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1 day ago · Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA on a critical test flight to show its commercial space capsule is ready to ferry crews to and from the International Space...
May 28, 2024 · Neil Armstrong, American astronaut and the first person to set foot on the Moon. After joining the space program in 1962, he became the command pilot of Gemini 8, which completed the first manual space docking maneuver.
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May 27, 2024 · Columbia disaster, breakup of the U.S. space shuttle orbiter Columbia on February 1, 2003. The disaster claimed the lives of all seven astronauts on board just minutes before it was to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. space shuttle: crew of Columbia on its last mission.
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- The Columbia disaster was the breakup of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, that claimed the lives of all on board just minutes b...
- Seven astronauts died in the Columbia disaster: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; mission specialists Michael Anderson, David Brown, Ka...
- The cause of the Columbia disaster was a piece of insulating foam that broke loose from the shuttle's external propellant tank and struck the leadi...
- One result of the Columbia disaster was the grounding of the remaining three space shuttles: Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. The assembly of th...
2 days ago · Boeing’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission is scheduled to launch in about five minutes (10:52 EDT / 14:52 GMT / 15:52 BST). You can watch the launch live by pressing the play button at the top of ...
6 hours ago · The 260-mile-high (420-kilometer-high) linkup over the Indian Ocean culminated more than a day of continuing drama for Boeing's astronaut flight debut carrying NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and ...
5 days ago · Each day at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visitors get the rare opportunity to meet a veteran NASA astronaut. Meet the Astronaut of the Day at any of the following opportunities. See the Daily Schedule for the times for each when you arrive.
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2 days ago · The Starliner capsule took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Boeing’s Starliner launched its first crewed mission to space on Wednesday morning, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board. The Starliner capsule took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. ET.
