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Chris Kraft, Legendary NASA Flight Director, Dies at 95
The man known as the ‘father of flight control’ – Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. – has died at the age…
Weekly Space Hangout: March 14, 2018: Ethan Good, Visiting Vehicles Officer at JSC
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan 31, 2018: Andrzej Stewart of the Hi-SEAS IV Mars Simulation Mission
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
New NASA-themed TV Pilot by ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir
Author Andy Weir, who wrote the bestselling novel “The Martian” on which the successful 2015 movie of the same name…
13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 8: The Indestructible S-Band/Hi-Gain Antenna
The explosion of a liquid oxygen tank in Apollo 13’s Service Module violently propelled debris and a 13-foot (4 meter)…
13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 7: Isolating the Surge Tank
Join Universe Today in celebrating the 45th anniversary of Apollo 13 with insights from NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill as we…
13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 5: The CO2 Partial Pressure Sensor
The Apollo 13 accident crippled the spacecraft, taking out the two main oxygen tanks in the Service Module. While the…
13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 2: Simultaneous Presence of Kranz and Lunney at the Onset of the Rescue
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, Universe Today is featuring “13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo…
13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13
“Things had gone real well up to at that point of 55 hours, 54 minutes and 53 seconds (mission elapsed…
Why Flower Bouquets Regularly Show Up In NASA Mission Control
Three red roses and a white one. The flower bouquet sitting in NASA Mission Control right now in Houston is…