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After the successful docking of the first private space shuttle, China announced it is preparing its next step in the ambitious space flight project: the country’s first manned space docking. The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will dock with the Tiangong 1 orbital module “sometime in mid-June,” according to official statements. However, the government didn’t announce how [...]
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
Many children dream of becoming astronauts, but for most, the dream just gets lost somewhere along the way; but that no longer has to be the case, especially considering the exciting times we are living in. NASA may have retired its space orbiters, but there are still many manned missions planned for the International Space [...]
Tue, Oct 4, 2011
Well hopefully the days when children dream about being astronauts haven’t withered, and there are still people out there who dream of going into outer space and see our planet from orbit. If this is the case, then you now have a chance of joining the elite group that the space agency chooses as its [...]
Tue, Aug 23, 2011
These aren’t the most favorable times for space flight we live in. Last month space shuttle Atlantis completed its final mission, signaling the retirement of the whole three decade long program. Currently NASA is left without a means of its own to launch astronauts into space for missions, like those to the International Space Station, [...]
Mon, May 23, 2011
Spacewalking isn’t all fun and games – things can go bad at any moment, and in the latest spacewalk, this is exactly what happened: Mike Fincke, one of NASA’s most experienced spacemen, reported that while they were lubricating a joint in the life-sustaining solar power system of the International Space Station, they lost one bolt [...]
Tue, Mar 29, 2011
Did you ever stop to think what astronauts are doing when they’re not in outer space ? I mean, behind the suit and years of training and preparation, they’re still people like you and me; with that thought in mind, professional photographer Hunter Freeman set out to take this set of pictures. “I [...]
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