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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: cosmonauts

cosmonauts stories: 2 news summaries
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 'It's In, Thank God':
 Astronauts Finish Risky Chore 

Pair must retrieve explosive bolt from Soyuz craft

Jul 10, 08 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Russian astronauts successfully removed an apparently defective bolt from their Soyuz spacecraft during a risky spacewalk today, the Houston Chronicle reports. The bolt itself packed the punch of an explosive firecracker, so the astronauts had to disconnect it, then stuff it into a steel case. "It's in, thank... More »

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Russia • astronauts • International Space Station • spacewalk • cosmonauts • Soyuz

Astronauts Will Have to Hitch Rides With
the Russians

NASA will soon have
no way to get to ISS

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... More »

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Russia • NASA • astronauts • space shuttle • International Space Station • space travel • Russian Space Agency • cosmonauts

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