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Discovery is ready. Is NASA?
Published on 18 Jun 2006 at 4:49 pm.
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Recently, July 1 was set as the target date for Discovery’s next flight, the first shuttle flight in about a year. The orbiter has been mated with its external fuel tank, and the solid rocket boosters are attached. The shuttle sits atop its mobile launch platform, and its been moved into position for final launch […]
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Space Shuttle Challenger
Published on 5 Apr 2006 at 3:23 pm.
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So, what’s so special about April 4, 1983? This was the first flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
OK, so this blog entry is a day late. I know. Things have been pretty crazy around here, so I’ve not been keeping up. Next week should be smoother, I hope. Still, I wanted to go ahead and […]
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Challenger Requiem
Published on 28 Jan 2006 at 7:32 pm.
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OK, so this one will show my age somewhat.Twenty years ago today, a group of graduate student friends were heading to lunch. We had met in church. One was a chemist, one a soil scientist, one a biochemist, and one a physics student. I had known that there was a shuttle mission schedule for the […]
