NASA officials have announced that an astronaut on the space shuttle Atlantis has become a father while in orbit, when his wife back on Earth gave birth to their baby daughter.
According to a report in the Telegraph, the astronaut in question is Randy Bresnik, who became a father for the second time when his wife, [...]
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NASA astronaut becomes father while in orbit on Atlantis
November 23rd, 2009 |
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Space Shuttle, Japanese Astronaut Return to Earth
July 31st, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Endeavor returned to earth on July 31 after succesfully completing a 16-day mission to the International Space Station for construction of Japan’s Kibo orbital laboratory. The $2.4 billion Kibo laboratory is a platform for telescopes and other science experiments. On board the shuttle for its landing at the Kennedy Space Center was Japan’s Koichi Wakata and six other astronauts. Wakata served as the space station’s flight engineer for 4 1/2 months in orbit.
– CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) Space
shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts, including the first Japanese to
live on the International Space Station, landed in Florida on Friday,
capping a 16-day mission to complete construction of Japan’s orbital
laboratory.
Soaring over the Florida peninsu…
Fred Goldring: Reflections of a Would-Be Astronaut, 40 Years Later
July 19th, 2009 |
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For those that say reaching for the stars is a waste of time and money, I beg to differ. There is nothing more important than inspiring young people to think big and believe that they can do anything
Senate Confirms New NASA Administrator
July 16th, 2009 |
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Retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden is set to take over NASA July 20 as the space agency awaits the results of a blue-ribbon panel conducting an outside review of NASA’s program.
– Just hours after the July
15 liftoff of the space shuttle Endeavour to a 16-day mission to the International
Space Station, the U.S. Senate confirmed retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles
Bolden to be the next administrator of NASA. Bolden will be sworn into office
July 20, the 40th anniversary of…