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A NASA Astronaut Flew Untethered To Capture A Satellite And The Footage Is Tense To Say The Least
While terrifying, there's an overlooked NASA spacewalk which looks equally terrifying to untrained Earth-dwellers. In 1984, ...
Health impacts of 9 months in space as 2 NASA astronauts return home after extended stay on ISS
NASA astronauts are returning to Earth after nine months in space. Experts have said a prolonged period in space can come ...
William Lucas, director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center during the Challenger disaster
William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the ...
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William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102
An earlier version of this obituary referred incorrectly to Christa McAuliffe, one of the astronauts killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. She was to be the first American ...
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From Spacewalks To The Deepest Abyss: We Chat To Astronaut Kathy Sullivan, The Only Person To Do Both
"It's time we all realize that we are crew members on this spaceship called Earth and start to think about our role and ...
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The Day the Challenger Fell From the Sky
Adam Higginbotham’s new book delves deep into the tragedy of the Challenger explosion and the impact the disaster has had on American culture. Apple Podcasts will only work on MacOS operating ...
RETRO FIND: Sally Ride, first American woman in space, inspired generations to reach for the stars
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history as the first American woman to journey into space, soaring aboard the shuttle ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches crew to rescue stuck NASA astronauts from ISS
Four SpaceX astronauts blasted off in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Friday afternoon to the International Space Station to rescue ...