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Chinese Astronauts Must Be Super Human
Beijing, China (XNA) Aug 04, 2009 - Future Chinese astronauts must be close to perfection to meet the standards set for the men and women who will lead China into outer space.
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My Decade with Shenzhou
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 03, 2009 - 2009 will mostly be remembered by space enthusiasts as the 40th anniversary of the first Moonwalk. For me, there's a second but more personal anniversary. I'm celebrating ten years of watching China's exciting buy mysterious human spaceflight program. This has not been an easy or a conventional task, but it's certainly been rewarding. China launched its Shenzhou 1 spacecraft in 1999, publically kicking off a program that has preoccupied me ever since.
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Sushi and fresh underpants await landed astronaut
Houston, TX (AFP) Aug 03, 2009 - The shuttle Endeavour descended safely to Earth on Friday, spelling a feast of sushi and a clean pair of underpants for one Japanese crew member.
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China bans bad breath in space: report
Beijing (AFP) Aug 2, 2009 - Bad breath is enough to fail the test to enter China's manned space programme, state media said Sunday -- but the final green light for blast-off is given by the hopeful astronaut's wife.
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SKorea reschedule first rocket launch to August 11
Seoul (AFP) Aug 1, 2009 - South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday.
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Experts Urge Reformulation Of US Space Policy
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2009 - The Obama Administration has an opportunity to fundamentally reformulate United States space policies that are anchored in Cold War-era mindsets, according to the director of an American Academy of Arts and Sciences study.
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Shuttle astronauts eye Friday landing
Houston, Texas (AFP) July 31, 2009 - The multinational crew of the space shuttle Endeavour prepared to return to Earth on Friday, following a marathon mission to the International Space Station.
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Progress I-67 Docks After Five Day Flight
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 31, 2009 - Russian cargo transport vehicle Progress I-67 after a five-day free flight has docked to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Crew Inspects Shuttle And Preps For Landing Friday
Houstin TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2009 - Twin satellite deployments and a check of the systems that will control Endeavour's return home to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, are on tap today as the shuttle leads the International Space Station in orbit.
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely after 16-day mission
Houston, Texas (AFP) July 31, 2009 - The shuttle Endeavour descended safely to Earth on Friday, ending a successful 16-day assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with the final piece of Japan's Kibo science laboratory.
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Spinning Now Helps Standing Later
Galveston TX (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - When the Apollo 11 crew got back from the moon, 40 years ago this week, they showed no ill effects from seven days spent in weightlessness. But as American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts began conducting longer-duration space flights, scientists noticed a disturbing trend: the longer humans stay in zero gravity, the more muscle they lose.
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Boeing To Bid As Prime Contractor For NASA Exploration Ground Launch Services Contract
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - Boeing announced that it plans to bid as prime contractor for the Exploration Ground Launch Services (EGLS) program to provide ground systems integration and launch operations for Constellation, NASA's next-generation space-exploration initiative.
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Late Heat Shield Inspections For Shuttle
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - The seven-member crew was awakened Wednesday morning to the song Yellow by the band Coldplay, uplinked for Pilot Doug Hurley in honor of his International Space Station fly-around.
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Russian Space Freighter Docks With ISS
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 30, 2009 - Russia's Progress M-67 cargo spacecraft successfully docked on Wednesday with the International Space Station (ISS), Russian Mission Control said.
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Endeavour to land Friday as planned: NASA
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2009 - The US space shuttle Endeavour should land back on Earth Friday as planned after a 16-day mission to service the International Space Station, a NASA official said, while cautioning about Florida's unstable weather at this time of year.
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NASA Ares I First Stage Motor To Be Tested August 25
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - NASA and ATK unveil the completed Ares I first stage five-segment solid rocket booster today in Promontory, Utah. The completed solid rocket booster is now installed horizontally in a test stand that was modified from the space shuttle's four-segment configuration to fit the new five-segment Ares I booster.