Topic: Manned Space Flight
Discovery Shuttle Crew Arrives For Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
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Former head of Johnson Space Center dies in Texas
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Aaron Cohen, former head of Johnson Space Center, pioneer of shuttle program, dies in TexasAaron Cohen, the former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center who helped create the space shuttle program, has died in College Station after a long fight with cancer. He was 79. Cohen was named director ...
Russia faces cosmonaut shortage: official
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Russia faces a shortage of candidates to be cosmonauts as fewer Russians than before are showing an interest in going to space, the head of its space training centre said on Wednesday. Following icons like Yuri Gagarin into space has been a traditional dream of young Russians but now interest ...
Space shuttle Discovery transported to launch pad
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Space shuttle Discovery transported to launch pad for Easter Monday flight to space stationSpace shuttle Discovery is at its launch pad for an Easter Monday flight to the International Space Station. NASA moved the shuttle out of its giant hangar around midnight Tuesday. The three-and-a-half-mile trip took much of Wednesday ...
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