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How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors
Grunsfeld, a former NASA astronaut who has served as both the agency's chief scientist and science division leader, helped ...
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A Gold Watch That Belonged to Astronaut Neil Armstrong Sold for $2.1 Million at Auction
Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when he became the first person to walk on the moon. Not long after he returned ...
The Debate Over Whether Katy Perry Is an Astronaut Rages On
The drama swirling around the all-female Blue Origin flight continues to be a spectacle of infotainment nonsense.
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Apollo 13 astronaut, MS State alum Ed Smylie passes away
A Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 mission died on Monday. Robert ‘Ed’ Smylie was born in ...
NASA’s Oldest Active Astronaut Lands with his Crewmates on 70th Birthday
The Oldest and veteran astronaut reached home with two russian cosmonauts on April 20 after working for seven months after his landing.
How Astronaut Kellie Gerardi Navigates IVF And Secondary Infertility While Training For Her Next Space Mission
The very first thing astronaut Kellie Gerardi did when she touched back down to Earth after her first spaceflight in November ...
What qualifies someone as an astronaut? Did Katy Perry go to space?
She tried going to space in 2011 and has been fascinated with astronomy and everything extraterrestrial for years. But is ...
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Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)
Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his 70th birthday.
After Blue Origin's New Shepard flight, the question arose: what makes one an 'astronaut?'
After Blue Origin's latest New Shepard launch that featured an all-women celebrity crew, many are wondering, are they now ...
Secretary of transportation to the Blue Origin all-female crew: ‘You cannot identify as an astronaut’
FAA guidelines say the six women did not meet mission-critical standards that qualify a person as an astronaut.
‘Exhilarating, inspirational:’ Former NASA astronaut’s Science Blast returns for 13th year
Former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández’s 2025 Science Blast STEAAM Initiative: "A Million Miles Away," returned to ...
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Hong Kong’s First Astronaut Set for Launch as Early as 2026
China's fourth batch of astronauts for the Shenzhou space missions will include astronauts from Hong Kong, Macau, and ...