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Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...
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NASA's Epic Space Exploration: From Gemini to Mars Missions & Astronaut Training

The film discusses the history and advancements of NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), highlighting its role in America's space programs from the Gemini missions to the development of the Space Shuttle ...

There are good reasons why NASA stopped using the space shuttle

NASA's Space Shuttle program was a great idea in concept, but flawed execution led to its demise. Here are the problems it ...
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NASA Astronaut Tweets Provide Inside Look at Mission Training

HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is using Twitter to provide a unique, behind the scenes peek at the last weeks of his training for the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission to NASA’s ...
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Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...
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Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...