Topic: Julie Payette
The International Space Station - which is coming up on a decade of continuous human habitation - is a celebrated success in our species' quest to learn to live in space. "I've heard it described as a train wreck followed by a car ...
The 13 people living on the International Space Station took some hard-earned time off Saturday, a welcome relief after a hectic week of orbital construction. Canadian astronaut Julie Payette, Endeavour's lead robotic arm operator, has said she's eager for more ...
Endeavour's spacebound crew of 7 includes Twittering skipper, singer, combat specialistThe astronauts headed to the international space station include a Twittering skipper, a classically trained musician who named her son after one of Columbia's fallen astronauts, and a former Navy ...
Seven astronauts have snoozed away the days before their planned launch aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, but it is all part of their plan for an overnight mission so extreme that one spaceflyer dubbed it a " NASA calls the process "sleep shifting ...
Next month, when space shuttle Endeavour arrives in orbit to begin its 16-day space station construction mission the usual satisfaction. The honor is due less to Cassidy's unquestioned worthiness than to where he'll be sitting. Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug ...
The shuttle Endeavour is poised for blastoff Saturday on one of the most complex space station assembly missions yet attempted, a grueling 16-day flight to attach a Japanese experiment platform, deliver critical spare parts, replace massive solar array batteries, and swap out ...
Seven astronauts are gearing up for what they expect to be a grueling orbital construction mission to the International Space Station this week aboard the shuttle Endeavour. Veteran shuttle commander Mark Polansky and six crewmates will blast off aboard Endeavour early Saturday ...
A doctor and a fighter jet pilot were welcomed into the Canadian Astronaut Corps on Wednesday, beating out 5,351 applicants who underwent a year of intense evaluations.Jeremy Hansen and David St-Jacques are the first Canadians to join the astronaut corps ...
Mr. Dextre stands taller than a house, has two seven-jointed arms and can fly around the Earth in about 90 minutes. "Mr. Dextre," as NASA's latest space shuttle Endeavour crew has coined it, is actually a Canadian space-age robot bound for ...
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Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette
Julie Payette flew on Space Shuttle Discovery from May 27 ...2009-01-04 -
Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette returns to the International ...2009-04-28 -
Astronaut Julie Payette talks parenting
Astronaut and mother-of-two Julie Payette talks about kids, science and ...2011-09-26
