Keith’s note: Back in 2004 my late co-author Frank Siezten and I wrote a book “New Moon Rising” about the Vision for Space Exploration that was developed after the loss […]
Challenger
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Lorna Onizuka
Keith’s note: Lorna Onizuka has died. I met her several times when I was on the board of directors of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. She was very […]
Posted inAstronauts, Columbia, Exploration, News
Remembrance
Keith’s note: From NASA: “From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Israel Eliav Benjamin, place […]
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NASA Annual Day Of Remembrance
“The agency will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles […]
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NASA Is Forgetting Its Own History (Update)
Keith’s update: NASA just released this statement. After decades of holding an event at Arlington National Cemetery, NASA will not allow the public or media to attend the event at […]
Posted inShuttle News
Challenger
Keith’s note: On this date 28 January 1986 the crew on board Space Shuttle Challenger, itself named after a fabled ship of learning and exploration, left Earth on a trip […]
Posted inHistory
Thirty Two Years Of Resonance With Challenger
On this day in 1986 I was sitting at my desk as a grad student in the Biology Department at Central Connecticut State University. Everyone knew of my interest in […]
Posted inApollo
Remembrance
Ancient Memorials for Modern Space Explorers, SpaceRef “A week prior to my departure I got a call from June Scobee Rogers, the widow of Challenger’s commander Dick Scobee. She was […]
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Thinking Back – Looking Ahead
Scott Parazynski: Still on Cloud 10 on the summit of Mt. Everest, SpaceRef “I tied off a pair of flags I’d made to honor astronauts and cosmonauts who had perished […]
Posted inExploration
Inspiration Endures
My Aunt, Judy Resnik, by Jenna Resnik “You can shape your destiny and create your future, if only you try. Go find your ‘other world’, and remember that if you […]