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Space News September 11, 2013

Underwater astronaut on the Moon

ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy and ESA astronaut instructor Hervé Stevenin slipped into the roles of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin last week for an underwater…

Space News August 26, 2012

First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong dies at 82

First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong passed away after complications in hart surgery. Armstrong will always be remembered as the first human who walked on another…

Space News July 1, 2012

Space Station crew landed in Kazakhstan

A Soyuz reentry capsule with three members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, mission control said. Russian cosmonaut…

Space News January 27, 2012

Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires

HOUSTON — Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three…

Space News October 27, 2011

Virgin Galactic Selects First Commercial Astronaut Pilot From Competition

Fifty years ago, an historic competition for the first pilots to fly into space yielded the Mercury Seven astronauts. Today, from an intense selection process…

Space News August 17, 2009

ESAâ€™s Swedish astronaut to return to the ISS

17 August 2009 ESA PR 19-2009. The launch date for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station with Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled for…

Space News August 5, 2009

5 August 2009 ESA PR 17-2009. As a result of the latest International Space Station Multi-Lateral Crew Operations Panel (MCOP) recently held in Houston, ESA…

Space News May 20, 2009

AgustaWestland Test Pilot Selected For Astronaut Training

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, congratulates Tim Peake, AgustaWestland Senior Test Pilot, on his selection by the European Space Agency as the first British astronaut to…

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