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NASA to Observe Day of Remembrance, Host Employee Safety Town Hall
09 Feb 2024 01:33 GMT
… dedication for former NASA astronaut Karol Bobko.
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
NASA Kennedy, in … partnership with The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, … chairman and daughter of former NASA astronaut Dick Scobee, will serve …
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NASA to Observe Day of Remembrance Thursday Jan. 25, Commemorate Crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia
21 Jan 2024 05:10 GMT
… dedication for former NASA astronaut Karol Bobko.
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
NASA Kennedy, in … partnership with The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, … chairman and daughter of former NASA astronaut Dick Scobee, will serve …
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USAFA honors life of Col. Karol Bobko, the Academy’s first NASA astronaut
09 Sep 2023 03:40 GMT
… and legacy of Colonel Karol Bobko at the United States … Force Academy (USAFA).
Colonel Bobko graduated from the USAFA and … academy's first-ever NASA astronaut.
"He was my … satellites.
Bobko was recognized throughout his career with three NASA space …
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Karol 'Bo' Bobko, former NASA astronaut who flew three shuttle missions, dies at 85
19 Aug 2023 15:58 GMT
Karol "Bo" Bobko, who was the only NASA astronaut to fly on the … 1985. (Image credit: NASA)Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko was born on Dec … . For 56 days, Bobko, together with fellow astronauts Bob Crippen and Bill …
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Apollo 16 astronaut Rear Adm. Ken Mattingly dead at 87
04 Nov 2023 03:43 GMT
… , aeronautical engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut who flew on both Apollo … classmates with fellow future astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Karol Bobko. His instructors, Charles … school, he was selected by NASA for astronaut training.
(Left to right …
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First Air Force Academy astronaut remembered as a calm and humble leader
08 Sep 2023 22:43 GMT
… Graduate to serve as a NASA Astronaut.
Beneath a sliver of … astronaut to graduate from the Air Force Academy, Col. Karol “Bo” Bobko … hours in space, according to NASA. In 1983, he served … satellites, among other experiments, NASA said.
His friend and Air …
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Karol Bobko, First to Pilot the Challenger Into Space, Dies at 85
24 Aug 2023 22:29 GMT
Karol Bobko, an Air Force pilot who joined NASA as an astronaut … the seven laboratory astronauts transferred to NASA.
While he waited … flight, in October 1985.
Karol Joseph Bobko was born on Dec. … space, Colonel Bobko and two other astronauts spent eight weeks …
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Pioneering NASA Astronaut Don Peterson Dies at 84
30 May 2018 16:59 GMT
… fellow MOL trainees joining NASA’s astronaut corps.
“You might … Paul Weitz, pilot Karol “Bo” Bobko and fellow mission specialist … history, becoming the first astronauts to wear Extravehicular Mobility … Musgrave rejoined Weitz and Bobko inside Challenger and two …
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WATCH: NASA Astronauts Thomas Jones and Scott Altman Inducted into U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
22 Apr 2018 01:30 GMT
… Complex on Saturday evening, veteran NASA Astronauts Thomas Jones and Scott Altman … astronaut inductees were also on hand including Walt Cunningham, Robert Crippen, Karol Bobko … committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, …
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Robert Lawrence: First African American astronaut
01 Feb 2020 05:23 GMT
… MOL classmate and later NASA astronaut Don Peterson recalled in … younger (under 35) MOL astronauts (Karol Bobko, Robert Crippen, Gordon Fullerton, … Richard Truly) transferred to NASA, and since Lawrence was … of his death, NASA leaders honored Lawrence in …