Astronaut Stories
The International Space Station ? which is coming up on a decade of continuous human habitation ? is a celebrated success in our species quest to learn to live in space. Yet life in orbit has its serious trials, and mishaps along the way have proven just how much we still have to learn about being a spacefaring civilization. In honor of Halloween, here are 10 ways space station…
First Seven Astronauts
Under pressure to play a cool hand and live up to the gold standard the public and Nasa expected of them, some had to turn blind eyes to their husbands infidelities, sweep domestic strife under the carpet and put on shows of marital harmony like Stepford Wives to protect the astronauts images and careers. We all tried to be so calm and so cool and everything,said Jane Dreyfus…
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Astronaut with flag
The Lunar Flag Assembly (LFA) was a kit containing a flag of the United States designed to be planted by astronauts on the Moon during the Apollo program. Seven such flag assemblies were sent to the Moon, six of which were planted (the exception being the one carried on Apollo 13 which had to abort its landing due to a serious spacecraft failure). The nylon flags were hung on telescoping…
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God Was An Astronaut
As said in the title, it s an interesting read. I managed to read this in about a week (on the way to and from work), and I must admit, I was engrossed in it until the very end. Yes, his theories are far fetched, which, for me, in the end, were his downfall, but still, it put a different spin on things that you assumed were fact because of past, and so-called proven theories…
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Astronaut Helmets
This Extra-vehicular visor assembly was worn by astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface during his historic Apollo 11 mission in July, 1969. The A7-L Lunar Extravehicular Visor Assembly consists of a polycarbonate shell onto which the cover, visors, hinges, eyeshades, and latch are attached. It has two visors, one covered with a thermal control coating and the other with…
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Alien astronauts theory
According to ancient alien theorists, extraterrestrials with superior knowledge of science and engineering landed on Earth thousands of years ago, sharing their expertise with early civilizations and forever changing the course of human history. But how did this concept develop, and is there any evidence to support it? Ancient alien theory grew out of the centuries-old idea that…
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Astronauts UFO sightings
Here we have ESA (European Space Agency) Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti preparing to dock with the space station when a brilliant orange light suddenly begins to reflect off of the solar panels of the pod and what Samantha sees both shocks and awes her. You can hear her voice in the video. She saw something powerfully lit up that came to greet her. A glowing UFO must have appeared…
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