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  • NASA astronaut Leland Melvin on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis with his typical day’s worth of food. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food in the month of February was 2700 kcals. He is 45 years of age; 6 feet tall; and 205 pounds. The early days of space travel were dominated by Tang, Space Food Sticks, and a variety of pastes squeezed from aluminum tubes—all designed to prevent the levitation of liquids and crumbs, which can be hazardous to the equipment. Over the years, space menus have become more palatable, and now astronauts can even enjoy fresh fruits for the first few days of a mission. The challenges of weightlessness extend to photography. Even with three fellow astronauts helping to wrangle Leland’s floating food as shuttle commander Charles Hobaugh took the photo, all of the items in Leland’s daily fare aren’t clearly visible. Photo credit: NASA  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, with his feet anchored in loops for stability, retrieves food from his locker in Atlantis galley on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food in the month of February was 2700 kcals. He is 45; 6' and 205 pounds. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Astronauts get together for a potluck dinner in the galley of the Unity Node of the International Space Station.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The crews share a meal of mostly canned treats saved for the occasion: crab, oysters, clams, tuna, mushrooms, and calf cheeks in plum sauce. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Art installation with TV head watching alien crash victim body at Burning Man. Burning Man is a performance art festival known for art, drugs and sex. It takes place annually in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada, USA.
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  • Art installation at Burning Man. Black Rock Desert, Nevada: Art installation with TV head watching alien crash victim body. Burning Man is a performance art festival known for art, drugs and sex. It takes place annually in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada, USA.
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  • Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. [1977]
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  • In a demonstration of mechanical dexterity, NASA's robot astronaut uses its hand to open a tether hook of the sort that will be used during the upcoming construction of the International Space Station. Designed to be as human-like as possible, Robonaut's hand has four fingers and an opposable thumb. Robonaut is the early prototype for the robotic astronaut being built at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. Intended to accompany astronauts into space, Robonaut will be especially important in emergencies. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 131 top.
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  • Robonaut, with an acrylic head, holds a drill with socket attachment at the Johnson Space Center, Houston. That NASA's teleoperated humanoid-type robot, called Robonaut, has no legs is by design, because in space, says project leader Robert Ambrose, an astronaut's legs can be a big impediment to fulfilling the mission of a spacewalk. The latest version of Robonaut has two arms, a Kevlar and nylon suit, updated stereo eyes, and is getting heat sensing capability. Possibly the most significant change is the move from total teleoperation to some level of autonomy.
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  • Borrowing from Star Wars, engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, just south of San Francisco, CA, are developing a personal assistant robot that can hover over an astronaut's shoulder in space, or work at the direction of an astronaut in situations too dangerous for a human. Floating weightlessly, the machine could have many uses: patrolling corridors for gas leaks, reminding astronauts about the tasks on their to-do lists, or serving as a communication link when people are busy using both hands. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 124.
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  • August 1991 Space Shuttle Launch, 11:02 a.m., at Kennedy Space Center from Astronaut Road. Cape Canaveral, Florida.  Flight Number: STS-43 Craft: Atlantis. Flight Duration: 8d 21h. Mission was a TDRS launch.
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  • August 1991 Space Shuttle Launch, 11:02 a.m., at Kennedy Space Center from Astronaut Road. Cape Canaveral, Florida.  Flight Number: STS-43 Craft: Atlantis. Flight Duration: 8d 21h. Mission was a TDRS launch.
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  • August 1991 Space Shuttle Launch, 11:02 a.m., at Kennedy Space Center from Astronaut Road. Cape Canaveral, Florida. Flight Number: STS-43 Craft: Atlantis. Flight Duration: 8d 21h. Mission was a TDRS launch.
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke sits at his desk with his one-eyed Chihuahua, "Pepsi" tucked inside his shirt. Clarke enjoys telling visitors that this is his reenactment of the alien baby bursting forth from the chest of the astronaut in the sci-fi movie Alien. Published in Stern Magazine, 28 December 2000 issue, pages 76-77. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Head of the robot DART, the predecessor to Robonaut, a robotic astronaut developed by NASA  at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. In the first, developmental setup, the robot DART (Dexterous Anthropomorphic Robotic Testbed) had its head and hands joined to several long, immobile, pipelike cylinders. Later models are much more closely patterned on the human body. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 131 bottom.
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  • Feeling a hand resting on his shoulder, Robert J. Ambrose looks up to see a hovering Robonaut; the early prototype for the robotic astronauts his team is building for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. Intended to accompany astronauts into space, Robonaut will be especially important in emergencies. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 128.
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