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Kalpana Chawla's Death Weighed On NASA In Sunita Williams Decision
The death of Indian-origin American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others on February 1, 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia broke up and burnt as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere played heavily in the minds of NASA officials.
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Boeing's Uncrewed Starliner Capsule Could Return After Sep 6, Says NASA
NASA will proceed with the undocking of the uncrewed Boeing Starliner capsule not before Sept. 6, the space agency said on Thursday after concluding a review.
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If Someone Dies In Space, What Happens To The Body? NASA Protocol Says...
There's no question that sending human beings to space is an extraordinarily difficult and perilous proposition.
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Space Travel Messes With the Human Brain, Reveals New NASA-Funded Study
Space can be an unfriendly place for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology, from head to toe — head, of course, being a primary concern. A new NASA-funded study provides a deeper understanding of the issue. Researchers said on Thursday that astronauts who traveled on the International Space S...
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Retired NASA Satellite Falls Back To Earth After 38 Years In Space
A defunct NASA satellite has fallen back to Earth after nearly four decades in space. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was launched in 1984 aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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Debris Of NASA Shuttle That Crashed 37 Years Ago Found At Bottom Of Atlantic
The spacecraft crashed 73 seconds after lift-off due to a serious malfunction.
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NASA, SpaceX to Explore Methods to Boost Hubble Telescope Orbit to Extend Lifespan
NASA on Thursday announced that it had reached an agreement with SpaceX to study the feasibility of boosting the Hubble Space Telescope to a higher orbit in order to extend the lifespan of one of Earth's most valuable instruments in scientific history. The Hubble Space Telescope has no on-board propulsion to counter the small but still present atmo...
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NASA Shares Photos of Final Mission Launch of Its Space Shuttle Programme From a Decade Ago
NASA shared images of a mission from a decade ago on its Twitter and Instagram handles. It was on this day back in 2011 that space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Check out the photos here.
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Joe Biden Nominates Former Democratic Senator Bill Nelson As NASA Chief
The White House announced Friday that US President Joe Biden was tapping Bill Nelson, a former Democratic senator for Florida who once flew on a Space Shuttle and helped craft key space legislation as his NASA chief.
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A Tesla Model X Transported SpaceX Astronauts To The Shuttle On Launch Day
The Tesla Model X is the flagship SUV from Elon Musk's electric car company, and it recently became the transport van for the SpaceX astronauts that recently made their way up to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket. It was for the first time that NASA was sending its astronauts - Robert Behnken and Douglas Hu...
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NASA Astronauts Behnken, Hurley Head for ISS on Historic SpaceX Flight
Two veteran NASA astronauts were headed for the International Space Station on Saturday after Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit, ushering in a new era in space travel.
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SpaceX, NASA to Try Again for Landmark Launch of 2 Astronauts From US Soil
Elon Musk's private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from US soil in nine years.
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Musk's SpaceX Set for Debut Astronaut Mission, Renewing NASA's Crewed Launch Program
California-based SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken and its Falcon 9 rocket is due to lift off at 4:33 pm EDT on Wednesday (02:03 am IST on Thursday) from the same launch pad used by NASA's last space shuttle mission in 2011.
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NASA Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Capsule, Ready For "Messy Space Ride"
The first US astronauts chosen to fly aboard a SpaceX capsule built for NASA shrugged off a spate of design and test mishaps, saying such setbacks were "part of the process" and the new technology was far more advanced than the space shuttle program that ended eight years ago.
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NASA to Continue Flying Astronauts on Russian Soyuz: Report
Schierholz added that having Russian and US vehicles flying simultaneously will provide "redundancy in crew transportation" to the ISS.
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Kalpana Chawla's Death Weighed On NASA In Sunita Williams Decision
The death of Indian-origin American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others on February 1, 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia broke up and burnt as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere played heavily in the minds of NASA officials.
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Boeing's Uncrewed Starliner Capsule Could Return After Sep 6, Says NASA
NASA will proceed with the undocking of the uncrewed Boeing Starliner capsule not before Sept. 6, the space agency said on Thursday after concluding a review.
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If Someone Dies In Space, What Happens To The Body? NASA Protocol Says...
There's no question that sending human beings to space is an extraordinarily difficult and perilous proposition.
-
Space Travel Messes With the Human Brain, Reveals New NASA-Funded Study
Space can be an unfriendly place for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology, from head to toe — head, of course, being a primary concern. A new NASA-funded study provides a deeper understanding of the issue. Researchers said on Thursday that astronauts who traveled on the International Space S...
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Retired NASA Satellite Falls Back To Earth After 38 Years In Space
A defunct NASA satellite has fallen back to Earth after nearly four decades in space. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was launched in 1984 aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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Debris Of NASA Shuttle That Crashed 37 Years Ago Found At Bottom Of Atlantic
The spacecraft crashed 73 seconds after lift-off due to a serious malfunction.
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NASA, SpaceX to Explore Methods to Boost Hubble Telescope Orbit to Extend Lifespan
NASA on Thursday announced that it had reached an agreement with SpaceX to study the feasibility of boosting the Hubble Space Telescope to a higher orbit in order to extend the lifespan of one of Earth's most valuable instruments in scientific history. The Hubble Space Telescope has no on-board propulsion to counter the small but still present atmo...
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NASA Shares Photos of Final Mission Launch of Its Space Shuttle Programme From a Decade Ago
NASA shared images of a mission from a decade ago on its Twitter and Instagram handles. It was on this day back in 2011 that space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Check out the photos here.
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Joe Biden Nominates Former Democratic Senator Bill Nelson As NASA Chief
The White House announced Friday that US President Joe Biden was tapping Bill Nelson, a former Democratic senator for Florida who once flew on a Space Shuttle and helped craft key space legislation as his NASA chief.
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A Tesla Model X Transported SpaceX Astronauts To The Shuttle On Launch Day
The Tesla Model X is the flagship SUV from Elon Musk's electric car company, and it recently became the transport van for the SpaceX astronauts that recently made their way up to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket. It was for the first time that NASA was sending its astronauts - Robert Behnken and Douglas Hu...
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NASA Astronauts Behnken, Hurley Head for ISS on Historic SpaceX Flight
Two veteran NASA astronauts were headed for the International Space Station on Saturday after Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit, ushering in a new era in space travel.
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SpaceX, NASA to Try Again for Landmark Launch of 2 Astronauts From US Soil
Elon Musk's private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from US soil in nine years.
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Musk's SpaceX Set for Debut Astronaut Mission, Renewing NASA's Crewed Launch Program
California-based SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken and its Falcon 9 rocket is due to lift off at 4:33 pm EDT on Wednesday (02:03 am IST on Thursday) from the same launch pad used by NASA's last space shuttle mission in 2011.
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NASA Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Capsule, Ready For "Messy Space Ride"
The first US astronauts chosen to fly aboard a SpaceX capsule built for NASA shrugged off a spate of design and test mishaps, saying such setbacks were "part of the process" and the new technology was far more advanced than the space shuttle program that ended eight years ago.
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NASA to Continue Flying Astronauts on Russian Soyuz: Report
Schierholz added that having Russian and US vehicles flying simultaneously will provide "redundancy in crew transportation" to the ISS.
