phenomenon, announced Thursday he would fulfil a childhood dream by becoming the seventh space tourist.
Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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(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.
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Space station gets new research module
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.
Rocket with new module for space station blasts off
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.
Russia: no space for space tourists
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Nov 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.
Expert: Satellite collision shows need for more regulation of 'space debris'
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Last week's collision between U.S. and Russian space satellites has prompted questions over who is at fault while highlighting the need for stronger international regulation of space debris, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...
Russian cargo ship blasts off for International Space Station
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Jul 24, 2009 |
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A Russian cargo ship blasted off Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan on a mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's space agency said.
Hurricane Ike's impact felt at International Space Station
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Sep 12, 2008 |
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Hurricane Ike has delayed the scheduled Friday arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship at the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth.
Russian Satellite Failure Caused By Space Garbage
Apr 19, 2006 |
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The cause of the March 29 failure of the Russian Ekspress AM11 communications satellite has been confirmed as a collision with space trash, a Russian official told the state Novosti new agency Monday.
Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...
Korean cosmonaut shares culture in space
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Apr 14, 2008 |
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak talked to his country's first astronaut Saturday as she orbited the Earth in the International Space Station.
50 snails shot into space
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May 13, 2007 |
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An unmanned spacecraft carrying 2.5 tons of supplies and 50 snails headed to the International Space Station Saturday after being launched from Kazakhstan.
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