Keith’s note: Instigated by Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn from Texas, Congress is moving ahead with a plan to take Space Shuttle Discovery (which has been deeded by law from the U.S. Government to the Smithsonian) and send it to Texas. The Smithsonian’s Udvar Hazy facility is for all Americans to visit their aviation and space history. According to this website (https://keeptheshuttle.org/) that has popped up “We will not […] The post Texas Is Engaged in Congressional Shuttle Rust...| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: I had an interesting job at STS-1 – I was California Governor Jerry Brown’s advance man. I took a few days off from my job at Rockwell Downey where I stood inside of Discovery and Atlantis as they were being built to work for my old boss (I worked on his 1980 presidential campaign). The trip to the launch was insane. The area was still somewhat boarded up […] The post My STS-1 Story appeared first on NASA Watch.| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s Update: DoD confirmed that ERBS reentered at 11:04 pm EST on Sunday over the Bering Sea. Keith’s original note: ERBS was launched from Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-41-G mission by astronaut Sally Ride. If you have have a chance to see the IMAX film “The Dream Is Alive” then you can the actual ERBS deployment. And yes, the narrator is Walter Cronkite. More The post A Satellite Deployed By Sally Ride Will Re-enter Soon (Update) appeared first on NASA Watch.| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: according to NASA PAO: “NASA leaders recently viewed footage of an underwater dive off the East coast of Florida, and they confirm it depicts an artifact from the space shuttle Challenger. The artifact was discovered by a TV documentary crew seeking the wreckage of a World War II-era aircraft. Divers noticed a large humanmade object covered partially by sand on the seafloor. The proximity to the Florida Space […] The post Challenger Wreckage Discovered appeared first on NA...| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: On this date 28 January 1986 the crew on board Space Shuttle Challenger, itself named after a fabled ship of learning and exploration, left Earth on a trip above the sky. And that trip ended in the sky. But their mission continues at challenger.org Ad Astra Challenger STS 51-L Accident The post Challenger appeared first on NASA Watch.| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
On this day in 1986 I was sitting at my desk as a grad student in the Biology Department at Central Connecticut State University. Everyone knew of my interest in space. I had a thesis project planned that would have used the tomato seeds in space on LDEF that was scheduled for retrieval after Challenger’s mission. I was typing a letter to John Vellinger, the student who had chicken eggs […] The post Thirty Two Years Of Resonance With Challenger appeared first on NASA Watch.| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
NASA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Revision to Regulations Governing Crew Members “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is proposing to amend its regulations that govern International Space Station crewmembers, mementos aboard Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) missions, the authority of the NASA Commander, and removes the Agency’s policy on space flight participation and other policies that were relevant to the Space Shuttle. The revisions to this rule are […] The...| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Very saddened by loss of a dear friend & NASA hero, Norm Carlson. THE NASA Test Director #SpaceShuttle #BeansAreGo pic.twitter.com/UTUfzPAxQy — Nicole Stott (@Astro_Nicole) March 2, 2015| NASA Watch
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This is not a NASA website. You might learn something. It's YOUR space agency. Get involved. Take it back. Make it work – for you.| NASA Watch
This is not a NASA website. You might learn something. It's YOUR space agency. Get involved. Take it back. Make it work – for you.| NASA Watch
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