Farouk El-Baz’s space odyssey from NASA to Star Trek
Farouk El-Baz once trained the astronauts who were planning for the 1969 Apollo Moon landing. Today, the former NASA geologist is training students …
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July 6, 2015 Al Worden on the honor of being an astronaut
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July 6, 2015 The difference it made: Building a car for the Moon
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February 17, 2015 Land, sea and space: Naval aviators have led the way
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February 16, 2015 Tim Peake ready to become United Kingdom’s official ISS resident
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October 17, 2014 Charley Kohlhase has been our ambassador to the planets
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Meet the astronauts launching a new era of U.S. spaceflight
For the first time since NASA retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011, American astronauts will once again launch to the …
NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson celebrates 100th birthday
Katherine Johnson, a trailblazing mathematician whose calculations were instrumental in every major NASA spaceflight program, celebrated her 100th birthday on August …
NASA mission in Senegal promotes scientific discovery
When NASA scientists assembled telescopes in her home country of Senegal, Binita Yanni knew very little about astronomy and didn’t realize …
Remembering Gene Cernan
Gene Cernan passed away in Houston, Texas, on January 16, 2017. He was the second American to walk in space and …
Remembering John Glenn
John Glenn passed away in Columbus, Ohio, on December 8, 2016. He was the last surviving member of the Mercury Seven – …
