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NASA Astronaut Shares Why He Looked Frail After Landing; 'Didn't Feel Good, Didn't Look Good'
The astronaut said that he didn't look good because he "didn't feel too good" after throwing up when the spacecraft touched down. "I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good. I was right in ...
53 years later, old Soviet Venus spacecraft to fall back to Earth — but there’s a potential risk
Cosmos 482 launched in late March 1972 toward Venus. However, the upper stage of its Soyuz booster shut down early. This left ...
OTD In Space - April 28: World's 1st Space Tourist Launches To Space Station
On April 28, 2001, the world's first space tourist hitched a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz ...
NASA’s oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.
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'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)
"I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good," Pettit told reporters during a press conference from NASA's Johnson ...
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Smallspace model show returns in July
Smallspace, the HaMeX-organised model show for all things space, science fiction and fantasy returns to Hanslope, ...
NASA's Oldest Astronaut Returns To Earth On His 70th Birthday
Pettit even got to celebrate his birthday twice. Due to the time zone difference, it was still April 20 when Pettit flew back ...
Stunning Earth Day time-lapse captures aurora glow
Auroras are natural light displays that occur when charged particles from the sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and ...
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A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians, 1 American returns to Earth from International Space Station
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, ...
Orbited Earth 3,520 Times – And Home for Cake: NASA Astronaut’s Epic Return
After over seven months in orbit, astronauts Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner have returned to Earth aboard the ...
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Three NASA, Russian Space Station Crew Return To Earth
HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner ...
NASA Confirms 70-Year-Old Astronaut Don Pettit Is Doing Well Despite Looking Frail After Landing
NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday with a special homecoming, ...