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As Shuttle Nears Retirement, U.S. Weighs Options For Future Space Exploration 22 Nov 2009 15:17 GMT
... As Shuttle Nears Retirement, U.S. Weighs Options For Future Space Exploration ''Atlantis'' roars into the sky at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...
A wild ride 22 Nov 2009 04:39 GMT
... the book on fine dining in outer space. It's called “The Astronaut's Cookbook” and has ... during the Apollo, Skylab and into the Shuttle programs. He's retired now and back on ... the teacher/astronaut who died in the tragic Challenger explosion in 1986. Bourland spoke in soft ...
Space Shuttle Atlantis launch a near-death experience? NDE may have predicted Challenger explosion 18 Nov 2009 07:17 GMT
... Space Shuttle Atlantis launch from the Astronaut Hall of ... fourth operational shuttle built, as the shuttle Challenger exploded January 28, 1986 just 73 seconds ...
Nierman Challenger Learning Center Awarded NASA Climate Education Grant 18 Nov 2009 22:37 GMT
... Fleet Science Center is a partner in Challenger Center for Space Science Education and has been awarded NASA ... in memory of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger. Founded by the families and friends ...
'Butterflies in Space' Education Project Launches 16 Nov 2009 21:50 GMT
... can follow the "butterflynauts" aboard the International Space Station as they develop from larvae into ... educational experiment launched Nov. 16 on space shuttle Atlantis, and the butterfly habitat will be ... Boulder, BCM, Orion's Quest, The Butterfly Pavilion, Challenger Learning Center of Colorado and NASA. Additional ...

'Butterflies in Space' Education Project Launches to Space Station 16 Nov 2009 20:10 GMT
... 'Butterflies in Space' Education Project Launches to Space Station HOUSTON, ... educational experiment launched Nov. 16 on space shuttle Atlantis, and the butterfly habitat will be ... Boulder, BCM, Orion's Quest, The Butterfly Pavilion, Challenger Learning Center of Colorado and NASA. Additional ...
Little-Known Black History Fact: Guion 'Guy' Bluford 20 Nov 2009 11:32 GMT
... "afronauts" - meaning black astronauts - in space, today we pay tribute to the first ... he traveled on Mission STS-8 aboard the shuttle Challenger on Aug. 30, 1983. He served on ...
Putting the NASA in NASCAR: Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin to Help Pace Sprint Cup Championship Field in 1969 Mustang 17 Nov 2009 22:11 GMT
... RaceFest this Thursday evening, as the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and NASA will bring ... actual moon rock and meet veteran space shuttle astronaut Jon McBride, pilot for STS-41G aboard ... McBride, pilot for STS-41G aboard the Orbiter Challenger. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched ...
3, 2, 1! Local orthopedic surgeon readies for space launch on Monday: Dr. Robert "Bobby" Satcher of Oak Park will work on robotic arms and study affects of weightlessness on bones at space station 15 Nov 2009 13:57 GMT
... 2, 1! Local orthopedic surgeon readies for space launch on Monday: Dr. Robert "Bobby" Satcher ... at 1:38 p.m. Central Time in space shuttle Atlantis headed for the International Space Station, ... later was killed aboard the space shuttle Challenger. White-Satcher said the tragedy didn't deter her ...
NASA has invited its past and present space program workers to design an emblem to mark the end of the shuttle era. The winning design will be flown on the shuttle before the fleet retires. 14 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... With just six space shuttle flights remaining - the next scheduled to ... will have flown to space aboard Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. Byerly said she ...

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NASA Launches In-House Patch Contest to Mark Shuttle Era's End 14 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... With just six space shuttle flights remaining - the next scheduled to ... will have flown to space aboard Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. Byerly said she ...
Alabama's Own Marshall Space Flight Center's Ares Rocket Tops List 14 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... Alabama’s Own Marshall Space Flight Center’s Ares Rocket Tops List NASA’s ... to take us anywhere else. The space shuttle is a flying truck: fine for the ... next to the exploding motor that claimed Challenger, beneath the chunks of falling foam that ...
Mystery lingers in Alice Nunes case 13 Nov 2009 06:35 GMT
... the plane carrying baseball star Roberto Clemente, Horgan said, and located parts of the space shuttle Challenger. "Because of the circumstances, I was just feeling for him and his family," Horgan ...
NASA retires 'queen' of tracking satellite fleet 15 Nov 2009 18:17 GMT
... quarter-century after a hard-luck launch aboard the shuttle Challenger, the pioneer of NASA's constellation of tracking ... telemetry needs, according to Roger Flaherty, the Space Network project manager at NASA's Goddard Space ...
Former Astronaut Scott Parazynski, MD Named Chair of the Board-Elect 14 Nov 2009 17:36 GMT
... Challenger Center for Space Science Education announced today that former astronaut ... corps in 1992, and flew five Space Shuttle Missions and conducted seven spacewalks. He has ...
NASA moon mission a success; water found, moon race on! 14 Nov 2009 01:35 GMT
... from the White House for future manned space missions. NASA had been planning a mission ... "deorbited" in 2015, will replace the space shuttle. NASA plans to have the Ares I ... design is a complete departure from the Challenger series. ...
NASA moon mission a success; water found, the race is on 14 Nov 2009 14:53 GMT
... from the White House for future manned space missions. NASA had been planning a mission ... "deorbited" in 2015, will replace the space shuttle. NASA plans to have the Ares I ... design is a complete departure from the Challenger series. ...
Horgan 'sad but glad' to end Lynn pond mystery 13 Nov 2009 09:27 GMT
... Horgan spent months helping investigators search the ocean off Florida for remains of the Challenger space shuttle explosion and he searched a Texas lake to retrieve parts of the Columbia shuttle ...
Apollo 8 crew: NASA, you have a problem 13 Nov 2009 05:48 GMT
... the state of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during a news conference Dec. 11 ... do over a period of time.” The Challenger and Columbia disasters. A Martian orbiter that ... budget cut by Congress. A massively overexpensive shuttle program. NASA is feeling some real-world effects ...