Tag: Astronauts
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Nerd Nite meets NASA, sparking memories for an astronaut with deep Northwest roots
NASA astronaut Anne McClain takes the stage at Nerd Nite Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Chelsey Ballarte) The High Dive is known for drawing crowds into the local music scene, but this week, music wasn’t what drew nearly 200 people to the venue – it was NASA. Nerd Nite Seattle is a monthly gathering at the…
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Google film ‘Dot of Light’ features pioneering female astronauts and dramatic views from space
Three female pioneers of space exploration are the subjects of a new short film from Google. And the experiences the women had and how they describe it all has led the tech giant to offer new Google Artworks Live Case designs for Pixel and Nexus smartphones. The 10-minute film, called “Dot of Light,” mixes historic footage…
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NASA assigns astronauts to future space station missions
Astronauts Ricky Arnold (left) and Joe Acaba (right) aboard the space shuttle Discovery in March 2009. Credit: NASA NASA has announced that veteran astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold will launch on nearly six-month expeditions aboard the International Space Station starting in September and in March 2018, filling seats aboard Russian Soyuz spaceships recently acquired…
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A year after returning to Earth, astronaut Scott Kelly reflects on lessons learned from 340 days in space
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly flashes two thumbs-up signs after his return to Earth from the International Space Station on March 1, 2016. (Credit: NASA) One year after returning to Earth from his 340-day mission in orbit, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly loves the smell of grass and the feel of water and wind. He now knows…
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Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61
Piers Sellers flew on three assembly missions to the International Space Station. He is seen here on the STS-132 mission in May 2010. Credit: NASA Former astronaut Piers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist who flew on three space shuttle missions to help construct the International Space Station, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age…
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The stars align: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin treated in New Zealand hospital by Dr. David Bowie
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, left, and his doctor in New Zealand, David Bowie. (Christina Korp Photo via Twitter) Only an out-of-this-world coincidence could produce such earthly results. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who is in a New Zealand hospital after falling ill during a tour of Antarctica, is being treated by a doctor named David Bowie. The space…
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Astronauts do backflips, talk Mars and social media in Facebook Live chat from space with Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, right, speaks via Facebook Live with astronauts, from left, Tim Kopra, Jeff Williams and Tim Peake. (Via Facebook) There are plenty of billionaires racing to get us to space in one way or another, but Mark Zuckerberg sort of beat them to the punch Wednesday when he participated in the first-ever Facebook…
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‘Hubble Hugger’ and chief of NASA science division to leave agency
John Grunsfeld is seen inside the shuttle Atlantis’ airlock preparing for a spacewalk during a 2009 visit to the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA Veteran astronaut John Grunsfeld, who flew five space shuttle missions before becoming the head of NASA’s science mission directorate in 2012, announced Tuesday he will leave the space agency April 30.…
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Scott Kelly leaving NASA after record-setting space station flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Houston on March 3 after his return to Earth the previous day. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Astronaut Scott Kelly, just back from a record 340-day stay aboard the International Space Station, is leaving NASA at the end of the month,…
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Scott Kelly leaving NASA after record-setting space station flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Houston on March 3 after his return to Earth the previous day. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Astronaut Scott Kelly, just back from a record 340-day stay aboard the International Space Station, is leaving NASA at the end of the month,…