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- Space station astronaut, commander Chris Hadfield announces retirement
HOUSTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who captivated the world with photos and videos on social media from the International Space Station, says he's retiring.
June 11, 2013 - UPI - It had a good run, but space station's first treadmill on way out
Robert Z. PearlmanSpace.comA space apparatus that for more than a dozen years enabled both astronauts and cosmonauts to literally run around the Earth has pretty much run its course, NASA said Tuesday. The International Space Station's original treadmill hss been condemned to a fiery destruction aboard a spent Russian cargo freighter.The treadmill, which NASA had earlier reported was aboard a ...
June 11, 2013 - MSNBC - It had a good run, but space station's first treadmill jettisoned
Robert Z. PearlmanSpace.comA space apparatus that for more than a dozen years enabled both astronauts and cosmonauts to literally run around the Earth bid farewell to its home on orbit Tuesday. The International Space Station's original treadmill is now on its way to its fiery destruction aboard a spent Russian cargo freighter. The now-discarded exercise device, called the "Treadmill Vibration ...
June 11, 2013 - MSNBC