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Soviet Union's non-Communist astronaut dies age 83

Reuters US Online Report Science News 2 days ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday. Feoktistov, who also designed spaceships and has a crater on the moon named after him, was the only ...

Russia Obit Feoktistov

AP News 2 days ago

FILE --In this 1965 file photo Russian spaceship designer and space traveler Konstantin Feoktistov, bottom, seen with other Soviet cosmonauts during the nation's Cosmonaut Day ceremony in Moscow. Yuri Gagarin, first spaceman, left, and Valery Bykovsky are seen in the background. Feoktistov, ...

Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies at 83

AP News 2 days ago

Russian spaceship designer and cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov dies at 83 Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83. The Russian Space Agency said in a ...

Atlantis astronauts install gadgets on second spacewalk

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Shuttle Atlantis astronauts on Saturday completed the second of their mission's three spacewalks to maintain and install more high-tech gadgets on the International Space Station. The sortie was delayed by over an hour after false depressurization alarms earlier rang through the orbiting ...

Atlantis astronauts begin second spacewalk

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Two space shuttle Atlantis astronauts began the second of their mission's three spacewalks Saturday for maintenance work and to install more high-tech gadgets outside the International Space Station. The sortie was delayed by over an hour after false depressurization alarms earlier rang ...

Space station alarm delays Atlantis crew spacewalk

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts aboard the International Space Station delayed their second spacewalk Saturday after being jolted awake by a false alarm, NASA said. Mission specialists Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik had just two hours of sleep before a depressurization alarm sounded ...

Astronaut counts down to daughter's birth

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik entered an unusual space countdown on Friday as he waited onboard the International Space Station for the birth of his daughter back on Earth. The 42-year-old Marine and his five Atlantis crew members eagerly listened for word from ...

Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race

AP News 4 days ago

Report: Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race with reliance on old technology Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an ...

Astronaut in space while wife giving birth

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 4 days ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl. "He'd certainly like to be there ...

Atlantis pair replace antenna in first space walk

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis have completed the first space walk of their mission, replacing a vital communications antenna on the exterior of the International Space Station. Mission specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher completed their task with two hours to spare ...

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