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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction
A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut's timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that ...
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Duffy: All-Female Blue Origin Crew Not Astronauts
Jeff Bezos’ commercial spaceflight company launched its New Shepard rocket with an all-female crew into suborbital space.
US transportation chief says female Blue Origin crew is ‘brave and glam’ — but not astronauts
The crew who flew to space this week on an automated flight by Blue Origin were brave and glam, but you cannot identify as an astronaut,” Sean Duffy wrote on X.
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NASA astronaut Kathryn Thornton: ‘All the progress we’ve made over the past 70 years is in peril’
The physicist, one of the women who has spent the most time outside a spacecraft, discusses NASA, new technology, and what it ...
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Blue Origin Flight: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Calls Out “Brave and Glam” Crew Members
to the women as the “astronaut crew,” Sean said they do not, in fact, meet the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) criteria to receive the title. “The U.S. commercial space industry is an ...
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Gayle King compares herself to an astronaut after Blue Origin flight—Sean Duffy says no
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said the all-women Blue Origin crew, including Gayle King, didn't qualify as astronauts under FAA criteria. He emphasised the requirement for ...
NASA's Don Pettit, 2 cosmonaut crewmates, wrap up seven-month space station visit
Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in ...
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Secretary of transportation to the Blue Origin all-female crew: ‘You cannot identify as an astronaut’
Blue Origin's all-female crew successfully made it to space, but when it comes to whether they are considered astronauts, former federal guidelines are bringing them back down to Earth.