Watching Apollo 11 with NASA Historian Bill Barry “What lessons can we draw from the Apollo program to apply to challenges we face now, such as climate change? One of […]
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NASA Historians Plan Stealth History Event
NASA Marshall, University of Alabama in Huntsville to host NASA in the South Symposium March 28-29; Media Invited “Presenters will include Douglas Brinkley, author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy […]
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The Day America Became A Spacefaring Nation
#OTD 31 January 1958 at 22:48 ET America launched its first satellite Explorer 1 into orbit and we became a spacefaring nation. https://t.co/Yryr3K5Oy6 #AdAstra — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 31, […]
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NASA Birthday Parties In DC
And the season of invitation-only #nasa60th @NASA contractor parties have started in Washington, DC. … think of all the money that could have been spent on scholarships instead. #PartyOn pic.twitter.com/sDvmkeBIDd […]
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Congress Is Honoring Hidden Figures
Ranking Member Johnson and Vice Chairman Lucas Introduce the Hidden Figures “Today, Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) introduced H.R. 6795, the “Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.” Vice Chairman […]
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Bad News From Earth
11 September 2001: Bad news from Earth, SpaceRef “The news from Earth that morning wasn’t good. Frank Culbertson would soon find that some of the day’s pre-planned routine would be […]
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Debunking The Missing American Flag Nonsense In "First Man"
Keith’s note: I am sick and tired of getting emails from conspiracy mongering idiots who think that there has been some sort of massive left wing revisionist editing of history […]
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Armstrong Family Responds To "First Man" Critiques
Statement by Rick and Mark Armstrong and James Hansen Regarding “First Man” “Although Neil didn’t see himself that way, he was an American hero. But he was also an engineer […]
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NASA Ignores Its Own Cool Stuff Again
Today in 1966, the 1st view of Earth in the vicinity of the Moon was taken by Lunar Orbiter I. It was designed to scope out the lunar surface for […]