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Northrop Grumman names cargo craft for fallen Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark
07 Apr 2023 23:57 GMT
… Laurel Clark, a NASA astronaut, medical doctor, U. … my former classmate in NASA astronaut group 16, affectionately … credit: NASA)Prior to becoming a NASA astronaut in 1996 … Lawrence, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson and NASA astronauts David Low, Gordon …
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Apollo 13: Facts about NASA's near-disaster moon mission
31 Mar 2022 17:17 GMT
… separation. (Image credit: NASA)Swigert flipped the switch … Dr. George Low (right) smokes a cigar. (Image credit: NASA… of the surviving Apollo astronauts.
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Read … quot;A successful failure: NASA’s crisis communications regarding Apollo …
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Northrop Grumman names Cygnus cargo craft for fallen Challenger commander
02 Jul 2024 19:03 GMT
… commercial spacecraft bearing his name.
NASA astronaut Francis R. "Dick…
Selected to be an astronaut in 1978 with NASA's first … ) candidate Robert Lawrence, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson and astronauts David Low, Gordon Fullerton, Janice …
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Christopher Columbus Kraft, NASA’s legendary flight director, has died
22 Jul 2019 22:15 GMT
… right are George Low and Robert Gilruth.
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Chris Kraft, … Robert R. Gilruth, George Low (Manager, Apollo Spacecraft … astronaut Neil Armstrong, the "control" in Mission Control. Today, NASA … years of NASA, about which astronauts he had liked …
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‘Today is our day’: Inside Mission Control as U.S. astronauts make history
21 Jul 2019 16:33 GMT
… Apollo astronaut who served as the voice of NASA to his … was possible.
Kranz and George Low, head of Apollo’s … Nelson, 2009, Viking Press
NASA: Apollo Flight Journal, Transcripts and … Woods et al, 1997
NASA: Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, Transcripts …
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"Proud to be an American:" 50 years after moon landing, NASA's first mission control flight director, Chris Kraft of Hampton, reflects
19 Jul 2019 00:56 GMT
… dealing with America’s first astronauts.
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Deputy … control over their aircraft, astronauts would be much more … someone everyone respected, including the astronauts.”
NASA PHoto via AP / … that point, men like George Low and Bob Gilruth, it …
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NASA committee lobbied for Neil Armstrong to be the first on the moon. Here's why they picked him.
17 Jul 2019 00:30 GMT
… practiced landings at the NASA Langley Research Center’s … Chris Kraft, Bob Gilruth, George Low and astronaut Deke Slayton — who had … first. In public statements, NASA suggested the same protocol would … an astronaut — he was too valuable a resource for NASA to …
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Announces Reid Wiseman as Bicentennial Commencement Speaker and Will Award Its First Posthumous Honorary Degree to Emily Warren Roebling
08 May 2024 23:36 GMT
… Bicentennial Commencement celebrations. Astronaut and Artemis II Commander … selected to be a NASA astronaut in 2009. In 2014 … ’s son, astronaut G. David Low ’95; Apollo astronaut John L. … Swigert Jr. ’65; and astronaut …
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The Lost Stories of NASA's 'Pink-Collar' Workforce
15 Feb 2017 21:47 GMT
… , Texas, and other NASA centers and contractors. The … calculate spacecraft trajectories for NASA’s Mercury program, presented … was an assistant to George Low, a high-ranking administrator … onboard spacecraft. When describing astronaut food, Vils quotes Rapp …
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How Apollo 8 Won the Moon Race
21 Nov 2023 21:57 GMT
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“Earthrise” by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (NASA)Fifty-five years ago … August of that year, NASA manager George Low had an audacious idea. Let … patch.
Apollo 8 Mission Patch (NASA, CC BY-SA 4.0 …