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astronauts stories: 118 news summaries

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Astronauts Will Skip Shuttle Fix

NASA decides gash won't be a hazard during re-entry

Aug 17, 07 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - NASA has decided against a risky spacewalk repair job on the gouged heat shield of the space shuttle Endeavour, AP reports. Engineers concluded that a gash in the tiled underside of the spacecraft will not be a hazard during re-entry. Attempting a repair could risk causing more damage and could... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • astronauts • space shuttle • Endeavour • Challenger • repair • spacewalk • heat shield • robotic arm • tile • Alvin Drew

Space Crew May Try Risky Fix

NASA weighs methods to repair gash in shuttle heat shield

Aug 14, 07 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronauts on board the space shuttle Endeavour will likely attempt a spacewalk to fix a gouge in the craft's heat shield cause by debris that slammed into it during takeoff, USA Today reports. The debris carved a cavity more than three inches long and an inch deep on the tiled... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • astronauts • space shuttle • Endeavour • repair • heat shield

Astronauts Look at Endeavour's Tummy Trouble

NASA examines gouge as flying foam invokes memories of Columbia

Aug 12, 07 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Endeavor’s crew gave NASA a better look at a wound on the space shuttle’s belly today, CNN reports. Astronauts used a robotic arm to photograph the three-inch gouge on the shuttle’s heat shield, a ding caused by a flying piece of foam during liftoff. NASA hopes the... More »

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NASA • Columbia University • space • astronauts • International Space Station • Barbara Morgan • Endeavor • foam • Charles Hobaugh • Tracy Caldwell

NASA Eyes Endeavor Damage

Engineers say ice chunk hit shuttle's underbelly, could endanger re-entry

Aug 11, 07 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Endeavour's astronauts finished their first spacewalk today by installing a 2-ton beam on the back of the international space station, the AP reports. Meanwhile NASA engineers inspected troubling images of a gash in shuttle Endeavour’s heat shield caused, they believe, by an ice chunk that flew off the fuel... More »

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NASA • space exploration • space • astronauts • space shuttle • International Space Station • Endeavour • space travel • spacewalk • heat shield

Shuttle Docks With Space Station

Endeavour checked for foam damage, mission control not worried

Aug 10, 07 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station today after executing an orbital flip to allow the exterior of the craft to be photographed and examined for any damage sustained during liftoff. Three foam chunks detached from the shuttle during launch, and although some damage remains possible, mission managers say... More »

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space • astronauts • space shuttle • International Space Station • Barbara Morgan • Endeavour

Most Dangerous Science Jobs

Forget toiling in a lab coat—only mad scientists need apply

Aug 10, 07 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Science isn't just lab rats and microscopes—how does flying into hurricanes grab you? The most hazardous occupations for you biology, chemistry, and physics nerds:
  1. Astronaut: 24 US deaths since 1961.
  2. Biosafety lab researcher: Handle earth's deadliest diseases.
  3. Hurricane hunter: Fly into tempests to gauge pressure and
... More »

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disease • science • list • astronauts • monkey • dangerous jobs

NASA Admits Sabotage, Drunk Astronauts

Agency says hard stuff not right stuff, vows
to launch action

Jul 27, 07 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - NASA promised immediate action today on embarrassing reports of an intentionally damaged computer and inebriated astronauts. An administrator said an internal safety review, staff briefing on new policy, and official 12-hour pre-flight ban on alcohol would follow an independent panel’s finding of “heavy” alcohol use by astronauts before... More »

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NASA • alcohol • Lisa Nowak • space • astronauts • Shana Dale • International Space Station

Astronauts Drunk on the Job: Panel

Space travelers' IDs,
fates still up in the air

Jul 26, 07 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - NASA astronauts were permitted to fly while intoxicated on at least two occasions, an independent review has found. A aerospace trade journal published the findings on its website, revealing that astronauts engaged in "heavy use of alcohol" within the prohibited 12-hour "bottle to throttle" time before launch. More »

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NASA • alcohol • aerospace • astronauts • space flight

MIT Slims Down the Space Suit

BioSuit is astronauts' sexy new get-up

Jul 24, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - When NASA astronauts are suited up for space heroics they're more Marshmallow Man than Spider-Man, but that could change with a sleek new space suit designed by MIT aeronautics professor Dava Newman. The revolutionary BioSuit is lightweight and form-fitting, allowing physical feats not possible in the current bulky gear. More »

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NASA • fashion • space • astronauts

Astronaut Takes Out the Trash, Into Space

Discarded equipment expected to burn up
in Earth's atmosphere

Jul 23, 07 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A NASA astronaut hurled two large pieces of space junk—a 1,400-pound reservoir filled with ammonia and a 212-pound piece of video equipment—off the International Space Station and into the Earth's orbit today. NASA does not approve of space littering, Reuters reports, but the agency had no other... More »

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NASA • space • ocean • garbage • astronauts • space shuttle • atmosphere • International Space Station

Lawyer Blasts 'Astronaut Diaper' Report

Attorney says media's overinflated tale doesn't hold water

Jun 29, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most attention-getting detail to emerge from the astronaut love triangle story is also the "biggest lie," Lisa Nowak's lawyer said today. The ex-astronaut did not drive from Houston to Orlando wearing a diaper, and that information, which originally appeared in the police report about the incident that... More »

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Lisa Nowak • kidnapping • astronauts • trial • court • diaper

Atlantis Detours, Lands in Calif.

Space shuttle, 7 astronauts return after Fla. weather forces change of plans

Jun 22, 07 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Atlantis space shuttle landed in California this afternoon, touching down at Edwards Air Force Base after weather forced a 1-day delay and a detour from Florida. The craft's signature twin sonic booms reverberated from San Diego to Los Angeles before the shuttle glided to a stop in the Mojave... More »

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NASA • Sunita Williams • astronauts • space shuttle • Edwards AFB • International Space Station • Atlantis Space Shuttle

Europe Seeks Mars Test Volunteers

Wanted: 12 people to live in a mock-up 'spacecraft' for 500 days

Jun 20, 07 5:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European Space Agency is recruiting 12 volunteers to spend 17 months living and working in a series of interconnected modules that simulate an inter-planetary mission to Mars. The 'spaceship' is 19,250 cubic feet and is located at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow. More »

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Russia • space exploration • Mars • European Space Agency • space • astronauts

Atlantis Heads Home

13-day mission concludes; rain may delay landing in Florida

Jun 19, 07 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station today and set out on the final leg of its 13-day mission. The seven astronauts' final preparations for landing included making sure the craft's heat shield was ready to re-enter the atmosphere before landing Thursday—or later if the weather doesn't... More »

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Russia • space • Sunita Williams • astronauts • space shuttle • Earth • Kennedy Space Center • International Space Station • Atlantis Space Shuttle

Shuttle Docks at Space Station

Jun 11, 07 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Atlantis docked with the international space station today, bringing with it a segment to be added to the station and the newest member of its crew. The arrival was marred by concern about a piece of thermal blanket on the shuttle that peeled back during launch;  ground control... More »

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NASA • space • Sunita Williams • astronauts • Clayton Anderson • International Space Station • Atlantis Space Shuttle

Astronaut
Wally Schirra Dies at 84

Schirra the third American to orbit the earth, the fifth in space

May 3, 07 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Astronaut Wally Schirra, a reporter once said, geared up for space flight with "the ease of preparing for a family picnic." The third American to orbit the earth and the fifth ever to fly into space, Shirra died today. He was 84. More »

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NASA • space exploration • obituary • astronauts • death • Wally Schirra • Apollo

Final Frontier Tests Terra Firma Ethics

NASA ponders death, sex during long
space voyages

May 1, 07 7:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - As NASA plans a three-year manned mission to Mars during the next three decades, Oregon Trail ethics are being updated. What do you do with bodies of pioneers who don't make it? A new document on crew health from the space agency deals with death and interment where no man... More »

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ethics • NASA • space exploration • Mars • space • astronauts • safety • cosmonaut

NASA Dumps Deranged Astronaut

Nowak will be
sent back to
the Navy

Mar 8, 07 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Love-lorn Lisa Nowak made history again Wednesday, when she became the first astronaut ever to get a pink slip from NASA. The space agency remanded her to the U.S. Navy, for whom she was officially on assignment at NASA. More »

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NASA • Lisa Nowak • Astronaut love triangle • astronauts • felony • Discovery space shuttle

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