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15 Years Ago: STS-130 Brings Tranquility, Cupola to ISS
On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the International ...
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NASA's 'Stranded' Astronauts Coming Home Earlier Than Expected
NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June, ...
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NASA's 'Stranded' Astronauts Coming Home Earlier Than Expected
The astronauts also installed patches to cover damaged areas of ... In 2009, Wilmore piloted the Space Shuttle Atlantis on its mission to the ISS, and in 2014, he was part of the ISS crew that ...
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Einstein Probe finds two stars that have spent 40 million years taking turns eating each othe
The flash was spotted by the Einstein Probe’s Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT), which uses a novel type of design known as a ...
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New plan developed to protect astronauts from space radiation
Scientists have identified water as one of the most effective materials for blocking radiation. Water is dense and contains ...
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ESA astronaut with physical disability medically cleared for ISS missions
Credit: ESA/Novespace WASHINGTON — In a first, a European astronaut with a physical disability has been medically cleared for missions to the International Space Station. The European Space ...
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John McFall: World's first disabled astronaut cleared for a space station mission
In 2022, he was chosen for the ESA's "Fly!" study, which examined the difficulties of sending an astronaut with a disability ...
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British "parastronaut" becomes first person with a disability to be cleared for ISS mission
The world's very first astronaut with a physical disability has been cleared to head on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in the future. On Friday, The European Space Agency (ESA ...
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The World’s First Astronaut With a Physical Disability Is Cleared for Long-Duration Space Missions
Paralympian John McFall has passed all the required medical exams and is now eligible for future travel to the ISS with the ...
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First astronaut with disability prepares to launch into space for ISS mission
PARIS: The first-ever astronaut with a physical disability is ready to launch into space after receiving a green light for a mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the European ...
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First astronaut with a disability cleared for space station mission
The first-ever astronaut with a physical disability has been cleared for a mission onboard the International Space Station, the European Space Agency announced on Friday. John McFall, a 43-year ...