# Astronaut

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# Apollo 11

Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft during the Moon landing, has died aged 90

Michael Collins piloted the orbiting command module as his colleages landed on the Moon.

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Apr 28th 2021, 6:39 PM

# Star Man

Richard Branson is training to become an astronaut

Branson says he has increased his fitness training by playing tennis four times a day.

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May 26th 2018, 11:41 AM

# to boldly grow

Japanese astronaut apologises after saying he'd grown 9cm while in space

His Russian captain suspected that 9cm was “too much elongation”. He was right.

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Jan 10th 2018, 2:45 PM

# RIP

Bruce McCandless, the first astronaut to fly untethered in space, has died

He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker’s jetpack.

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Dec 22nd 2017, 10:19 PM

# Peggy Whitson

Pictures: After 9 months in space, record-breaking astronaut returns to Earth

Peggy and two of her colleagues landed in Kazakhstan this morning.

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Sep 3rd 2017, 9:57 AM

# walking in space

'I didn't want to be known as the person who broke something on the Hubble telescope'

A former Nasa astronaut talks to us about his time in space, and the goal of humans reaching Mars.

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Jun 17th 2017, 10:00 PM

# medical reasons

Concern for Buzz Aldrin's health as he is evacuated from South Pole

The second man on the moon was there as part of a tourist group.

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Dec 1st 2016, 4:10 PM

# Astronaut

First woman to ever pilot a space shuttle on how she almost accidentally endorsed Donald Trump

Colonel Eileen Collins was speaking at a Medical Council event in Dublin.

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Oct 30th 2016, 7:00 AM

# looking well

This astronaut just took a gorgeous photo of Ireland from space to celebrate Paddy's Day

Beautiful.

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Mar 17th 2016, 3:34 PM

# is there anybody out there?

'Hello, is this planet Earth?': Astronaut apologises after calling wrong number from space

Tim Peake, the first Briton to visit the ISS, phoned the wrong number from space yesterday.

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Dec 26th 2015, 2:12 PM

# peakey blinder

UK astronaut Tim Peake arrives at International Space Station

The 43-year-old said he would call his relatives from space to wish them a merry Christmas.

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Dec 15th 2015, 6:43 PM

# Aurora

The best place to see the Northern Lights? From space...

The timelapse was taken during a sunrise.

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Aug 17th 2015, 11:44 AM

# final frontier

Pornhub wants to shoot the first ever sex tape in space

They launched a crowdfunding campaign today and hope the ‘sexploration’ will begin in 2016.

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Jun 11th 2015, 7:30 PM

# FINDING NEEMO

Scientists have built a lab 62 feet under the sea - but they aren't using it to explore the ocean

Before you can become an astronaut – you need to learn how to be an aquanaut.

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Jun 10th 2015, 7:12 PM

# Out of this World

This Dublin artist's amazing astronaut mural is Chris Hadfield-approved

Is there higher praise than that? We don’t think so.

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Apr 17th 2015, 2:33 PM

# Up In The Air

This teen sent her astronaut dad a desert message he could see from space

Advertising done right.

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Apr 14th 2015, 6:00 PM

Can you spot the astronaut space-walking in this picture?

Get your glasses out.

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Mar 4th 2015, 8:30 PM

# space dogs

This astronaut's amazing NASA portrait just needs to be seen

Every photo should have more dogs.

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Jan 29th 2015, 11:21 AM

# Optimism

Commander Hadfield is here to make you feel a whole lot better about 2015

“Our world is a better place than we often claim it to be.”

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Dec 29th 2014, 2:32 PM

# Space Oddity

Ireland's favourite astronaut is back in town...

… and he’s brought his guitar.

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Dec 13th 2014, 2:49 PM

# final frontier

These women were meant to be the first astronauts - but were left on Earth

Many of the women finalists scored higher in training than their male counterparts.

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Nov 29th 2014, 3:58 PM

# ISS

Astronauts on the space station can now enjoy caviar and espressos

A spacecraft arrived carrying three new astronauts and supplies yesterday.

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Nov 25th 2014, 3:30 PM

# fair-ly far away city

Here's what Dublin looks like from the International Space Station

‘Mon the Dubs!

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Nov 2nd 2014, 4:00 PM

# reid wiseman

Ever wonder what lightning on Earth looks like from space?

It’s been captured in Vine format, something astronauts on the ISS are mad for these days.

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Jun 27th 2014, 10:26 PM

# final frontier

This is the first Vine ever to be sent from Space

Astronaut Reid Wiseman is on the case.

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Jun 7th 2014, 11:38 AM

# waterford whispers

Whoops... Media outlets duped by North Korea 'rocket to the sun' story

A raft of sites have been taken by the ‘Waterford Whispers’ report on North Korea’s out-of-this-world claims — including our own Sunday World.

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Jan 25th 2014, 8:03 PM

# new mission

From space hero to tourism ambassador: Chris Hadfield returns to give Ireland's attractions a boost

The astronaut will spend the next few days as a ‘tourist’ as part of a promotional drive aimed at reaching his million-plus Twitter followers.

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Jan 10th 2014, 7:15 AM

# Space Oddity

Astronaut Chris Hadfield plays with The Chieftains again...on Earth

They previously played together while Cmdr Hadfield was still aboard the ISS.

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Dec 16th 2013, 9:28 AM

# Star Man

Here's when you can finally meet Commander Chris Hadfield

He’ll be signing copies of his new book in Dublin next month.

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Nov 28th 2013, 2:24 PM

# to boldly go

Final Frontier: NASA's Voyager departs the solar system for deep space

The Voyager 1 probe was launched in 1977 on a mission to explore the outer planets. It will continue to drift across the galaxy, carrying discs of greetings from planet Earth…

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Sep 12th 2013, 8:34 PM

# Star Man

Commander Chris Hadfield is coming to Ireland

He’ll need to brush up on his Gaeilge.

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Aug 16th 2013, 6:45 PM

# NASA

7-year-old boy writes to NASA, gets amazing reply

Here’s the full correspondence, as revealed by Dexter’s dad.

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Jul 12th 2013, 12:15 PM

# Space

Finglas student bids to become first Irish man in space

Seán Corcoran, a second year Software Engineering student from Finglas, will battle it out against 200 other potential astronauts from across Ireland and Britain for the chance to board a space flight next year.

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Jul 12th 2013, 7:15 AM

# Om nom nom

Here's Commander Hadfield's first Earth meal after months in space

“The smell is like an old friend.” Can you guess what he went for?

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May 15th 2013, 6:32 PM

Voices

Column: Chris Hadfield is inspiring a new generation of astronauts

With photos shared on social media and down-to-earth video interviews, Commander Chris Hadfield is surely inspiring many young people to become astronauts and to work in other areas of the space industry, writes Colm Quinn.

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May 14th 2013, 7:00 AM

# at the movies

“My head just exploded”- Irish director’s film chosen for Cannes

Last Day on Mars by Ruairí Robinson stars Liev Schreiber and Romola Garai and has been selected for the prestigious Director’s Fortnight at Cannes.

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Apr 24th 2013, 7:15 AM

# ground control to major tom

'My daughter is in Ireland': Astronaut Chris Hadfield says 'ask me anything'

Here are our nine favourite questions and responses from the International Space Station

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Feb 18th 2013, 12:37 PM

Voices

Column: Why I want to be Ireland's first female astronaut

Engineer, Norah Patten, has always been fascinated with space and has even made a career out of it. Now she wants to be Ireland’s first female astronaut. Here she tells us why.

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Jan 27th 2013, 7:30 PM