Tag: space exploration

NASA’s Chris Kraft Dead at 95

Posted by Susan Macdonald | Jul 23, 2019 | Obituaries, Space Exploration |

The man called “the architect of Mission Control” has died of natural causes in his home in Houston, Texas.

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‘Apollo 11: First Steps’ Comes to Memphis

Posted by Susan Macdonald | May 28, 2019 | Movies / Video / Theater, Space Exploration |

A new exhibit opens at the Pink Palace Museum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing.

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Video of the Day: How NOT to Land an Orbital Booster

Posted by SCIFI.radio | Sep 28, 2017 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration, Video of the Day |

It’s not an explosion. It’s just a very rapid unscheduled disassembly.

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Cassini: So Long, and Thanks for All The Science

Posted by SCIFI.radio | Sep 15, 2017 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

Rumor: Cassini’s last broadcast consisted of the words, “LeeROOOOOOY JENKINS!!”

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John Glenn, Astronaut and Public Servant, Dies at 95

Posted by Ryan Miorelli | Dec 8, 2016 | Blinded by Science, Obituaries, Politics, Space Exploration |

“Zero G, and I feel fine.”
—John Glenn, upon achieving orbit

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Earth encounters a group of time-traveling tourists on a sightseeing trip to the past who do not understand us even though they smell really bad and cannot be destroyed by a slap to the side of the head with a large fish but one cunning young man somehow convinces them that people are okay and they all get day jobs.
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