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Story behind one of the 'most terrifying photos' ever taken in space is chilling
The astronaut behind one of the 'most terrifying photos' ever taken in space explained why it was it was chilling. The late ...
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STS-63, First Shuttle And Mir Rendezvous Mission
The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...
Evening Reads: New book an ode to the space shuttle
SEATTLE — Evening Reads is Northwest authors telling us about their books in their own words. Most folks know this man as the ...
The many firsts of the near-Mir mission
The STS-63 mission, more popularly dubbed as the near-Mir mission, was a successful mission that spanned from February 3-11, ...
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster remembered 39 years later
The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended moments after the launch with a terrible mid-air explosion on Jan.
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On this day in 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins, a former flight instructor and test pilot, becomes the first woman to pilot ...