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US astronaut Mark Vande Hei to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensions
Read full article: US astronaut Mark Vande Hei to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensionsA U.S. astronaut has made it through nearly a year in space but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth.
‘He has always been a fool:’ Retired NASA astronauts roast Russian space agency head on Twitter
Read full article: ‘He has always been a fool:’ Retired NASA astronauts roast Russian space agency head on TwitterFormer NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Garrett Reisman responded to a March 2 video posted by the leader of Russia's space agency, Roscosmos.
3 astronauts inducted into Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Read full article: 3 astronauts inducted into Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center Visitor ComplexThree veteran astronauts will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Saturday morning at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Out of this world ways astronauts celebrate holidays in space
Read full article: Out of this world ways astronauts celebrate holidays in spaceThere may not be family feasts or boughs of holly, but astronauts still manage to find creative ways to celebrate holidays while they’re orbiting the Earth. Come Nov. 15, four astronauts will launch on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket and head for the International Space Station, where they’ll stay for about six months. Space Station (@Space_Station) November 25, 2019Last year, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan were happy to let Russian astronauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Skripochka and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano in on their American traditions. New Year’sAccording to Kelly, New Year’s is actually a bigger deal than Christmas on the International Space Station because all the astronauts on board celebrate it at the same time. You can hear his International Space Station rendition of the Irish ballad here.