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Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
The model gave the firms the financial reassurance they needed for ambitious projects such as the space shuttle, the SLS, and ...
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Honoring a Space Pioneer: 30 Years Since Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr.’s Historic Spacewalk
Dr. Harris’ passion for space was ignited at the age of 13 when he watched the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. Determined to ...
On this date: NASA launches Apollo 5, pushing program forward
In addition to the 1968 launch of Apollo 5, the first Canadian woman launched into space onboard shuttle Discovery in 1992.
NASA marks Apollo, Challenger, Columbia tragedies on annual Day of Remembrance
It was a cloudy Saturday morning on the Space Coast when 12-year-old Tal Ramon anxiously waited with his family for the return of his father Ilan on Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. Ilan and his six ...
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Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas
"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...
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40 years ago, classified Shuttle mission foreshadowed Challenger's fatal flaw
It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which ...
NASA Challenger explosion remembered 39 years later
NASA recently paid tribute to the Challenger crew and other fallen astronauts during its annual Day of Remembrance.
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Ending the dream
I was 20 years old and a member of the 7th Cavalry near the DMZ in South Korea when the first Space Shuttle was launched in 1981. The launch took place, not intentionally, on the 20th anniversary ...
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NASA Challenger explosion remembered 39 years later
as well as other astronauts of Apollo 1 and space shuttle Columbia, during its annual Day of Remembrance ceremony on Jan. 23. "Today, we honor the heroes of our program who made the ultimate ...