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NASA Space Shuttle Owner’s Workshop Manual Book Review
[/caption] The shuttle era is ending and when things end people have the tendency to look back and reflect on…
At Shuttle Program’s Twilight, Tears and Cheers as Triumphs and Tragedies are Remembered
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – With the shuttle program’s end less than three months away, NASA took time to honor the…
NASA Selects Museums in Florida, California, New York and the Smithsonian for retiring Space Shuttles
[/caption] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden today unveiled the winners in the bidding war to become home to one of NASA’s…
Infographic: Fun Facts About the Space Shuttle Orbiters
Click on the infographic for a larger version and link to a NASA webpage. There's more info at the NASA…
Stirring Video Tributes to Yuri Gagarin
http://youtu.be/fuxeRNtN160?hd=1 Today, April 12, is the 50th Anniversary of Earth’s first manned spaceflight by Hero Cosmonaut , Yuri Gagarin of…
Countdown to Yuri’s Night and the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight !
Mark your calendars. April 12, 2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s astonishing First Orbit…
How Would a Government Shutdown Affect NASA?
[/caption] The big question weighing on the minds of anyone involved or interested in US space exploration is how a…
Spring Fireballs
For reasons yet unknown, the rate of midnight fireballs increases during the weeks around the vernal equinox. It's a beautiful…
Curiosity Mars Rover Almost Complete
[/caption] NASA’s massive ‘Curiosity’ rover is almost ready to begin the first leg of its long trek to the surface…
Astrobiologist, Nobel Prize Winner Baruch Blumberg Dies
[/caption] NASA's first director of the Astrobiology Insitute, and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg has passed away at…