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Said Peggy Whitson, head of the NASA astronaut office: "We weren't going to ask him to command if he didn't want to. "

Fortunately, it did not affect the mission, but should any astronaut have to call a dog in space, the results would be disastrous.

The former astronaut says he would like to go back to the moon to see how the American flag he and Neal Armstrong planted there is doing.

'I used to run around the street with a fishbowl over my head pretending I was an astronaut.

But having taken the plunge, he is now on the brink of adventure; he is about to be launched into his own inner space to the astronaut.

Some space analysts questioned why China appeared to be rushing the training of a female astronaut.

Hope near future, I also will be able to be same with you, become an astronaut, will make the contribution for the motherland development.

David grew up to be a physician, an aviator who could land on the deck of a carrier in the middle of the night, and a shuttle astronaut.

An astronaut will attempt to leave the stationary spaceship and then return to it.

For an astronaut in space, the suit is all that stands between you and the deadly airless vacuum outside.

An astronaut will attempt to leave the spaceship and then return to it.

His paintings of the lunar landscape, which fetch tens of thousands of dollars, bear the lessons of his time as an astronaut.

The meal tray becomes the astronaut's dinner plate and enables him or her to choose from several foods at once, just like a meal at home.

When Morgan visits classrooms to talk about her experiences as an astronaut, the kids ask plenty of questions.

The astronaut can send out a robot working on an unknown celestial body and then set up a perpetual observation station.

Piers didn't think twice about continuing as an astronaut. And I won't be any more nervous than when he blasted off the first time.

This made it possible for the astronaut, in his spacesuit with oxygen supply, to go first from the air-filled ship to the bellows.

It was not until he told the retired woman astronaut all the truth that he really had a clear conscience.

There also is one Japanese astronaut, Koichi Wakata, who will move into the space station for at least three months.

EARTH, reflected off the face of ASTRONAUT PETE SHELBY'S HELMET. It appears close enough to touch.

"Every astronaut we have come in here just says, 'Wow, ' " said Robert T. Bigelow, the company founder.

As a kid, you aspired to be a doctor, astronaut or princess. But as you get older, the innocent "What do you want to be when you grow up? "

Houston there is a problem! It seems to be with an astronaut, someone who does have a degree in rocket science.

Many years passes before he grows up to be a top astronaut.

You wanted to be a musician (a writer, astronaut, whatever) but everyone told you it was a bad idea, and you didn't even try.

All the astronaut should have the ability to work calmly and must be good at working as part of a team.

Perhaps some people make a mistake, but pilot and astronaut do not usually make mistakes of this kind.

It's not easy to be an astronaut's son.

"I'm so sorry, Richard, " he said. "You'll never be accepted as an astronaut. "

As you enter the gallery, you come face-to-face with a life-size portrait of astronaut Gordon Cooper by Mitchell Jamieson.

I used to think I'd like to be an astronaut.

"President Obama challenged us to be bold and dream big, " Mr. Bolden, the NASA chief and a former astronaut, said in a statement.

The truth is out there. And a former Apollo 14 astronaut wants you to know about it.

An astronaut in deep space is too far from his ship, and his air is running out.

The president of Turkey wanted the Obama administration to let a Turkish astronaut sit in on a NASA space flight.

To be an astronaut, you must be in robust health. It is not an occupation for a frail person.

This astronaut photo shows sand heaped up in numerous star dunes, each of them with long arms extending in several directions.

Looking like a human astronaut, the robot has a head, torso, two arms and hands and is also dressed in white with a gold helmet.

A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag after a grease gun inside it burst, and watched as the kit floated away.

"There is still no cure for the common birthday, " former US astronaut and senator John Glenn is said to have once uttered.

Shepard, the commander of Apollo 14, ended up becoming the only Mercury astronaut to make it to the lunar surface.

Alan Shepard, the first US astronaut, would not be launched until almost a month later and then on a comparatively short suborbital flight.

When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I never said fireman or astronaut.

Like an astronaut floating unchained through space, I had no purpose in life.

If a would-be astronaut's spouse does not like the idea of them going into space they must remain on earth.

However, the unveiling of a next-generation robot astronaut shows the android space program to be alive and well.

It was precisely the moment that the Astronaut Jack Young took the famous photograph of the "Earthrise" from the moon.

It is in this sense that an astronaut orbiting the earth in a space capsule is said to be " weightless " .

As the last astronaut to return to the Apollo 17 lunar module in 1972, Cernan was the last man to set foot on the Moon.

l The soft inner lining of a space suit has tubes of water in it to cool the astronaut's body or warm it up.

One said there was no lava on the moon, Another said that the moon material would explode as soon as an astronaut's boot touched it.

I wish I could travel through space like an astronaut.

An older, more detailed view of the Great Dyke can be found in an astronaut photograph available here.

China's human space program made its debut in 2003 with the launching of its first astronaut into orbit aboard a capsule known as Shenzhou.

The name of the first astronaut setting his feet on the moon will remain in human history forever.

A NASA astronaut and a Japanese space flyer stepped outside the ISS to fix one of its power units.

look like an astronaut ? When he sees stars .

Cheering erupted in the control room when Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang opened the hatch of the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft and went outside.

Despite the turkey with trimmings, astronaut Robert "Shane" Kimbrough said he still missed being with his family on the holiday.

In the outer space, an astronaut is not able to cry, because absence of gravity, tears can't be flowed out.

Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne has spoken of his pride at taking command of the International Space Station.

Barbie has been an astronaut, a doctor, a teacher and a princess a thousand times over. But a tattoo artist?

Johnson's desire, to be an astronaut, is clear to all of us.

Some was dressed like an astronaut with the words "The Aerospace Industry" on the space suit.

An astronaut would go and get a freeze-dried package of seed microbes, add a little moisture, and stick it in the sensor.

The name of the Russian astronaut who performed this feat was Leonov, and the date of his walk in space was March 18, 1965.

But last Thursday, when he returned to Earth after his journey into space, Yang Liwei was called "China's first astronaut" .

But this remarkable view captured by astronaut Ron Garan looks down on a Perseid meteor.

China is now very proud that they now have a new national hero, a new icon in the name, in the person of astronaut Yang Liwei.

Yang Liwei is still a husband and a father. But today he's also Chellona's first astronaut, and a national hero.

Discovery is delivering a new astronaut sleeping quarters, an ammonia tank and a gyroscope for the space station.

To me, he wasn't just a world-famous astronaut.

Chinese astronaut training center of scientific research extravehicular spacesuit Liu Xiangyang, director of Research Office of the recalls.

NASA astronaut Edward Lu is campaigning for a new spacecraft that would divert asteroids on a path to slam into Earth.

when i was small wanted to be an astronaut at nite & a hockey player in the day. became an actor instead. now can be both easily.

Being an astronaut is, perhaps, the most widely-spread wishes among the little boys.

As China's first astronaut to set foot in the outer space, Yang's spaceship flew around the Earth for 14 times and returned safely.

They fitted the boys out in little astronaut suits that completely protected them from UV rays.

At least one moon-walking astronaut was not impressed.

Profile on: Charlie Duke, a former NASA Astronaut, was one of only 12 men who have walked on the moon.

Beyond stars, the astronaut saw nothing but the space.

One of the most bizarre stories is called "The Astronaut's Suicide. "

Space flight training simulator is one of the important equipments for astronaut training on ground.

Astronaut 1: Man, I cannot get that song out of my head.

Virtually every Apollo astronaut came back with a deep sense of the Earth's fragility.

That's when Rick told me about his dream: He wanted to be an astronaut.

The gloves have silicone-rubber fingertips which allow the astronaut some sense of touch.

There also is an image of a New York City street sign named for astronaut Kalpana Chawla.

This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates flooding in suburbs of the Brisbane, Australia metropolitan region.

One astronaut had commented: "There is nothing as beautiful as a urine dump at sunset. "

This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates flooding in suburbs of the Brisbane, Australia metropolitan region.

One astronaut had commented: "There is nothing as beautiful as a urine dump at sunset. "

The tray can be attached to an astronaut's lap by a strap or attached to a wall.

After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of approximately $1million U.

Far from flavorless cubes, the menu selection includes such astronaut favorites as shrimp cocktail.

They took turns handling the equipment, with one astronaut passing it to the other and then crawling forward for another hand-off .

i don't need to be an astronaut as long as you are k-k-kissing me.

And, against all the odds, it has its first official astronaut in the shape of Tim Peake, an army helicopter test pilot.

The ISS was located over the southern Indian Ocean when this picture was taken, with the astronaut observer looking towards the west.

The astronaut gave a narrative of her strange experience in space.

Following his retirement as an astronaut in 1965, Glenn went into private business.

An astronaut can float on the surface of the moon without being affected by the gravity.

Garfield: Yeah, I love that game. You're such a brave little astronaut.

This astronaut photograph highlights the metropolitan area of Izmit along the northern and eastern shores.

A spacewalking astronaut ventures beneath shuttle Discovery's belly and successfully completes an unprecedented emergency repair.

On the back, portable life support system, keeps the astronaut alive for about four and a half hours.

The middle layers of a space suit are blown up like balloon to press against the astronaut's body.

"I would fly in space 100 times if I didn't have to worry about its impact on other people, " astronaut Steve Smith says.

For this reason, you'll find an astronaut and an ice cream cone amongst the otherwise Renaissance and Baroque adornment!

It's loaded with supplies, as well as a humanoid robot that will be tested as a potential astronaut helper.

The astronaut makes an final attempt to salvage secondary planet.

Each pod will be able to hold four guests and two astronaut-pilots.

In the Egyptian adaptation, girl Muppet Khokhawants to be an astronaut or a doctor and serves as a female role model.

The ISS is currently manned by three Russians, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut.

His father was an astronaut.

NASA senior managers and astronaut MikeMassimino hopped aboard the train in Jacksonville, Fla. , for the final leg ofthe trip.

Astronaut Eugene Cernan was the last man on the moon , more than three decades ago .

Hadfield's team includes a NASA astronaut, an undersea engineer and a scientist.

Exploratory data and images should allow a more informed choice of possible future astronaut landing sites.

He disclosed that by the combined effects of a variety of factors, the first Chinese astronaut in space walk long time.

And if you really want the full astronaut experience, just get some tall strong folks at your office to hold you upside down when you eat.

That's a problem, because space alters an astronaut's sense of taste and smell.

Each astronaut's food is stored aboard the Shuttle and is identified by a colored dot affixed to each package.

To the family, the friend and our outer space astronaut like the people saying, the national loss first is they individual heavy loss.

But no US astronaut has ever suffered the slow oxygen starvation and freeze that would doom a spacecraft lost beyond the Earth's orbit.

Lindenburger will be the last of three teachers selected as mission specialists in the 2004 Educator-Astronaut class to fly on the shuttle.

The astronaut couldn't get over the fact that in spite of the accident to the space vehicle he had returned safely to Earth.

The crew, including astronaut Judith Resnick, had to urinate in plastic "Apollo bags" that are stored on board.

Friday's flight gave the Tycho Brahe scientists data on what kind of g-forces and temperature changes an astronaut-pilot would experience.

Yet an astronaut aboard the ISS still has roughly 180 foods and beverages to choose from -- and that's just the American menu.

" And boys, I'm sure some of you said, " an engineer " or " astronaut.

(grow up)He wanted to grow up to become an astronaut.

On top of the SLS, Nasa plans to put its Orion astronaut capsule, which is already in development.

The robot and the astronaut would probe the moon to see how its resources could be used , the report showed .

The brake's main functions are to ensure both astronaut and payload safety, particularly under power loss or joint runaway conditions.

She's female, 5-foot-4 (the minimum height for a pilot astronaut) and a Wellesley College graduate.

NASA also uses them as chase planes for the space shuttle orbiter as well as for astronaut training.

However, instead of flushing, they work like a vacuum cleaner sucking away the astronaut's waste.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to work for the space program and hoped of being an astronaut.

European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne is the guy tasked with putting his plumbing skills to work on short notice.

Astronaut centered design philosophy is a new concept suggested by the authors for manned space system design.

Instead of an astronaut, they'll call him a space flight participant.

This astronaut photograph shows the southern end of Paramushir Island after a snowfall.

China hopes to make its first moon landing within two years and to put an astronaut on the moon as early as 2025.

In more recent history, most Chinese remember what they were doing when Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut in space.

The fire was so big that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth.

VOICE: Why would the beautiful wife of an astronaut, feel that life was not worth living?

I asked him how he grew up to be an astronaut.

A newly discovered belt of antimatter circling Earth could be an astronaut's best friend.

I hope to fly into the space like an astronaut.

The same posts shows astronaut photographs where the pyramids and the Toyota Center in Houston are clearly visible.

When she told her peers about her new career path, some of them questioned it, wondering why anyone would want to become an astronaut now.

People could hear on radio and television the talk between the astronaut and the flight controllers.

Atlantis will deliver the ESA's Columbus Laboratory to the space station, and the shuttle crew will include ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel.

As a pioneering astronaut, you have been assigned to make contact and document your sightings for anxious millions back on Earth.

Discovery is delivering a new astronaut sleepingcordersandquartersan ammonia tank anda gyroscope for the space station.

The southern end of the dyke is captured in this astronaut photograph.

China's then hoping to land a lunar robot in the next five years, with a long term goal a Chinese astronaut on the moon by 2020.

The other key to staying sane in an isolated environment is meaningful work, Leroy Chiao said, a former NASA astronaut.

A micrometeorite impact, a snag, a wayward tool or even a misstep can spell doom for an astronaut.

Mindy learned to be an astronaut while working at NASA.

What is worth mentioning, the astronaut may through the porthole on looking heavenly body change, look out the blue color the Earth.

Tom shows great interest in physics, furthermore, he wants to be an astronaut in the future.

Local cop: Yeah, fell from the sky. I don't think he's an astronaut.

in preparation for the launching of the manned spacecraft, the astronaut needs knowledge of physics and aviation.

Celebrities from actress Ashley Judd to astronaut Buzz Aldrin have revealed their struggles with gloom.

Among the 841 torch bearers are basketball star Yao Ming, film director Zhang Yimou, and Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut.

Space walk, astronaut, spaceship, float, breathe, spacesuit, space junk.

Should say, we are now all the astronaut, is a candidate from the shenzhou vi, after all, in preparation for god seven.

The spaceship called Shengzhou V is flying to space with the China's first astronaut Yang Liwei in it .

An astronaut cannot live without oxygen when he goes into outer space.

When I grow up, I don't want to be the President, an astronaut or even a hairdresser.

Congratulations to you for being the first astronaut of China.

It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan Shepard.

So an astronaut on the flight of Gemini Four, Ed White, took that first frightening step into the unknown.

Yuri Gagarin, an astronaut of russia, was the first man that had gone up into space.

His fellow moonwalker, Al Bean, never the most naturally gifted astronaut, compensated with sheer hard work.

(Recall also the work of astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who famously fired away with the same gear during his time aboard the ISS).

Each day the track is dedicated to a particular astronaut and chosen by their spouse or a colleague.

He wants to become an astronaut and devote himself to the study of space science.

What did you want to say to Daddy, Baby? Say, "astronaut. " -Astronaut. . .

In the choice of astronaut Yang Liwei when. he Zeng army is a good pilot.

Astronaut Ronald J. Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, poses for a preflight photo.

Astronaut Jeffrey Williams' silhouette stands out against a vista of the Earth behind him.

The astronaut was taking photos of the earth when he noticed a new star.

You know, the next week an astronaut came and we thought: Oh, my god, I want to be an astronaut.

The whole town turned out to welcome the astronaut.

The grueling and intense training is a good test those applying to NASA's post-shuttle astronaut corp.

The space shuttle Endeavour sits docked to the ISS in an astronaut photograph taken May 23.

The three-astronaut team will test technology for sustaining human life in space and conduct a series of scientific experiments.

A Chinese astronaut has become the first in his country''s history to take a space walk.

The astronaut have accomplished the mission successfully.

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and astronaut Alan Shepard -- the first men in space -- became household names.

Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, an ardent believer in the colonization of Mars, has also floated this idea.

The astronaut (an astronomy fan) is astonished at the gymnastics show in the gymnasium .

After the astronaut drains the urination, the excreta will enter downward along with the pipe collects the vessel.

"They wanted to make a robot that could work next to an astronaut, " he says.

The result is obvious: Cartoon member Jordan led the "Dream Team" , defeated the astronaut, cartoon family finally left in the earth.

Fellow astronaut Mike Massimino is in the foreground.

Unless you're an astronaut, secret agent, vampire hunter, or all three, you're probably a sellout; screw you.

Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, prepares to board Shenzhou V, the rocket that carried him into space.

But last Thursday, when he finished the travel to outer space, he was called "The first Chinese astronaut to outer space" .

This evening, I had a meeting with Jack Hall, the Canadian astronaut.

That's the day astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped down from the spaceship Eagle and became the first human to set foot on the moon.

This striking astronaut photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds over the Southern Hemisphere on January 30, 2010.

In 2008, a Chinese astronaut, fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang, performed a spacewalk - the first in his country's history.

Astronaut Jing Haipeng defends in the returns cabin value, and momentarily monitors the airship operating condition.

To apply engineering methods to the study of astronaut adaptation to weightlessness .

An earlier astronaut photograph shows an early phase of construction of Palm Jumeirah.

TOM long wanted to be an astronaut since.

Forty years ago, Alan Shepard hurtled into space to become the first U. S. astronaut and one of the most recognized people in the world.

Williams' sister, Dina Pandya, and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg were running in the race on the ground.

Dr. Taylor Wang, the first Chinese astronaut, was given the red-carpet treatment at his alma mater.

Astronaut Scott Parazynski makes a third space walk as construction continues on the International Space Station.

An astronaut might get a 30 minute warning of an incoming solar storm.

John Glenn dubbed him "the eighth astronaut" of NASA's original Mercury Seven.

Last November, a Chinese astronaut even lugged a Hanwang device into space during the Shenzhou 7 mission, offering cosmic brand visibility.

And the great thing about being an astronaut is you get to do it in space.

The space flight lasted 21 hours and the 38-year-old astronaut landed safely at 6: 23 am the next day in Inner Mongolia.

Japan expects its first astronaut to take up residence on the space station to arrive in October.

He also wrote a book with astronaut Deke Slayton about his experiences.

A Chinese astronaut is also participating in a joint exercise with Russia and ESA to simulate a 500-day flight to Mars and back.

I met a boy whose father was a astronaut.

A Chinese astronaut has made the historic first step in outer space for his country.

Ansari reportedly paid US$20 million to become the fourth private astronaut to take a trip on a Russian spacecraft and visit the station.

The remains of Astronaut Scudderman were found approximately one year after this interaction was recorded.

This is nothing compared to the Space Shuttle explosions, or the Apollo accident where 4 american astronaut died.

The Shenzhou spaceship is a good example. It sent China's first astronaut into space.

On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.

As a man, and having become an astronaut, he found it was even more important to love his family and serve his Lord.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

one who later became the first female American astronaut in space, Sally Ride.

The son of Israel's first astronaut has died after the fighter plane he was piloting crashed in the West Bank.

Li Ming had a dream to become an astronaut and space stations.

Story An astronaut overcomes great obstacles to achieve an amazing goal .

Perhaps I'll work in the space program, even if I can't be an astronaut.

One day he wants to be an astronaut.

During that walk, the astronaut or "taikonaut" also will test a new Chinese-made spacesuit.

May 2010: This detailed astronaut photograph provides a different viewing perspective on the spill.

"The taste is great, " American astronaut Michael Barratt said.

An Indian astronaut will also get a "trial run" abroad a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2013.

The first Latino-American astronaut is also a scientist designing a new generation of plasma-powered space vehicles.

Morgan rejoined NASA in 1998 as a mission specialist and educator astronaut.

Finally, the motion track of the astronaut during extra-vehicleis discussed.

The artist's dream is to "become an astronaut and explore space life. "

NASA says it will review psychological training after astronaut Lisa Nowak's arrest.

The defendant in the astronaut love triangle asked a court to remove her GPS ankle monitor.

Interesting fact: Potatoes make great food for astronaut!

I have a great dream. It is to be an astronaut. Being an astronaut, I will devote myself to my country, my youth to my country.

Both olds and youngs all were relating own sorrow, all feels for ours astronaut proud.