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Oklahoma natives, including Navy corpsman James "Laddy" Aldridge, have played key roles in historic space missions, from ...

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Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan's first and only astronaut, has died aged 67 in Germany. His 1988 Mir mission remains a rare symbol of unity and national pride for Afghans.

America’s push to reach the moon transformed science, technology and exploration. More than 50 years after Apollo 11, the ...

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How do you teach someone to look at the moon? Not glance at it, the way we all have on a clear night, but truly read it, the way a geologist reads a hillside. That was the challenge NASA set itself ...

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Lai Ka-ying, the first astronaut from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, has qualified for spaceflight with excellent performance, according to a spokesman for the China Manned Space Agency.