News tagged with space travelers

NASA Heads up Mt. Everest

Apr 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Steve "Ark" Vander Ark takes a deep breath at the foot of the stairs in a lonely, dusky stairwell, then turns and heads up ten long flights of steps - for the eighth time. He'll repeat this ritual thrice more, ...

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Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 11, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 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.

Astronauts rest up after 3 spacewalks

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex are resting after their three successful spacewalks.

Astronauts get Sunday morning off after busy week

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting station-shuttle complex are finally getting a break.

ISS crew busy with fire alarm, other tasks

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 26, 2007 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Expedition 15 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station were kept busy Wednesday with a full schedule of work and an unscheduled fire drill.

Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 12, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (4) | 3

(AP) -- Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could even be the first state where space travelers ...

Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 20, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.

ISS crew stows items brought by Discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 30, 2006 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

International Space Station residents spent the week processing more than two tons of materials left by the space shuttle Discovery, U.S. officials said.

Shuttle, station crews begin girder work

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station began their high-priority girder work Wednesday, a two-day job that will culminate with the installation of two new solar wings at ...

Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk (AP)

Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 2

(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.