#French lecturer reaches for stars with astronaut application

#French lecturer reaches for stars with astronaut application

“#French lecturer reaches for stars with astronaut application” Enlarge Image Matthieu Pluvinage, a candidate to the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut selection, poses in his office at the ESIGELEC engineering school where he teaches, in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France, June 4, 2021. Reuters ROUEN, France, June 8 – In a break from his job teaching engineering to…

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#Ex-NASA astronaut takes plea deal in traffic death case

#Ex-NASA astronaut takes plea deal in traffic death case

“#Ex-NASA astronaut takes plea deal in traffic death case” A former astronaut pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the traffic deaths of two girls in 2016. James Halsell Jr., 64, an ex-NASA space shuttle commander, had been indicted on reckless murder charges in the Alabama crash that killed 11-year-old Niomi Deona James and 13-year-old…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021” Limits of EMSAs a former volunteer with Emergency Medical Services, I have responded to quite a few calls involving Emotionally Disturbed Persons (“NYC expands no-police mental-health program,” April 27). I can tell you that EMS and social workers alone are not adequate for a lot of these…

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#Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival

#Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival

“#Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts — representing the…

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#UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training

#UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training

“#UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training” DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates has selected the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut, as the Gulf country rapidly expands into the space sector to diversify its economy. Emirati national Nora al-Matrooshi, a 27-year-old mechanical engineering graduate currently working at Abu Dhabi’s National Petroleum…

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