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Space Wedding Successful

Posted by michael on from the ground-control-to-major-tom dept.

The Llama King writes "Love transcends all, including gravity, the atmosphere and orbital altitudes. According to this story at the Houston Chronicle, "Yuri Malenchenko didn't let the fact that he's living aboard the international space station stop him from marrying his bride, Ekaterina Dmitriev." The bride was at Johnson Space Center near Houston, while the groom circled 240 miles above her. The honeymoon will have to wait."

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  1. Silly Texans by Jason_says · · Score: 5, Funny
    Texas law allows weddings in which one of the parties is not present.


    Thats just funny...oh wait,ummm. This could be my only chance to marry a supermodel.


    I'm moving to Texas!!!! ....I hope I don't get the chair for this.

  2. As someone who's been married for a while by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can say that 240 miles away from the wife is about as good a honeymoon as you can get.

  3. Who would have thought by Gherald · · Score: 5, Funny

    It has been 15 minutes since a story about love & marriage appeared on Slashdot, and no one has been modded "Insightful" or "Informative" yet.

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  4. I feel like a cosmonaut! by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I too have received offers to get hitched with a hot russian woman from a long distance!

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  5. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...seem to have no problem launching boy-band members into space if they have the coin.

    You're assuming they planned to bring him back down.

  6. Men are from ISS, women are from earth by EqualSlash · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get ready for John Gray's next book.

  7. My buddy was in the groom's party... by Beatlebum · · Score: 5, Funny

    He said the ceremony was totally lacking in atmosphere.

  8. correct link here. by DRWHOISME · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hot wife