Astronaut News
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NASA astronaut Jerry Ross, the first person to fly into space seven times, has retired from a career spanning over 30 years.
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Miami -
The sixth man to walk on the moon Edgar Mitchell, has agreed to relinquished claim of ownership of a "moon camera" he was keeping as souvenir of his 1971 moon mission. He took the decision to avoid a federal lawsuit contesting ownership.
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He took a giant step for man. Now, at 81, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is exploring the dating atmosphere with a woman 30 years his junior. He's divorcing his third wife of 23 years, a woman who is branding her competition a predator.
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Houston -
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Astronaut and Shuttle Commander Captain Mark Kelly, have made two major announcements this week, including a memoir the pair are working on and Kelly's retirement from NASA and the United States Navy.
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Astronaut Mark Kelly, whose wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is currently undergoing rehab after being shot in the head, is going back to space in April following the announcement by Endeavour's space shuttle commander Friday.
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A Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts came safely back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) in a Soyuz capsule Friday, Russian Mission Control said.
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Houston -
A Texas man charged with stealing a NASA flight suit once worn by United States astronaut Sally Ride as she trained to be the first woman in space, plus thousands of dollars worth of other NASA equipment, pleaded guilty to the crime last week.
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In 2003, physicist and astronaut Ed Lu and world-renowned magician James Randi performed what is believed to be the first card trick ever performed in space. The recording of this event can now be seen on YouTube.
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Former NASA astronauts who travelled to the moon have voiced their dismay over president obama´s plans to cancel future plans to go to the moon.
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Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is returning to Canada Tuesday after a six-month mission at the International Space Station.
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Astronaut Headlines
Astronauts Wanted: For four-month stay in make-believe Mars habitat on Big Island of Hawaii.
The Pentagon's premiere research agency has chosen a former astronaut to lead a foundation that is designed to take humanity to the stars.
 Canadian astronauts are preparing for their next space mission by undergoing survival training in the forests of Russia.
 NASA has received 6,300 applications from people wanting to be astronauts, the second-highest number in the space agency's history.
Why do astronauts like spicy food? NASA has tried to please them for years. For lack of gravity, space flyers seem to lose their sense of taste.
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The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft with Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin touches down near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010
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Astronaut Blogs
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