Article: She made space history

Article: Newsanalysis: China enters new era of space history
Xinhua News Agency;  October 12, 2005 ;     663 words ...Newsanalysis: China enters new era of space history by Jiang Guocheng BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua ... mission, turning to a new chapter of the country's space history. Compared with its predecessor Shenzhou-5, Shenzhou ...

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Getty Images;  March 27, 2008 ;     243 words ...STR Getty Images 03-27-2008 RUSSIA-SPACE-HISTORY-GAGARIN Full Size JPG (1663 KB) (FILES) This picture taken on April 2, 1968 shows members of the presidium, including Leonid ...

Article: Pieces of Russian space history going on auction ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 15, 1996 ;     660 words ...Americans will get a first-hand look and chance to buy some of the earliest icons of Russian space history on Saturday when they go on sale at Sotheby's auction house in New York. Odds and ends ranging from battered space capsules ...

Article: Satellite set to rewrite Chinese space history
China Daily;  November 21, 2003 ;     526 words ... ... Administration said yesterday. It will fly as far as 66,970 kilometres from the Earth, further than any other in China's space history, according to Liu Zhenxing, chief scientist of the project. The satellite, codenamed TC-1, is one of two to ...

Article: Move over, guys. Women to make space history
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... MARCIA DUNN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-21-2007 Move over, guys. Women to make space history -- Females lead shuttle mission, station in orbit By MARCIA DUNN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 10-21-2007, Sunday ...

Article: Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation ...
Aviation History;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...BLACK WINGS: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History by Von Hardesty Smithsonian Books, New York, 2008, $21.95 BLUE SKIES, BLACK WINGS: African American Pioneers of Aviation ...

Article: It's up and away for a veteran spaceman; Astronaut Glenn makes ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  October 30, 1998 ;     530 words ... ... held up again when a plane intruded into the restricted area. The weather was perfect for writing a new chapter in space history - temperatures in the 80sF and winds calm with just occasional gusts. Glenn was the first American in orbit in 1962 ...