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New Wicked Lasers' S3 Krypton laser can blind even astronauts (VIDEO)
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Shanghai-based Company that sells high-powered portable lasers, Wicked Lasers presents its new amazingly powerful product. As one of the most popular laser companies, Wicked Lasers again will win laser...
Astronauts try to repair space station cooling system
NASA says two astronauts are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, continuing efforts to repair faulty cooling equipment that caused an emergency shutdown in the station last week. This is the second spacewalk in the past four...
Muslim astronaut from Malaysia needn't fast in space during Ramadan
Government minister said, the first astronaut from Malaysia will not be required to fast while in space even though he is a Muslim and the flight will be during Ramadan. "When you travel there is no compulsion to fast," Science Minister...
Former astronaut Lisa Nowak returns in court
Ex-NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak returned to court Wednesday to ask a judge to throw out evidence in her assault and attempted kidnapping case over an alleged attack on a romantic rival. Nowak's attorney, Donald Lykkebak, wants Circuit Court Judge...
First astronaut from South Korea flies in Russian Soyuz
The 30-year-old expert on artificial intelligence will be the first person from South Korea in space. He flies on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station next year. The Ministry of Science and Technology selected Ko San, who has...
Astronaut Lisa Nowak uses temporary insanity defense in rival case
Former U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak is about to use temporary insanity defense on charges that she assaulted and tried to kidnap a romantic rival. Nowak suffered from major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, insomnia and "brief psychotic...
Astronaut warns China will spoil Europe's fun if Galileo faces more delays
As European Union governments consider how to get the problem-plagued Galileo satellite navigation system into orbit, one EU official who has been there has simple advice - do it fast, or else the Chinese will steal the show. The first man in space from...
U.S. astronaut readjusts to life on Earth after 215 days in space
Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is paying for his U.S. record of 215 continuous days in space. It has been almost a month since Lopez-Alegria returned from the international space station, but he walks a little funny because his body's balance system...
Former U.S. astronaut waited nearly hour at airport for rival she allegedly attacked
Former U.S. astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak waited nearly an hour at the airport for the romantic rival she allegedly attacked, donning a trenchcoat before security cameras as the woman looked for her bags. The security footage from Orlando International...
U.S. astronaut to return to Earth in June - NASA
The last member of the 14th ISS Expedition, U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams, will leave the international space station in June this year on board a U.S. space shuttle, NASA said Friday. Williams replaced the European Space Agency's German astronaut...
