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Chasing Rockets, Chasing History: One Journalist’s Video Reflections

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – As one might imagine covering the space program is a exciting vocation. Some professionals focus…

13 years ago

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Marks 40th Anniversary of Apollo 15

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – Apollo 15 was the first manned lunar mission to use a lunar rover, the first…

13 years ago

Hoping Forward At The End Of The Shuttle Era

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- The last space shuttle mission, STS-135, ended with the landing of the shuttle Atlantis at…

13 years ago

Happy 90th Birthday John Glenn!

He's an American space icon, and today he turns 90 years of age. "John Glenn is a legend, and NASA…

13 years ago

Obama: This is a ‘Capture the Flag’ Moment for Commercial Spaceflight

President Barack Obama called out for pizza today and ending up talking with the crews of STS-135 and Expedition 28…

13 years ago

Burt Rutan’s Race To Space: A Primer For Things To Come

[/caption] Voyager, Proteus and SpaceShipOne have become aerospace legends. As has the man who established them all – Burt Rutan.…

13 years ago

End of the Shuttle Era: Q & A With Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – He has been with the shuttle program for the past three decades and has witnessed…

13 years ago

Guest Post: Newly Born: the Science of Astronomy

[/caption] Editor's Note: Astronomy journalist Govert Schilling has written a book that looks at the 100 most important discoveries since…

13 years ago

“I believe this nation should commit itself…” Kennedy’s Moon Shot Speech to Congress

50 years ago today, US President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress to ask for support for…

14 years ago

World Ending on May 21? Don’t Count on It

Why do some humans have a fixation on the world coming to an end? From ancient Nostradamus to Marshall Applewhite…

14 years ago