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Recalling the Challenger Accident Thirty Years Ago
Thirty years ago on January 28, 1986, NASA and the nation suffered loss of the space shuttle Challenger during launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Many Americans had been excited about this mission, even more than those that had gone before, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Space, Space Shuttle
Tagged challenger accident, Chandra X-Ray Telescope, Christa McAuliffe, Department of Defense, Discovery, Flight Readiness Review Board, Galileo, Gamma Ray Observatory, Magellan, Morton Thiokol, NASA, O-Ring, presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, Rogers Commission, Ronald Reagan, Solid Rocket Booster, space shuttle, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, U.S. Civil Space, Ulysses, William P. Rogers
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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Dreams of Other Worlds”
Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration. By Chris Impey and Holly Henry (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2013). Pp. 450. $35. ISBN: 978-0-691-14753-6. Should scientists write history? Most of the time, I don’t think so. This … Continue reading
Posted in History, Personal, Politics, Science, Space
Tagged Cassini, Chris Impey, Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration, Galileo, Hipparcos, Holly Henry, Magellan, Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity, Princeton University Press, Solar and Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO), Spirit, Spitzer Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
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