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Snatching a spinning spacecraft was 'the greatest pride' for 1st Canadian astronaut in space (video)
13 Oct 2024 11:57 GMT
… Bjarni Tryggvason. Front row: Robert Thirsk and Roberta Bondar. ( … the mission?" And Bob Crippen, my commander on the … of the first foreign astronauts on the NASA space shuttle, and … For some of the professional NASA astronauts that were down there, they …
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OBITUARY: Jon McBride, Astronaut, Aviator and Naval Officer Passed Away After Battle with Alzheimer’s and Cancer
10 Aug 2024 04:13 GMT
… Challenger carried these seven astronauts into space for NASA’s STS-41G … — all mission specialists. Commander Robert L. Crippen is flanked by Paul D … astronauts and VIPs, and growing the visitor center complex.
Retiring from NASA …
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1983 US astronaut Sally Ride returns
24 Jun 2024 00:26 GMT
… an astronaut in 1977 after she saw a Nasa advertisement … astronaut Steve Hawley.
Before blast-off last week, flight commander Robert Crippen … some 3,000 miles away.
Nasa had hoped for a Florida … an astronaut until 1987, when she resigned from Nasa and …
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Lifts Off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 1981
12 Apr 2024 20:55 GMT
… on April 12, 1981, NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia, attached … veteran astronaut and Commander John W. Young with Pilot Robert L. Crippen, … on April 12, 1981, NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia, attached … some more.”
Crippen looks forward to NASA’s Artemis missions …
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Former NASA astronauts awarded Congressional Space Medal of Honor for SpaceX Demo-2 mission
31 Jan 2023 23:11 GMT
… former NASA astronaut and director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center Robert L. Crippen. … Chawla*
David M. Brown*
Laurel B. Clark*
Ilan Ramon *
Francis …
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: First Space Shuttle Mission with Two Female Astronauts Lifts Off From Kennedy Space Center in 1984
06 Oct 2023 02:06 GMT
… first mission with two female astronauts: Sally Ride and Kathryn … ever flight of a Canadian astronaut, Marc Garneau.
The Challenger … 1984.
The crew (Commander Robert L. Crippen, Pilot Jon A. McBride, … mission with two female astronauts: Sally Ride and Kathryn …
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'The Six' author Loren Grush: 1st female astronauts set example for picking woman to land on moon
12 Sep 2023 18:52 GMT
… he did talk to Bob Crippen, who was the commander of … -status women in NASA's astronaut corps today share … Everything you need to know
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who as an … tribute.
Disclosure: collectSPACE editor Robert Pearlman served a fact checker …
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NASA Fast Facts
01 Aug 2023 22:31 GMT
… official start of NASA.
October 7, 1958 – NASA announces Project Mercury. The … reuse.
June 18, 1983 – Astronauts Robert L. Crippen and Frederick H. Hauck pilot … and mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Mike Anderson, David Brown …
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This Week @NASA: New Earth Information Center, Atmosphere Around a Rocky Exoplanet
26 Jun 2023 06:43 GMT
… June 26. Credit: NASA
Showcasing NASA’s new Earth Information … desert in late September.
Astronauts of the STS-7… K. Ride (mission specialist), Robert L. Crippen (commander), Frederick H. Hauck … female astronaut into space on June 18, 1983. Credit: NASA
40 …
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Sally Ride broke through a NASA ceiling 40 years ago, but she wasn’t alone
17 Jun 2023 19:24 GMT
… K. Ride, Mission Specialist; Robert L. Crippen, Crew Commander; and, … 1978 as part of NASA Astronaut Group 8, all mission … by fellow former NASA astronaut Kathy Thornton, NASA Johnson Space Center … Black, Asian and Latino astronauts.
“NASA made a commitment to …