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What Happened to the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003?

Posted on February 1, 2016 by launiusr

NASA personnel and leaders had a celebration planned on February 1, 2003, for the return of Columbia and its crew after the successful completion of STS-107. STS-107 had been launched from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on January … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space, Space Shuttle | Tagged Admiral Harold W. Gehman Jr., Air Force Space Command, Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), David Brown, History, hubble space telescope, johnson space center, Kalpana Chawla, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, Michael D. Leimbach, Mission Commander Rick Husband; Pilot William “Willie” McCool; Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, NASA, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, politics, President George W. Bush, public perceptions, public policy, Rick Husband, Sean O'Keefe, space shuttle, STS-107, Tom Ridge, U.S. Civil Space, U.S. Joint Forces Command, U.S.S. Cole, William “Willie” McCool | Leave a comment

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done…Really?

Posted on January 23, 2015 by launiusr

In 1835 Thomas Tredgold, a British railroad designer, said: “that any general system of conveying passengers would…go at a velocity exceeding ten miles an hour, or thereabouts, is extremely improbable.” In 1868 Representative Cadwallader C. Washburn of Wisconsin told the United … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, History, Space | Tagged Astronomer Royal, British Royal Society, Cadwallader C. Washburn, Federal Communications Commissioner, George Armstrong Custer, Harry S. Truman, IBM, johnson space center, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Little Bighorn River, Lord Kelvin, Project Mercury, railroads, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Sioux, Space Task Group, Sputnik 1, T.A.M. Craven, Thomas J. Watson, Thomas Tredgold, William Leahy | 8 Comments

Redirect: “The Impact of Sally Ride’s Contributions in Space and Education”

Posted on May 20, 2013 by launiusr

On Friday, May 17, 2013, we held at the National Air and Space Museum here in Washington, D.C., a wonderful program on Sally Ride and her place in the history of spaceflight and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Personal, Science, Space, Space Shuttle | Tagged air and space museum, astronaut ellen ochoa, astronauts, Dan Vergano, Ellen Ochoa, History, history of spaceflight, johnson space center, linda Billings, Margaret Weitekamp, NASA, nasa television, national air and space museum, public perceptions, public policy, Rene McCormick, Sally Ride, Sally Ride Science, science, science initiative, Smithsonian Institution, space science, space shuttle, Tom Costello, U.S. Civil Space | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: johnson space center

What Happened to the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003?

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done…Really?

Redirect: “The Impact of Sally Ride’s Contributions in Space and Education”

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