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Realizing the dream of space: Astronaut Peggy Whitson on leaving Earth for the first time

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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule is designed to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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360 Video: Inside Boeing's Starliner space capsule

Image: Astronaut Chris Ferguson at Kennedy Space Center
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Making of an Astronaut

Space man inspired by 'The Right Stuff' gets set for second act he never expected

Image: Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Last Trip To ISS Under Command Of Astronaut Mark Kelly
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International Space Station springs a leak

Image: Spacecraft communicators  keep in contact with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their lunar landing mission
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Houston, we have a transcript: NASA releases 19,000 hours of Apollo 11 tapes

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Making of an Astronaut

This engineer wants to make Mars the 'new branch of human civilization'

Image: PASSENGERS, from left, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, 2016. ph: Jaimie Trueblood. (C)Columbia
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Space without sound: One woman’s journey to become America’s first deaf astronaut

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'First Man's' portrait of Neil Armstrong gets at the man behind the myth

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