astronauts
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Who is Australia’s First Astronaut?
The first certified Australian astronaut has been named, but there were technically some Aussies in space before her.
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What to Know About This Week’s Spacewalks Outside the ISS
After a nearly 8-month hold on extravehicular activities outside the International Space Station (ISS), NASA is resuming its spacewalks on Tuesday with plans to install new solar arrays. But that’s not the only spacewalk set to take place outside the ISS this week.
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Buzz Aldrin Memorabilia Goes Up for Auction and Sells for Over $AU11 Million
Have you ever been to a garage sale where someone was selling sports trophies? Kinda tacky, right? Well, it’s not so much the same when an ex-astronaut does it, especially when it’s one of the original moon landing astronaut’s Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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The Wonderful Looks Out of This World…Literally
Most of your favourite space movies feature something going wrong. A malfunction. An invasion. It’s not just “Houston, we have a problem,” there’s always a problem. But that’s the movies. It’s fiction. In reality, while space is obviously a deadly place, being there isn’t always overly dramatic and intense. It can be tranquil. It can…