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Topic: Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Malenchenko...
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-10-2003 04:36 PM
   
(Credit: Associated Press)Ekaterina Dmitriev Malenchenko poses with a cardboard cutout of her new husband, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, following a long distance wedding ceremony between the couple Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003, in Houston.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030810/ap_on_re_us/space_marriage |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-10-2003 11:22 PM
I'm happy they got to do it. Congratulations and many happy returns! |
DavidH
Member Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 08-11-2003 10:12 AM
Has anybody seen pictures of Yuri during the wedding? All the ones I've seen have been from the ground. And after all the reports talking about how he had a coat brought up to ISS for the occassion, all the stories yesterday said he just wore the bow tie and flight suit. Kind of odd. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-11-2003 01:18 PM
Good for them! I'm glad they did do it anyway. Another odd but interesting historical moment for the space program. |
john ffoulkes
Member Posts: 146
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-11-2003 03:41 PM
Congratulations to both of them, another "first" in space, and a bit of needed publicity. |
Ed beck
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From: Florida
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-12-2003 09:20 PM
Uh.. You know.. looong distance relationships can be tough. But, we hope these two can make it work. Mazel tov!!!!
Ed And Ruth Beck------------------
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." Psalms 19:1 NIV |
kosmonavtka
Member Posts: 170
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 08-13-2003 04:26 AM
Haven't seen a mention or photo of the wedding on the NASA or Energiya sites yet. Guess the grumpy old fuddy-duddies in Management are going to ignore it. |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-13-2003 11:11 AM
Katie Couric of the TODAY show interviewed the bride and the wedding planner yesterday in the NY studio. So Ekaterina has quite a press tour going on right now. I am beginning to wonder if the wedding was for true love or a publicity stunt. ------------------
Larry McGlynn
A Tribute to Apollo |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 08-13-2003 11:25 AM
quote:
Originally posted by kosmonavtka:
Haven't seen a mention or photo of the wedding on the NASA or Energiya sites yet. Guess the grumpy old fuddy-duddies in Management are going to ignore it.
Indeed marriages are private business. Neither the ceremony nor the exercise of marital duties are something space agencies pay for, nor the use of contraceptives, whether they are of medical nature, or simply by physical distance between the partners. Have you seen NASA care about any other marriages of their astronaut employees, or how and when they were organized? ------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies |
kosmonavtka
Member Posts: 170
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 08-14-2003 04:33 AM
Well, none of them took place in space! And NASA did make a big fuss about Ed Lu's birthday (heaps of photos in the ISS gallery with those silly Hawaiian shirts), but no mention of the wedding. Seems a bit churlish. |
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