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03Sep/17

Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth

September 3, 2017SpaceAquanauts, Astronaut, Astronauts, BBC 100 Women, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Gennady Padalka, Human spaceflight, Jack D. Fischer, Jack Fischer, Kazakhstan, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Peggy Whitson, Russia, Space programs, Spaceflight, STS-112, United States, Yi So-yeonsmbale

IN SPACE (SEPTEMBER 2, 2017) (NASA TV) – NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Sunday (September 3), capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record. Continue reading →

06Dec/16

French astronaut Pesquet speaks to schoolchildren from the International Space Station

December 6, 2016SpaceAquanauts, Astronaut, Disaster/Accident, European Astronaut Corps, European contribution to the International Space Station, European Space Agency, Expedition 50, International Space Station, Outer space, Paris, Pesquet, Russia, Science, Science and technology, Soyuz MS-03, Soyuz TMA-18M, Space programs, Spaceflight, Thomas Pesquetsmbale

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency takes part in a live in-flight event aboard the International Space Station, spinning a globe and describing the orbital craft’s journey over Earth.

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15Dec/15

ESA scientists watch first Briton taking off from Baikonur to ISS

December 15, 2015SpaceAquanauts, Cologne, ESA, European Space Agency, Expedition 46, Expedition 47, Germany, Helen Sharman, In Russia, In spaceflight, Kazakhstan, Outer space, Ruediger Seine, Russia, Soyuz TMA-19, Soyuz TMA-19M, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Tim Kopra, Tim Peake, Timothy Peake, United Kingdom, Yuri Malenchenkosmbale

Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) watch their colleague Tim Peake’s take-off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan as he becomes the first Briton to visit the International Space Station.

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