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 Tourist, Crew 
 Dock at Space Station 

Garriott will perform experiments, take photos from space

Space.com Space.com Oct 14, 08 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - American space tourist Richard Garriott arrived safely at the International Space Station today for a 10-day visit, Space.com reports. “I can fly!” Garriott told Russia’s command center, where former NASA astronaut and dad Owen watched his son become the first second-generation space-traveler. Also aboard the Soyuz craft was a replacement crew for current station residents, who haven’t had any visitors since June. More »

More about:  International Space Station • space • space tourism • Russian space program

Red Planet
of the Apes?

Russia auditions monkeys for
possible trip to Mars, drawing activists' ire

BBC BBC Apr 14, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first mammal on Mars may be a monkey. Russia is testing radiation and weightlessness effects on macaques for a possible trip to the red planet. Scientists also want to see how the animals react to isolation and the special diet the 520-day mission would require, reports the BBC. Twelve monkeys have been passengers on previous Soviet and Russian space flights. More »

More about:  Russia • Mars • monkey • Russian space program • macaque

 South Korea's 
 First Astronaut 
 Docks at ISS  

Nation paid $25M to shoot her to the space station

Space.com Space.com Apr 10, 08 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station today, and her country must be relieved—having paid $25 million to get her there, Space.com reports. The South Korean president called So-yeon Yi’s mission a “stepping stone” in that country’s fledgling space program; lacking ships of their own, they paid the Russians to take her on an 11-day spin. More »

More about:  NASA • International Space Station • South Korea • astronauts • satellite • Russian space program

Astronauts Will Have to Hitch Rides With
the Russians

NASA will soon have
no way to get to ISS

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 7, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - When NASA retires its fleet of space shuttles in 2010, the agency will have no way of sending men into space until 2015, at the earliest, the Washington Post reports. To carry astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station, largely funded by American taxpayers, the US will have to rely on the only other country that can send men into space: Russia. And we'll have to pay for the privilege. More »

More about:  Russia • NASA • International Space Station • astronauts • space shuttle • space travel • Russian space program • cosmonauts

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