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Seattle Times, 18.03.10 12:02 UTC

Soyuz spacecraft lands safely in Kazakh steppe

The U.S. space agency says a Soyuz capsule carrying astronauts from the United States and Russia has landed safely in northern Kazakhstan.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 17.03.10 06:36 UTC

A Supersonic Jump, From 23 Miles in the Air

Ordinarily, Felix Baumgartner would not need a lot of practice in the science of falling. He has jumped off two of the tallest buildings in the world, as well as the statue of Christ in Rio de ...

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Belfast Telegraph, 16.03.10 16:38 UTC

Robert Downey Jr in Gravity talks?

Robert Downey Jr is in talks to play an astronaut in Gravity. The Sherlock Holmes star is negotiating a deal for the 3-D space movie directed by Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban's Alfonso ...

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Daily Mail, 14.03.10 01:46 UTC

BBC is caught up in a row over Nelson Mandela and Jeremy Clarkson the astronaut’

The BBC has been dragged into an embarrassing row involving Nelson Mandela after Jeremy Clarkson revealed that the former South African president had mistaken him for an astronaut. The mix-up ...

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Daily Mail, 13.03.10 10:09 UTC

One giant leap for toy kind: Buzz Lightyear was first on the moon, say one in ten schoolchildren

Toy Story hero Buzz Lightyear was the first man on the Moon, according to one in ten schoolchildren. Many pupils thought the animated character - not American astronaut Neil Armstrong - was the first ...

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Telegraph, 13.03.10 09:05 UTC

To the moon and beyond: Buzz Lightyear beats Neil Armstrong in space race

Buzz Lightyear, the enthusastic animated hero in Disney's Toy Story, was the first man on the Moon, according to one in ten school pupils.

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Seattle Times, 10.03.10 20:32 UTC

Former Vancouver teacher on next Shuttle flight

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger already has taken one trip with the space shuttle Discovery, moving along at something like 1 mph.

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Wired, 10.03.10 16:32 UTC

Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had

SAN FRANCISCO â In the late 1950s, American space companies jumped into a headlong race to build an aerospace industry that could launch missiles across the world and rockets above it. In her new ...

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WashingtonPost Top Stories, 09.03.10 23:42 UTC

Criticism mounts against Obama's plans to change NASA strategy

Harrison Schmitt's credentials as a space policy analyst include several days of walking on the moon. The Apollo 17 astronaut, who is also a former U.S. senator, is aghast at what President Obama is ...