Internal NASA Documents Give Clues to Scary Soyuz Return Flight, IEEE Spectrum “Although the technical investigation will take weeks to resolve, NASA and Russian engineers have come to several credible […]
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South Korean Astronaut Hospitalized for Back Pain
Korea’s First Astronaut Hospitalized after Rough Landing, Telecoms Korea “Korea’s first astronaut has been hospitalized due to severe back pains caused by a rough return voyage, the Korea Aerospace Research […]
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Post Landing Audio Interview With Peggy Whitson Released
Audio file Editor’s note: According to NASA HQ Public Affairs: “this is an audio file of Peggy Whitson’s interview with NASA Public Affairs Officer Rob Navias recorded soon after her […]
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Just How Dangerous Was That Soyuz Reentry?
NASA Offers Only Minor Insight Into Soyuz Off Course Landing, SpaceRef “Gerstenmaier was rather reluctant to get into any specifics preferring instead to defer, and to “let the Russians get […]
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Just Send Rubles
Russia will not need space tourism when space program well financed -analysts, Interfax “There are plans to manufacture four Soyuz spacecraft in 2009 to launch crews to the ISS,” [Vitaly […]
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Anatoly Perminov: Superstitious Throwback or Just Sexist?
Russian space capsule misses landing by, AP “Later, [Federal Space Agency chief Anatoly] Perminov was asked about the presence of two women on the Soyuz, and referred to a naval […]
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Rough Reentry for Expedition 16 Crew
Station crew OK after Soyuz capsule lands short of target, SpaceflightNow “At a Russian news conference, Russian officials said the crew was in good health after a “controlled, ballistic decent. […]
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No More Progress Purchases
NASA Wants All-commercial ISS Resupply “NASA will not ask Congress for permission to continue buying cargo space on Russian Progress resupply vehicles for the International Space Station (ISS) after 2011, […]
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Russia Talking About 9 Person ISS Crew
Putin orders construction of new space launchpad, vows to give boost to space industries, AP “Perminov said Friday that Russia may stop selling seats on its spacecraft to “tourists” starting […]
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Russia Dumps Male Korean Astronaut for Rules Infraction
S. Korea Announces Woman as First Astronaut, NY Times “The Russian space agency has stressed that a minor mistake and disobedience can cause serious consequences in space,” Mr. Lee said […]