The large viewing windows will provide the astronauts with a view of the Earth quite unlike any other. |
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One reason for crashing the landers was to provide signals for the seismometers the astronauts had placed on the surface to study moonquakes. |
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The most famous moon rocks are those collected by astronauts who walked on the Moon. |
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Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong put it there on July 21, 1969, about an hour before the end of their final moonwalk. |
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The members range from non-pilots to ultralight hobbyists to fighter pilots and astronauts. |
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I suppose that it's because there's this mystique and marvel surrounding astronauts and trips into space, you know? |
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There were also provisions for weekly unmonitored callsbetween the astronauts and their families. |
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The narration consists entirely of running commentary by the astronauts themselves, taken from over 80 hours of interviews. |
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In fact, Russian astronauts use rhodiola to help with mental fatigue and stress during space flight. |
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Inside the tank, NASA scientists are able to simulate the zero-gravity conditions that astronauts experience during space flight. |
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The astronauts and ground personnel in this space opera provide levelheaded, creative leadership during a harrowing crisis. |
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The rocket was later modified to boost two astronauts in Gemini capsules into orbit during the space race. |
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Pilot astronauts have primary responsibility for guiding the space shuttle safely to and from orbit. |
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The Russians had the space station Mir in orbit and American astronauts were on board for lengthy visits. |
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Along with five other astronauts, he has been on a Nasa mission to continue construction on the international space station. |
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In particular, they point out that the bright white spacesuits worn by the astronauts could have reflected light into regions of shadow. |
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This technology also is useful for astronauts in spacesuits who need to control tools in space. |
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Several pieces of equipment had been damaged by the astronauts who were clumsy in their big spacesuits. |
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One of the big problems with space travel is the astronauts need protection against harmful radiation rays. |
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The new space vehicle will use a capsule similar to Apollo's and lander capable of carrying four astronauts to the moon's surface. |
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That's where astronauts practice extravehicular activities, more commonly known as spacewalks. |
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During these storms, astronauts are advised to reduce exposure, particularly during spacewalks. |
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Hadfield is currently one of nine Canadian astronauts and the first Canadian to perform a spacewalk. |
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In its second year of occupancy, astronauts and cosmonauts have conducted 16 spacewalks for maintenance and assembly of the Station. |
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As I write two astronauts are on a spacewalk, trying to fix the problem and check for any sign of further damage. |
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According to the original scheme, spacewalking astronauts would have replaced failing batteries, gyroscopes and fine-guidance sensors. |
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Amid the shots of astronauts and soccer players, the viewer suddenly notices an ethereal white light. |
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Significant shielding can be afforded to spacewalking astronauts by simply having them go back inside their shuttle or space station. |
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Apollo 17 was the last lunar flight, but spacewalking astronauts continued to perform important tasks in space. |
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Hubble is the first scientific mission of any kind that is specifically designed for routine servicing by spacewalking astronauts. |
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You probably realize that spirulina has been used by NASA for their astronauts and is currently being grown in at least 40 countries. |
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On the return trip, Verne's astronauts splash down in the ocean close to the place where the Apollo 11 crew actually did. |
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And maybe the astronauts on their way back to Earth would land in the field instead of splashing down into the sea like they were supposed to. |
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Astronomers, astronauts, and old-fashioned stargazers will be on hand to help them explore the romance of the night sky. |
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The shuttle era also witnessed the first untethered space walks by U.S. astronauts in orbit. |
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They were extensively photographed by lunar orbiters and Apollo astronauts. |
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Atlantis' astronauts were awakened shortly after 4 a.m. Central time today to begin their ninth day in space. |
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Those astronauts who died were explorers, pioneers and the last of the frontiersmen. |
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There's a constant background hum of machinery, the sound of switches being flicked and the astronauts around you going about their routines. |
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But on interplanetary missions, astronauts will experience this damaging radiation full force. |
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Sending astronauts up to fix the Hubble Space Telescope in Earth orbit was difficult enough. |
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The astronauts chemically fixed the moss cultures before each mission re-entered Earth's atmosphere. |
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Eventually, the astronauts re-establish communication having decided to continue on their Plutonian path. |
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Once beyond Earth's atmosphere, astronauts are exposed to ionizing radiation and microgravity. |
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In fact, American astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle have eaten irradiated beef, pork and smoked turkey. |
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The efforts of astronauts and cosmonauts since 1961 are just the beginning of this process. |
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Working closely with IMAX, 25 astronauts and cosmonauts were trained to use the high-tech equipment. |
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Three crews, made up of four American astronauts and five Russian cosmonauts, have called the space outpost home. |
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Reporters at participating NASA centers will have the first 13 minutes to question the astronauts and cosmonauts. |
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Today the crew of each launched spacecraft is composed of astronauts or cosmonauts drawn from these categories. |
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We've heard about astronauts drinking Tang and eating freeze-dried ice cream. |
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You know I was the first in space, not these astronauts, but I couldn't get the ideas over to the people. |
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The situation won't be nearly as dire if the astronauts manage to get their main oxygen generator working again. |
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During a space mission, astronauts and their spacecraft are exposed to temperature extremes on both ends of the scale. |
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Among the biggest concerns was whether the astronauts had duct tape, Smylie said. |
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The training allows astronauts to become familiar with the dynamics of body motion under weightless conditions. |
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After Shepard's flight, astronauts urged NASA to put a small explosive charge on the escape hatch to make it easier to exit the capsule. |
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To judge by the reactions of some astronauts, walking in space was an exhilarating experience. |
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We can picture exactly what he meant because we have now seen film of astronauts orbiting the Earth in spacecraft. |
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There is no shower on the space shuttle, and so astronauts use a damp sponge or washcloth and soaps that do not need to be rinsed off. |
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Background information on the astronauts filtered in, and your heart ached for the families of those who were lost. |
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Once in space, astronauts must adapt to microgravity, a nearly weightless environment. |
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So a few weeks ago, the two astronauts who live there tossed out some useless junk, like so many old hubcaps for the trash heap. |
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We see the other astronauts, already out for the count, in their sealed sleep bubbles. |
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Someday solar sails might be used to send astronauts to new worlds around other stars. |
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But the main purpose of this spacecraft will be to carry astronauts beyond our orbit to other worlds. |
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Rutan's spaceship may not yet be able to hoist loads into orbit, but it will give the ultimate ride to would-be astronauts. |
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Each one was part of a lunar landing mission during which two American astronauts landed a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. |
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The Lunar module itself, carrying four astronauts, will settle on the surface of the Moon much like the old Apollo landers. |
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The command ship accommodated three astronauts and the lunar lander only two. |
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And NASA named a day of remembrance to honor the astronauts killed in the Colombia, Challenger and the Apollo disaster. |
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A large image of the flag of the United States honours six American astronauts lost with the Columbia. |
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What ever the case, astronauts will not have the leisure to admire the view, 400 km above the Earth. |
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Nasa had provided forceps and astronauts had rigged up a makeshift hacksaw for Robinson to use if the gap-fillers proved difficult to remove. |
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We drop through what seems to be an eternal void, not five astronauts floating in space but five aquanauts in an expanse of emptiness. |
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Helping the scientists with their endeavor is a group of astronauts tooling around in their high-tech rocket ship, led by space-stud Katsuo. |
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As one of the astronauts described it, it's like being on a runaway freight train. |
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This is where astronauts are trained and the space shuttle program is managed. |
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This is an idea for a spacesuit that will allow astronauts to exercise while working in space. |
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American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts shook hands hundreds of miles above a burning Cambodia. |
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This is only a handful of some of the most notable men who helped to get American astronauts to the Moon. |
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When astronauts go into microgravity they lose their sense of place and have to rely on visual and auditory cues. |
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It will be the second time American astronauts return to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft. |
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For Earth will only be one point of light among many, and astronauts will truly be on their own. |
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It allowed American and Soviet astronauts to work together and to get to know each other. |
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The hostile environment of space poses a special challenge to the wellbeing of astronauts. |
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How much food do we need to have on the spacecraft for the astronauts to go to Mars? |
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Every orbit of the space shuttle treats the astronauts to stunning scenery. |
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The findings are not only important for the wellbeing of astronauts but for everybody. |
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It was also the first time that US astronauts had returned from space in a Soyuz spacecraft. |
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For the astronauts on board the Space Station there are no less than sixteen sunrises and sunsets each day. |
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During spaceflight astronauts lose muscle mass and function as a consequence of a lack of gravity. |
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In fact, one in five astronauts is a nice-but-dopey lug who yearns to see them Dodgers in the Brooklyn pinstripes again. |
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Do we have an option of giving any degree of privacy to this planet's astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts? |
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When astronauts leave Earth, many plans, procedures, and backup systems are in place for their comfort and survival. |
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Leaders in Beijing have ordered that the safety of astronauts be ensured first when launching a manned spacecraft, the newspaper said. |
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There is a joke the Serbs tell against themselves about the two Serb astronauts who land on the moon. |
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After one and a half orbits the Saturn thrusters fired and the astronauts began their odyssey. |
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Believe it or not, until recently the space shuttle only had a men's room, making it extremely difficult for female astronauts. |
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Other Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts have helped in understanding the lunar meteorites found on Earth. |
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This research could provide swifter methods to acclimatising astronauts entering microgravity. |
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In that film, a towering epic of stupidity, the astronauts confront a bunch of super-lame CGI aliens who hold hands and cry. |
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The astronauts practice on simulators such as a mock-up of the space shuttle's crew compartment. |
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In the event of an emergency on the launch pad, the astronauts can evacuate the shuttle up to 30 seconds before launch. |
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Actors are cast as virtual crew members in prerecorded scenarios that astronauts then use when problems arise. |
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In the Sixties, there was this mad idea that we could absorb all our daily needs in little pills, the kind of things that astronauts took with them. |
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After their moon walk, the astronauts went back to their lunar module. |
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Similarly astronauts, today's counterpart of the pioneer ocean-crossers of yesteryear, seem by no means youthful and tend to have doctorates in the most abstruse subjects. |
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Used by astronauts to boost muscular performance in space and thus prevent muscle wastage, the trainer is now used by professional football players in Barcelona Football Club. |
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They suffered from, I think, a kind of outcome bias, because there was a terrible loss of 7 astronauts, somehow there must have been a terrible blunder to have set them off. |
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The teams were given just an hour-and-a-half to design and build a vehicle to carry astronauts and their equipment over the rough and uneven surface of the moon. |
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Seven astronauts perished when hot exhaust gas leaked from one of the booster rockets, destroying the vehicle less than two minutes into the flight. |
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The loss of another shuttle, Challenger, in 1986, along with another seven astronauts, was eventually officially attributed to a leaky booster rocket. |
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Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise and taco sauce are provided to astronauts in their natural forms, while salt and pepper are liquidized and stored in bottle droppers. |
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When human mariners and lunar astronauts navigated by dead reckoning they used charts, tables, various measuring instruments, and a considerable amount of mathematics. |
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Each series will cover subjects such as satellite navigation, Earth observation, launchers, human spaceflight and microgravity, space science and astronauts. |
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We have learned that space travel can take its toll on astronauts. |
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Cordless vacuum cleaners, trimmers, drills and grass shears would not exist if not for the need for self-contained power tools used by Apollo astronauts on the Moon. |
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But already, it looks as though the Canadian Space Agency's robot could accomplish most if not everything that spacewalking astronauts were meant to do. |
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Prolonged space flight places extreme forces on the bodies of astronauts. |
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The astronauts will try some new ideas for patching holes in the heat shield in space, but right now NASA does not have a lot of confidence in the techniques. |
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Today, astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station can choose from a vast variety of food before their mission to the ISS starts. |
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Iceland was where the Apollo 11 astronauts trained for their lunar trip. |
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The answers to this and other questions were found by successfully sending animals and then Russian cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts into short spaceflights. |
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The tanks were used to fuel the descent and ascent stage rocket engines of the lunar module that landed astronauts on the moon and returned them to orbit. |
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The three astronauts travelled in the command module, which was docked during flight to both the lunar module and the service module, the latter carrying fuel and supplies. |
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Faster than a Venus Flytrap snapping shut, the bunchberry dogwood's acceleration is about 800 times the force astronauts go through on take-off. |
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The spacefarer responded with examples of the two-hours of exercise astronauts participate in each day and gave five somersaults. |
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There he served as a medical monitor for space flights and provided medical care for the astronauts and their families. |
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The astronauts inside kept urging the spacewalkers to take a break, but they insisted they were not too tired. |
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Army astronauts have deployed satellites, conducted spacewalks and built space structures. |
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Apollo astronauts had to face-plant or use a trash picker-like tool to collect rocks. |
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The Traverse City plant would later produce the fuel tanks for the Saturn rockets that took astronauts to the moon. |
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The astronauts in Sky Lab made some films of acrobatics in a zero-gravity environment that amazed us earth-boundlings. |
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The first astronauts to visit the Moon were quarantined upon their return at the specially built Lunar Receiving Laboratory. |
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Scientists have looked at the properties of giraffe skin when developing suits for astronauts and fighter pilots. |
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The astronauts were honored with a ticker tape parade when they returned to Earth. |
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How do you train astronauts to deal with weightlessness without actually sending them into space? |
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He showed them how the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station have time for fun using the weightless conditions to playgames. |
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If astronauts ever go to an outer planet, such as Jupiter or Saturn, they could not survive on the planet itself, even with survival gear. |
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His schoolboy smile and personal charm gain the funds that will eventually permit Gordo Cooper to outsoar all other astronauts. |
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This mission enabled NASA astronauts and a doctor to test telerobotic technology while performing surgery on a simulated patient. |
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Once Discovery unlatches, the shuttle will fly around the space station as astronauts take pictures of the newly-enhanced structure, with all solar panels completely unfurled. |
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A worldwide TV audience had a close-up view of the astronauts when they splashed down and as they emerged from the bobbing spaceship they call Gumdrop. |
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He gets emotional, behind-the-scenes interviews with everyone from paramedics, stunt men and bail bondsmen to astronauts, skydivers, shark researchers and alligator wrestlers. |
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After the United States Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, Soyuz rockets became the only provider of transport for astronauts at the International Space Station. |
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Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings. |
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Space experts say astronauts are exposed to an estimated 1 millisievert of radiation a day when they are aboard the ISS, which is orbiting some 400 kilometers above Earth. |
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According to Qi, astronauts carried out extravehicular activity during the Shenzhou VII mission last year and scientists are now working on the challenge of space docking. |
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Gravity begins with a stunning shot where the camera circles almost weightlessly around a small crew of astronauts doing repair work on the Hubble Telescope. |
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During the 13-day mission, the astronauts will work and sleep aboard Tiangong 1, a trial module that includes an exercise bike and a video telephone booth, according to media. |
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Dana Ellyn's acrylic-on-canvas depiction of jetpack-equipped astronauts zooming toward a glowing Space Jesus in Rapture Rocketeers, for example, is a crime against kitsch. |
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The QM-1 static test is an important step in further qualifying this new five-segment solid rocket motor for the subsequent planned missions to send astronauts to deep space. |
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In May, 1,500 juniors and seniors from the Houston Independent School District explored the world of physics with NASA astronauts and rocket scientists. |
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After nearly two hours of work on the bolt, astronauts went back to the plan to bring the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph back from the dead. |
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America's first attempt to use primate astronauts in 1948 failed when a V2 rocket exploded midflight, killing its passenger, a rhesus monkey named Albert. |
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There were some volcanic glass beads created by a lunar eruption three and a half billion years ago and found by astronauts on the Apollo 17 mission. |
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Humanoid robots will be helpful to astronauts on our journey to Mars, so NASA has awarded prototypes to two universities for advanced research and development work. |
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An experiment designed to reveal protective strategies against bone loss for astronauts during extended exposure to microgravity was performed on Atlantis' final mission. |
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Nanobacteria, a novel self-replicating, mineralizing agent, has been identified by NASA scientists as a potential culprit in kidney stone formation among astronauts. |
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An article on the study says that the finding attains significance as it may help better understand why bedridden patients and astronauts experience bone loss. |
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A hotel and catering partner have been selected by Virgin Galactic to provide hospitality services to would-be astronauts before they head off on their journey into space. |
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