NASA crew photo hints at safety push for shuttle launch
The Atlantis crew posed for an unusual astronaut photo at Kennedy Space Center to stress spaceflight safety. A poster featuring the motif sold quickly, with 400 initial prints, 300 more, and 1,500 on order, while a launch to space station Alpha was delayed from Jan 26 to at least Feb 6 for booster inspections.
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Space Station Crew Faces Noisy Busy Inaugural Mission
Three astronauts Bill Shepherd Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev report a hectic two weeks aboard the International Space Station with constant machinery noise and long days. They say they stay positive, focus on progress, and joke about needing more fuel as their four month mission is extended by two weeks amid delays in returning home.
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Sky Watchers and Stars Guide Night Skies
A Sky Watch feature highlights Venus seen southwest after sunset and Sirius in the southeast with a look at star cluster M41. The article quotes Carl Jung and Dr. Richard Nisbett on Western analytic versus Eastern holistic thinking, citing studies comparing Americans and East Asians in perception, context, and reasoning.
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