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Reach for the Stars

Margee Ensign | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: High School Drop Outs, Education, Unemployment, Poverty, Poor Health, Foreclosure, Immigrant, Space Shuttle Launch, Astronaut, Space Shuttle Discovery, Politics News
Margee Ensign

Jose Hernandez, son of migrant workers, will take off this week as a mission specialist in the shuttle Discovery.

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Apollo 11 Politiku

Susanna Speier | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charles J. Pellerin, Fraser Thomson, Richard Speier, Bob Fish, Rod Pyle, Tara-Gray-Burkholder, Lunar Landing, Collins, Von Braun, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Moon, Apollo 11, Robots, 40th Anniversary, Eagle, Aldrin, Astronaut, Hornet, Sam Saltoun, Ellen Briggs Stansell, Jerome Coopersmith, Ralph Dannheisser, Karen Goldner, Irene Cullen Gravina, Randi Cecchine, Jacqueline Church Simonds, V. Alison Taylor, Michael O'Brien, Politics News
Susanna Speier

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11's moon landing, individuals with NASA affiliations that range from astronaut to intern condensed the seminal event into 17 syllable historiographies.

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Flight School: Star City Personal Logistics

Esther Dyson | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Russia, Space Travel, Moscow, Star City, Space Adventures, Cosmonaut Training, Astronaut, Living News
Esther Dyson

You wouldn't believe it based on the traffic, but most Muscovites don't have cars. The challenge is the kilometer-plus from the Prophy (where I live) to the gate of Star City.

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Astronauts share freeze-dried Thanksgiving feast

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 12.28.2008 | Home

Read More: International Space Station, Turkey, Space, Astronaut, Thanksgiving, Home News

HOUSTON — With hugs and handshakes, shuttle Endeavour's seven astronauts bid farewell to the international space station crew after they ate a T...

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Release 0.9: Back to (Flight) School

Esther Dyson | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Space Travel, Nasa, Esther Dyson Astronaut, Esther Dyson Space, Aerospace, Esther Dyson, Space Adventures, Charles Simonyi, Astronaut, Business News
Esther Dyson

I'll try play it cool as I mention casually that I'm about to start training as a backup cosmonaut for Charles Simonyi, who will be making his second trip into space this coming March.

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Astronaut Stuck In Space For Mother's Funeral

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Astronaut and Mothers Death, Rose Tani, NASA Astronaut, Daniel Tani, Astronaut, Home News

As NASA astronaut Daniel Tani orbited Earth, hundreds of mourners filled a suburban Chicago church Sunday to remember his 90-year-old mother as someon...

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