How the dream of space travel became a reality — podcast review
The new podcast 16 Sunsets opens with archive audio from Nasa’s mission control in 1981, in the build-up to the first flight ...
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Quandary Peak parking and shuttle system sees mixed satisfaction from users
Open Space and Trails resource specialist Allison Morton ... In surveys this year, visitors gave the shuttle system an ...
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A piece of space comes to Davenport: NASA's Hubble Telescope exhibit opening at the Putnam
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery back in 1990. It orbits 332 miles above the ...
DC Bureau: Private space programs
PKG} <Frank Lucas / (R) Oklahoma 0:08> <Sen. John Hickenlooper / (D) Colorado 1:09> WHEN NASA RETIRED THE SPACE SHUTTLE ...
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What is Congress’ role in overseeing the space program?
When NASA retired the Space Shuttle program, the agency elected to contract with private companies to take astronauts to the ISS. NASA contracted with SpaceX, a relatively new company at the time, for ...
Who are the Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck in space, and why are they still there?
They’re outer this world. It’s been almost six months since technical issues stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams onboard the International Space Station.
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Open Space and Trails board asks for $20 million in 2025 following historic land acquisition
Following a historic land acquisition in February 2024 that nearly exhausted the Open Space and Trail board’s budget, the ...
Future space telescopes could be made from thin membranes, unrolled in space to enormous size
Space-based telescopes are remarkable. Their view isn't obscured by the weather in our atmosphere, and so they can capture ...
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This week in history: Signs cause stir, former resident heads to space, funds OK’d for new high schoo
District superintendent calls out anonymous signs During a Nov. 2, 2023, board of education meeting Summit School District ...
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World's first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
KYOTO (Reuters) - The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in ...
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How Will the Astronauts Stranded in Space Get Home? What to Know
6 and the spacecraft that will bring them home ... In 2009, Wilmore piloted the Space Shuttle Atlantis on its mission to the ISS, and in 2014, he was part of the ISS crew that used a 3D printer ...