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Alan Shepard: Complicated, Conflicted and the Consummate Astronaut
[/caption] 50 years ago today, Alan Shepard blasted off on board the first flight of NASA’s Mercury program, becoming the…
Alan Shepard and MESSENGER Stamps Unveiled at Kennedy Space Center Ceremony
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - 50 Years ago this week, Alan B. Shepard became the first American to be launched…
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President Obama to Attend Endeavour’s Last Launch on April 29
[/caption] President Barack Obama and the entire First Family apparently plan to attend the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour,…
Yuri Gagarin From the Earth to Mars Tribute
[/caption] 50 Years ago, the dream of human spaceflight opened with the courageous blastoff of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside the…
NASA Space Shuttle Owner’s Workshop Manual Book Review
[/caption] The shuttle era is ending and when things end people have the tendency to look back and reflect on…
At Shuttle Program’s Twilight, Tears and Cheers as Triumphs and Tragedies are Remembered
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – With the shuttle program’s end less than three months away, NASA took time to honor the…
FBI Memo Does Not Prove Aliens Crash Landed in Roswell
[/caption] A 1950 FBI memo is creating some recent buzz by UFO supporters who say this provides “smoking gun” evidence…
Stirring Video Tributes to Yuri Gagarin
http://youtu.be/fuxeRNtN160?hd=1 Today, April 12, is the 50th Anniversary of Earth’s first manned spaceflight by Hero Cosmonaut , Yuri Gagarin of…
Movie Premiere: First Orbit
50 years ago Yuri Gagarin became the world’s first human to go into space. What did he see? He described…
Celebrate Yuri’s Night with the Crew of the Space Station
The Expedition 27 crew aboard the International Space Station sends a special message to the world to wish everyone a…