Space Wedding Popular in Press - 185 Articles and Counting
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Space Wedding - 185 Articles and Counting
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"Couple get hitched in space"
News Corporation/Agence France-Presse
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6920681%255E1702,00.html
: THE bride, in a sleeveless white gown, had her feet firmly planted
: on the ground. The groom, in a blue flight suit with black bowtie,
: was almost over the moon.
: When a judge pronounced them man and wife they blew each other
: kisses across the ether, in a ceremony being touted as the first
: wedding to be celebrated between Earth and space.
: The groom, Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko, was aboard the
: orbiting International Space Station, hurtling some 400km above New
: Zealand, during the ceremony on Sunday afternoon.
: His bride, 27-year-old Yekaterina Dmitriyeva, was at an auditorium
: at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas that had been
: decorated to look like a wedding chapel, according to a Houston
: Chronicle report.
: Malenchenko and his best man, US astronaut Edward Lu, participated
: via video, appearing on a huge screen in front of the wedding party
: and some 200 invited guests.
: At the wedding reception at a nearby restaurant, where guests
: enjoyed smoked salmon and borscht, the bride had to settle for
: lifesized cardboard cutouts of her groom and his best man.
: "As Yuri is the furthest away, we are the closest because of the
: communication that we have," Dmitriyeva was quoted as saying at the
: reception.
: "It was a celestial, soulful connection that we have."
: Texas law allows a marriage to be celebrated when one of the parties
: is absent for valid reasons - usually because they are in the
: military or in prison.
: US officials accepted a space mission as one such reason.
: They plan to hold a second, firmly earthbound wedding in a church in
: Russia when Malenchenko returns to Earth in October, and then spend
: their honeymoon in Australia.
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"Houstonian Marries her Stellar Beau"
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/2041210
: It was an out-of-this-world wedding.
: When a Texas justice of the peace pronounced Yuri Malenchenko and
: Ekaterina Dmitriev man and wife Sunday, they had to blow each other
: long-distance kisses. Very long distance.
: The bride, judge and about 200 guests were at a NASA meeting room at
: the Johnson Space Center. The groom and best man were 240 miles
: above Earth, zooming somewhere over New Zealand in the international
: space station.
: "He was near where we will have our honeymoon," Dmitriev said,
: beaming in her white, sleeveless gown at the reception at the Villa
: Capri restaurant, golden stars twinkling in her dark hair. They plan
: to honeymoon in Australia after Oct. 28, when Malenchenko is
: scheduled to land in Kazakhstan.
: She lives in Houston but plans to move to Moscow to be with her new
: husband while he continues his space career.
: "I love Russia," she said, "It's a beautiful country."
: She first met Malenchenko, now 41, five years ago but fell in love
: with him when she met him again at a local night spot on April 12,
: 2002. The club was celebrating Yuri Gagarin night, in honor of
: Gagarin becoming the first man in space on April 12, 1961.
: Malenchenko was named for Gagarin.
: Then Malenchenko's training took him back to Russia. Then, as now,
: the two talked every day by telephone. During one of the
: conversations, he matter-of-factly suggested they get married.
: "I said, `Yes! Of course I will,' " she said.
: There was no time to have the wedding before he blasted into space
: in April for a six-month tour on the international space station,
: and the couple decided not to wait until his return.
: Texas law allows one -- or even both -- of a couple to be absent
: from the ceremony as long as the proper affidavits are filed, said
: Fort Bend County Clerk Dianne Wilson, who issued the marriage
: license.
: "We were excited to be part of this historic occasion," Wilson said.
: The wedding is Dmitriev's first and Malenchenko's second.
: Malenchenko, who is divorced, has an 18-year-old son.
: The NASA hall was made up to look like a wedding chapel, said
: wedding planner Jo Ann Woodward. Harry Noe, a family friend, stood
: in for Malenchenko during the ceremony as Clear Lake Justice of the
: Peace William Yeoman officiated. The cosmonaut and American
: astronaut Edward Lu appeared on a huge video screen in front of the
: wedding party.
: Malenchenko and Lu wore their standard fare blue-gray flight suits,
: augmented with bow ties and cumberbunds.
: As the bride marched up the aisle, Lu played the wedding march on a
: keyboard he took aboard the space station.
: "I almost started to cry," Dmitriev said.
: The bride and groom each placed their rings on their own fingers.
: The groom and best man had to make do with the standard fare of the
: space station. The rest of the wedding party had delicacies like
: smoked salmon, borscht, zakouska and karavai, a special wedding
: bread.
: Malenchenko and Lu were there in spirit, represented by life-size
: cardboard cutouts of themselves. The room was decorated with stars
: and statues of spacemen overhead.
: "I've known Yuri and Kat for a long time," said restaurateur Frankie
: Camera. "They are very sweet people. They will have a good and happy
: long life together. We have a lot of weddings here, and they are all
: happy marriages."
: The bride's father wasn't exactly thrilled when he learned of the
: plans.
: "When I first heard about this, I thought she was crazy," said
: Victor Dmitriev, who teaches Russian literature and culture at
: Oklahoma State University. "I said, `No! No! No!'
: "Then I saw all the support they were getting from their friends and
: the people at NASA, and I thought it would be all right," he said.
: "It was a beautiful wedding, and I am very happy."
: "I have another daughter," the elder Dmitriev added, "and I hope
: when it comes her time to marry it will be something simpler."
: In the end, Ekaterina Dmitriev said, Russian officials allowed the
: marriage but said it won't be official in Russia.
: The couple plan a religious wedding in Russia in June.
: "I want it to be when people can get there and it's not so cold,"
: Dmitriev said.
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"'I do' From Outer Space"
the Scotsman
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/international.cfm?id=875102003
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"Space Wedding Successful"
SpashDot discussion
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/08/10/222200.shtml?tid=133&tid=134&tid=160&tid=186
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"Ceremony Short on Gravity"
The Globe and Mail, Canada
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030810.wspac810/BNStory/International
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"Spaceman, Sweetheart Tie Knot"
News Corporation/Agence France-Presse
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6918407%255E1702,00.html
: Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko married his US sweetheart
: Yekaterina Dmitriyeva, Interfax news agency reported, in what
: disapproving Russian officials said was the first and last wedding
: in space.
: The ceremony took place yesterday with the 41-year-old groom
: orbiting the Earth at a height of about 400km while his bride, 26,
: was firmly earthbound in an auditorium in her home city of Houston,
: Texas.
: His US colleague aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Ed
: Lu, was best man, while a family friend stood in for the groom
: during the ceremony in Texas.
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"Man on Space Station Weds Bride on Earth"
Guardian, UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3011822,00.html
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"Cosmonaut on Space Station Marries Woman in Texas"
Reuters, UK
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3252280
Cosmonaut Marries in Match Made in Space"
Reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030810/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_space_ukraine
: Peering into each other's eyes via a satellite video hookup at
: NASA's Johnson Space Center, the two exchanged vows before
: 200 people in a ceremony that ended with bride Ekaterina Dmitriev
: blowing new husband Yuri Malenchenko a long distance kiss.
: A beaming Dmitriev, dressed in a traditional white wedding dress,
: told reporters she was very happy, even though she will not see
: Malenchenko, 41, until he returns to earth in late October or early
: November.
: "It was cool; it went straight to the heart," she said, standing
: next to a life-size cutout of Malenchenko that was to be his
: stand-in at a space-themed wedding reception.
: Wedding organizer Jo Ann Woodward said the ceremony, closed to the
: press, was highly traditional except for the absence of the groom.
: Friend Harry Noe stood in as his proxy, which is permitted under
: Texas law, and gave Dmitriev, 26, her ring.
: Texas judge Bill Yeoman presided over the ceremony, which was
: conducted in English.
: Dmitriev said she and Malenchenko began their relationship in April
: 2002 after meeting at the Outpost Tavern, a favorite astronaut haunt
: near Johnson Space Center.
: Neither NASA nor Russian space officials embraced the wedding, but
: the couple insisted they did not want to wait for Malenchenko's
: return.
This very well could be the social tipping point that wrests space
from the exclusive domain of scientists and engineers (primarily male
dominated fields) into the larger societal experience of tourism,
where women play a much larger role. Welcome aboard ladies. :)
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