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 ...
NASA Day of Remembrance: Tribute to fallen astronauts at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
An annual memorial was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Every fourth Thursday in January, NASA remembers fallen astronauts.
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35 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 13th Group of Astronauts
NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23 candidates – seven ...
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The most memorable space shuttle missions
The seven-astronaut crew, led by commander Richard ... The mission, commanded by Eileen Collins — NASA's first female shuttle commander — faced a near-critical challenge when a hydrogen ...
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'SALLY' premieres at Sundance with Sally Ride's family, astronaut in audience
Director Cristina Costantini's documentary about the first U.S. woman in space bows at the annual Utah film festival.
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Astronaut Suni Williams, stuck in space, says she's "trying to remember what it's like to walk"
NEEDHAM - Massachusetts native and astronaut Suni Williams said she's "trying to remember what it's like to walk" after being stuck in space for almost seven months. Williams on Monday was ...
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Apollo 11 astronaut who orbitted the Moon dies at age 90
Collins, who in addition to being an astronaut was a test pilot and a major general in the reserve of the United States Air Force, retired from NASA in 1970, just a year after the historic mission.
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NASA Engineers Packed 100 Tampons in Legendary Astronaut Sally Ride's Toiletry Kit for Just One Week In Space
In the film, Kathy Sullivan, a scientist and former astronaut from Ride’s NASA class, also credits Ride with becoming “the first woman to take stock of what they call crew equipment.” ...