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Owen Garriott, Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 88
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Owen Garriott, a Skylab and space shuttle astronaut who was the first to use amateur radio from orbit, has died at the age of 88
Astronaut Hall of Fame Adds Space Shuttle Fliers Jim Buchli, Janet Kavandi
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Shuttle astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavendi are the latest inductees to the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Shuttle Veterans Buchli, Kavandi to Enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A member of NASA's "Thirty-Five New Guys" and the 35th woman to fly into space will enter the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in April.
Astronaut Rick Searfoss, Who Flew On Three Space Shuttle Missions, Dies at 62
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A Space-Themed Band from London Just Rocked Out with NASA's Shuttle Enterprise in NYC
By Chelsea Gohd published
Astronaut Don Peterson, Who Made First Shuttle Spacewalk, Dies at 84
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Astronaut Don Peterson, who first trained for a classified space station before he became one of the first people to spacewalk from the space shuttle, has died at 84.
Astronaut Hall of Fame Adds Space Shuttle Commander and Spacewalker
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Leonid Kadenyuk, First Ukrainian Astronaut Who Flew on US Space Shuttle, Dies at 67
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Leonid Kadenyuk, the first astronaut from an independent Ukraine who made his first and only flight aboard space shuttle Columbia in the late 1990s, has died.
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