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When Space Missions Become Medical Emergencies
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Last month, a medical issue paused a planned spacewalk and ultimately impacted crew rotation operations aboard the International Space Station. It was far from the first time a space agency scrambled to deal with a human health emergency in orbit.
A Proud Canadian Visits Kennedy Space Center for Artemis II
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NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen are set to join a very small club of pioneering explorers who have journeyed to the Moon. I met Hansen the moment he became an astronaut candidate, nearly 17 years ago, and have watched his career ever since. We never could have predicted he’d climb moonward. But so it goes.
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When Space Missions Become Medical Emergencies
Last month, a medical issue paused a planned spacewalk and ultimately impacted crew rotation operations aboard the International Space Station. It was far from the first time a space agency scrambled to deal with a human health emergency in orbit.
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A Proud Canadian Visits Kennedy Space Center for Artemis II
NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen are set to join a very small club of pioneering explorers who have journeyed to the Moon. I met Hansen the moment he became an astronaut candidate, nearly 17 years ago, and have watched his career ever since. We never could have predicted he’d climb moonward. But so it goes.
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