SpaceX Dragon’s second splashdown is a historic first, CNET “Until now, no single craft has visited the ISS and returned to Earth more than once. In fact, all other non-SpaceX […]
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Charlie Bolden Is Very Confused These Days
Keith’s note: I am not sure what to make of this comment by Charlie Bolden. Either he is very confused or someone is giving him really stupid talking points. Let’s […]
Posted inShuttle News
Sharing Memories of Columbia and Challenger
A Memorial to Our Fallen Shuttle Family Members “Today, NASA and our nation take a step toward the future by honoring our past. The story of humans in space is […]
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Dryden/Armstrong Research Center Scraps Shuttle History
NASA Award: Demolish Shuttle Mate Demate Device “Contracting Office Address – NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center, Code A, P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273 Description – In accordance with this contract, […]
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Don't Pay Too Much Attention to Space Policy Experts
Walker and Logsdon debating what Columbia Acdnt Inv Bd said about shuttle. Logsdon: Bush decision to kill shuttle was "stupid" #AsimovDebate — Marcia Smith (@SpcPlcyOnline) March 20, 2014 Logsdon on […]
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JSC Shuttle History Event Today
NASA JSC Storytelling – Early SSP Programmatic Decisions “Come join us today for the November Session of our Storytelling program. A panel of 5 will chronicle the Early Space Shuttle […]
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Is NASA Building A Rocket They Can't Afford to Fly?
Little Love for Asteroid Retrieval Mission; Squyres Deeply Worried about SLS Launch Rate, Space Policy Online “Another concern Squyres stressed is the low flight rate for the Space Launch System […]
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Looking Back and Looking Forward
NASA manager mused about what to tell Columbia crew if they had known space shuttle was doomed, AP “When NASA started flying shuttles again, Hale told the new team of […]
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Industrial Base Impact of Shuttle and Constellation Decisions
NASA Human Space Flight Industrial Base in the Post-Space Shuttle/Constellation Environment, Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office of Technology Evaluation “The Shuttle retirement and CxP transition will impact future NASA […]
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Atlantis Has Been Transferred
Photo: NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and KSC Center Director Bob Cabana sign the formal documents for the transfer of Space Shuttle Atlantis from NASA to the KSC Visitors Center.