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Astronaut Al Worden circled the moon during the Apollo 15 mission.
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Retired Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Dies At 88

Mar 18, 2020
He had one trip to the moon — not to tread the surface, but to orbit in the craft that would return the two moonwalkers to Earth. All three got in trouble later over the sale of space mementos.
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Astronauts Christina Koch (right) and Jessica Meir pose for a photo on the International Space Station on Oct. 4. NASA moved up the first all-female spacewalk because of a power system failure at the space station.
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NASA's First All-Female Spacewalk Set For Friday

Oct 16, 2019
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will replace a faulty power regulator on the International Space Station. Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men.
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The Salt
Some of the space food that was scheduled to be carried on the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission included (from left to right): chicken and vegetables, beef hash, and beef and gravy.
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50 Years After Apollo 11, Here's What (And How) Astronauts Are Eating

Jul 21, 2019
Ever since astronaut John Glenn's first bite of applesauce in 1962, eating in space has been a challenge. NPR talks to former NASA food scientists to see how cosmic cuisine has evolved over the years.
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NASA astronaut Anne McClain, attends her final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre outside Moscow on Nov. 14, 2018.
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'Every Day Is A Good Day When You're Floating': Anne McClain Talks Life In Space

Feb 17, 2019
Kindergartners from Georgetown Day School in Washington D.C., help NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro field questions to McClain, who's an astronaut serving on the International Space Station.
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Joe's Big Idea
The Chinese lunar lander <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/cnsa_moon_future.html">Chang'e 4</a> is headed to Aitken Basin, a large impact crater near the moon's south pole, pictured here in blue. The distance from the depths of Aitken
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China's Lunar Lander To Explore Moon's Far Side

Jan 01, 2019
Early in 2019, China hopes to land a rover — the first soft landing on the moon's far side. The mission is exploratory, and will lay groundwork for a trip by Chinese astronauts to the lunar surface.
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NASA astronaut Anne McClain (from left), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency successfully blasted into space on Monday morning. It is the first mission since an aborted launch in October.
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Soyuz Rocket Launches, Docks Successfully To Relief Of NASA, Russia Space Agency

Dec 03, 2018
A Russian, an American and a Canadian were aboard the spacecraft when it lifted off from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazkahstan. It's the first launch since a failed mission in October.
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In 1966, astronauts Dick Gordon (left) and Pete Conrad trained for Gemini 11 in the Gulf of Mexico aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever.
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NASA Astronaut Dick Gordon Has Died At Age 88

Nov 07, 2017
As a child in the Great Depression, he never dreamed of being a pilot — let alone an astronaut who would be one of just 24 people to fly to the moon. He had two of the early spacewalks.
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The Salt
Despite all the technical challenges, Sebastian Marcu predicts that his company will be able to have German astronaut Alexander Gerst bake the first loaf of sourdough in space next year.
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3, 2, 1 ... Bake Off! The Mission To Make Bread In Space

Jul 26, 2017
On Earth, crumbs are harmless, but in orbit they can be perilous. But bread is a big deal in Germany, so scientists and engineers there are teaming up to create an oven and dough fit for microgravity.
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In July 2016, Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams (right), inside the International Space Station, maneuvered a supply spacecraft for docking.
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A Microbe Hunter Plies Her Trade In Space

Mar 14, 2017
Meet Kate Rubins, a virus-hunter turned astronaut. When she sequenced DNA in space for the first time, she opened the door to a new era in space biology.
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Apollo 1 astronauts Ed White (from left), Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, 1967. The astronauts died as a result of a fire in the cockpit during a training session on Jan. 27, 1967.
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50 Years Later, NASA Creates Tribute To 3 Astronauts Who Died In Space Race

Jan 26, 2017
On Jan. 27, 1967, three astronauts were killed when a fire broke out in their Apollo 1 cockpit during a test on the launchpad. The capsule will be put on public view for the first time Friday.
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The Two-Way

NASA's Other Asteroid Mission: Grab A Chunk And Put It In Orbit Around The Moon

Sep 09, 2016
Flying people to an asteroid is really hard, so NASA wants to bring part of it to them. But some former astronauts say the $2 billion plan was born of politics and budget cuts, and makes little sense.
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Scott Kelly Reflects On His Year Off The Planet

Mar 01, 2016
During his 340 days aboard the International Space Station, the astronaut documented his time there with hundreds of photos. Kelly says the perspective makes him feel "more like an environmentalist."
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