Topic: Manned Space Flight
Space Shuttle
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The crew of space shuttle Discovery, from left, pilot James Dutton, mission specialist Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, commander Alan Poindexter, mission specialists Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson and mission specialist Clayton Anderson, leave the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to board the shuttle at ...
NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights
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NASA: Money key to keeping space shuttles flying longer, more missions technically feasibleWith space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month. NASA's three shuttles ...
Discovery Shuttle Crew Arrives For Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 5: NASA's STS-131mission specialist and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki walks out of the operations and checkout building at Kennedy Space CenterMarch 5, 2010, in Cape Canaveral. The astronauts were participating in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a full dress rehearsal for their ...
Former head of Johnson Space Center dies in Texas
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Aaron Cohen, former head of Johnson Space Center, pioneer of shuttle program, dies in TexasAaron Cohen, the former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center who helped create the space shuttle program, has died in College Station after a long fight with cancer. He was 79. Cohen was named director ...
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