Category: astronaut
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Apollo 8 astronaut Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, reported dead in plane crash By Reuters
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Written by Steve Gorman and Peter Cooney (Reuters) – Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three people to orbit the moon and who captured the “Earthrise” photo during NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state, media reported.…
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Boeing Starliner’s first astronaut crew welcomed aboard space station By Reuters
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Written by Joey Rowlett and Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Boeing Co.’s new Starliner capsule and NASA’s inaugural two-member crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, in a key test to prove the ship’s airworthiness and increase Boeing’s (NYSE:) competition with Elon Musk. SpaceX. The rendezvous was achieved…