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No Boundaries Contest Explorers Careers in STEM
Space and exploration can be an exciting idea, especially to young people. How often growing up have we exclaimed that we wanted to be an astronaut? Yet despite the ending of the imminent mothballing of the Constellation program at NASA, there are still hundreds of career options available to people wishing to be involved and […] Continue reading
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Ad Astra Per Aspera: Remembering Our Lost Astronauts
On this day in 1967 three brave astronauts lost their lives when a fire started inside their Apollo command module during a test on the launchpad. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the 1986 Challenger disaster where seven more astronauts lost their lives. Finally, next Monday is the seventh anniversary of the Columbia tragedy where seven […] Continue reading
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Last Man On The Moon, For Now
Thirty-seven years ago today, December 18, 1972, Eugene Cernan stepped into Apollo 17’s Challenger lunar module and became the last man to set foot on the moon. With Charlie Bolden, Lori Garver, and the Obama administration weighing the options for the future of America’s role in human spaceflight (unless Congress decides for them first) it […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo, Armchair Geek, Gene Cernan, Human Space Flight, LEO, Moon, NASA, Sally Ride, Science and Education, women
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WISE Space Telescope to Launch on December 11
Barring any unforeseen weather events at Vandenberg Air Force Base (I’m sure NASA is glad that they do not have launch facilities in upper Wisconsin right now), the WISE space telescope will be launched around 6 AM Pacific time on Friday, December 11th. Built as a part of NASA’s Explorers Program, WISE will observe our […] Continue reading
What Will Happen When Astronauts No Longer Fly On The Space Shuttle?
There are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the workhorse of NASA’s space program. With the exception of the Hubble repair mission earlier this year, the remaining flights have all been focused on adding to and upgrading the International Space Station. However, as […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, astronauts, Bigelow Aerospace, Dragon, Falcon, NASA, Orion, Space Shuttle, SpaceX
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