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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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Space community mourns Sally Ride (+video)
Following the death of astronaut Sally Ride everyone from Buzz Aldrin to Barack Obama has offered a tribute to the first American woman in space.
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Sally Ride: The celebrity-shy, first US woman in space (+video)
Sally Ride was very private, but she inspired a generation of female scientists with her historic shuttle flight in 1983. Sally Ride, a physicist, proved that women could be equal partners with men in space.
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China to send its first female astronaut into orbit (+video)
The crew of China's Shenzhou 9 space docking mission to its prototype space station includes Liu Yang, the country's first woman to fly in space.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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Space junk close to International Space Station; new astronauts arrive
Space junk has NASA keeping a close eye on the International Space Station. New residents arrived Thursday.
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New International Space Station crew blasts off on Soyuz rocket
New International Space Station crew departed from a Russian Soyuz rocket on Tuesday. Two Americans and one Russian cosmonaut are onboard.
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Russian rocket set to launch Tuesday with new crew
A Russian rocket is set to launch toward the International Space Station Tuesday carrying two American astronauts and one veteran Russian cosmonaut.
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