USATODAY.com Barbara Morgan http://www.usatoday.com/tech/space/morgan/flash... By age 33, Barbara Morgan had taught school on an Indian reservation in the Rockies and in Ecuadors capital in the Andes. That did not quiet her longing for a classroom higher in the sky. I want to go on the space shuttle, Morgan wrote to NASA in...
21 years after Challenger, a teacher gets her shot USATODAY.com http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007... By age 33, Barbara Morgan had taught school on an Indian reservation in the Rockies and in Ecuadors capital in the Andes. That did not quiet her longing for a classroom higher in the sky. I want to go on the space shuttle, Morgan wrote to NASA in...
US Astronauts Declare Hubble Mission a Victory for Space Program http://community.myvoa.com/_US-Astronauts-Decla... Flying high over the Earth Wednesday [May 20th], U.S. shuttle astronauts declared their repair of the Hubble Space Telescope a success. In a news conference aboard the shuttle, crewmembers said the mission has proven the importance of man's continued presence in space. VOA's Kate Woodsome reports from Washington.
Astronaut Sunita Williams http://www.salwarkameezindia.com/indian-book-06... Astronaut Sunita Williams has captured the imagination and the hearts of millions worldwide during her sojourn in space that lasted over Six months. She set a world record for women for Extravehicular Activity through four Spacewalks totaling 29 hours and 17 minutes.
News Bytes of the Week--Tres Haute Fashion: Astronauts Get New Duds: Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-bytes-... Very haute fashion: Astronauts get new duds It's fashion week for future astronauts. NASA this week chose a contractor to make spiffy new spacesuits for astronauts on the post-shuttle Constellation program, which the agency hopes will take U.S. space trav
Discovery - “Home, sweet home!”¯ | Me and my life http://meandmylifeblog.com/2009/04/discovery-ho... On Sunday Astronauts came back home from the Discovery. As I know they should land on Saturday, but in Saturday the weather was bad. And that is why they have postponed the landing.
Computer virus goes into orbit | Hacking Truths http://www.hungry-hackers.com/2008/08/computer-... SAN FRANCISCO: NASA confirmed that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine by security software. A “worm type”¯ virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the station by relaying messages through a mission control center in Texas, according to NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries on Wednesday.
Chinese astronaut walks in space http://www.jhoomba.com/index.php/technology-new... A Chinese astronaut today became the first astronaut from his country to walk in space when he left his space craft for a total of fifteen minutes. The entire event,
How astronauts stay fit, on and off the planet http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/... Being in space is like being Superman every day, says Clay Anderson, a NASA astronaut from Omaha, Nebraska. At the international space station, where he spent five months last year, he flew to breakfast, work and the bathroom.
Embry-Riddle to host conference with astronauts on Space Station http://readitnews.com/prescott-arizona-news/lat... Embry-Riddle's Prescott campus will host a live-in-flight education downlink with the Expedition 18 astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) in a special teleconfence to be held on campus Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
NASA says Columbia crew had no chance to survive http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16354-nas... Astronauts on the shuttle Columbia were trying to regain control of their craft before it broke apart in 2003, but there was no chance of surviving the accident, a NASA report said on Tuesday.
