When he was selected for astronaut training he was working with the Anglo-Italian helicopter company AgustaWestland.
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On the right is astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon.
In April last year, Seoul sent its first astronaut into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Sunday also happens to be the 82nd birthday of former NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Each suit has to act like a minispaceship that fits closely around the astronaut's body.
But, thanks to ISS-based astronaut Sunita Williams, one we get to use today.
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And Suni Williams, an astronaut who took recently took charge of the International Space Station.
Nasa wants eventually to put astronaut transport in the hands of the private sector, too.
Upon their departure, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford too command of the International Space Station.
American astronaut visitations to the Russian MIR space station extended this spirit of cooperation and diplomacy.
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How many of you wanted - or still want - to be an astronaut.
Using the arm, the astronaut lifted the platform's fifth truss, or backbone, segment into place.
The station is currently manned by three Russians, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut.
When he ended his career as an astronaut, he embarked on a successful political career.
When I was a kid growing up in the 1960s, I wanted to be an astronaut.
Ms. Fonda plays an astronaut who travels through space encountering all sorts of adventures.
Do expect Chinese astronauts to turn up at European astronaut training facilities, and vice-versa.
The next thing the astronaut has to do is make sure they are aligned correctly.
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Honda's robot, Asimo, looks like a 4-foot-tall astronaut and can help the disabled at home.
This comparison is certainly curious, if only because Davis is the opposite of an astronaut.
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The final astronaut selection is expected to take place in the Spring of 2013.
Nearby, a picture of McAuliffe in her astronaut uniform sits next to her desk.
Nasa's aim is eventually to put astronaut transport in the hands of the private sector too.
Once installed, an astronaut activated the experiment, causing the spirit to mix with the oak particles.
He is also a former two-time space shuttle astronaut, having flown in 2008 and 2009.
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In 2006 Bigelow had Chile's only astronaut visit him in his Las Vegas office.
He is also NASA's first astronaut post bilingual updates to the microblogging Web site Twitter.
Currently, no astronaut is in space for longer than six months on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Some NASA planners theorize that an astronaut crew could help divert an asteroid from its collision course.
He joined the Astronaut Corps in 1962 and first traveled into space in 1966 on Gemini 8.
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