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A Gold Watch That Belonged to Astronaut Neil Armstrong Sold for $2.1 Million at Auction
The auction house also sold a gold Omega Speedmaster that belonged to Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell for $142,664. Though ...
The Debate Over Whether Katy Perry Is an Astronaut Rages On
The drama swirling around the all-female Blue Origin flight continues to be a spectacle of infotainment nonsense.
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Virgin Galactic Unity Ascended To Space With 1st Pakistani Astronaut And Others - Highlights
Trevor Beattie (UK) and Ron Rosano (US) flew on Virgin Galactic's Galactic 04 mission. Salim became the first Pakistani to ...
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Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)
NASA's oldest active astronaut has returned home to Houston after his latest stint in orbit.Don Pettit arrived in Space City ...
Secretary of transportation to the Blue Origin all-female crew: ‘You cannot identify as an astronaut’
FAA guidelines say the six women did not meet mission-critical standards that qualify a person as an astronaut.
‘Exhilarating, inspirational:’ Former NASA astronaut’s Science Blast returns for 13th year
Former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández’s 2025 Science Blast STEAAM Initiative: "A Million Miles Away," returned to ...
What qualifies someone as an astronaut? Did Katy Perry go to space?
She tried going to space in 2011 and has been fascinated with astronomy and everything extraterrestrial for years. But is ...
Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit returns to Earth on 70th birthday
Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday as he returned to Earth from a seven-month stay at the ...
After Blue Origin's New Shepard flight, the question arose: what makes one an 'astronaut?'
After Blue Origin's latest New Shepard launch that featured an all-women celebrity crew, many are wondering, are they now ...
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Astronaut Eric Philips on the Joy of Being in Outer Space
Eric Philips speaks to ExplorersWeb about his three and a half days orbiting the Earth, including how they slept and what ...
NASA's oldest astronaut returning to Earth after ISS mission
NASA astronaut Don Pettit will return to Earth from the International Space Station Saturday, alongside his two Russian ...
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How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors
Grunsfeld, a former NASA astronaut who has served as both the agency's chief scientist and science division leader, helped ...