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Japanese Robot Shoots Breeze With Astronaut
2013-12-20 19:10:40| TechNewsWorld
A humanoid robot named "Kirobo" has had a chat with a Japanese astronaut on the ISS. The robot, also from Japan, is designed to process questions and construct answers from its vocabulary bank, as opposed to regurgitating preprogrammed responses. Asked if he could handle zero-gravity conditions, the robot replied, "I'm used to it now, no problem at all."
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Video: Astronaut Scott Carpenter -- second American to orbit Earth -- dies at age 88
2013-10-11 15:37:42| Footwear - Topix.net
Scott Carpenter was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
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For the astronaut with everything, the $115,000 Moon Orbiter watch
2013-06-17 19:45:00| CNET News.com
At nearly half the price of a suborbital flight, Romain Jerome's latest slab of luxury has sci-fi styling, moon dust, and Apollo 11 bits. But no spacesuit. [Read more]
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Astronaut Mae Jemison teaches students how to save the environment
2013-06-14 21:19:54| PortlandOnline
Becca Stanek in The Oregonian, June 11, 2013
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Retiring astronaut Hadfield calls 'Space Odyssey' most realistic sci-fi
2013-06-10 23:26:23| CNET News.com
Preparing to jettison from the Canadian Space Agency, Chris Hadfield reflects on Kubrick's epic film and his youth on a corn farm watching "Star Trek" reruns. [Read more]
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