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Turkey, Cranberries and a Mars Rover: Thanksgiving Week Activities at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida
Nov. 20, 2011 Update: The Mars rover launch has been pushed to Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Visit www.nasa.gov/msl for the latest launch updates. Thanksgiving is next week (!!!) and folks in Central Florida can immerse in space goodness thanks to the Mars Curiosity rover launch scheduled for Friday, Nov. 25 at 10:25 a.m. Saturday, Nov. […]
Continue ReadingVisiting Kennedy Space Center in a Post-Space Shuttle World
“…once NASA goes away…” People! NASA is NOT going away. If I had a nickle for each time I’ve heard that in the last three months, I’d be about $7.35 richer. Okay,that doesn’t seem like a lot but that’s more than 145 times! There’s this misconception running amok that just because the space shuttle program […]
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Smelly, Sticky and Sunburn: Seeing the Final Space Shuttle Launch
Space shuttle Atlantis launched for a final time on July 8, 2011, from Florida’s Space Coast and in all my smelly, sticky and sunburn glory, I was there to witness the space shuttle program’s final chapter. No Frequent Guest Points Earned this Night Surprisingly, my rollaboard suitcase was quite comfortable when used as a pillow […]
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Meeting Astronaut Sam Durrance During the Astronaut Training Experience at Kennedy Space Center, Florida
You can’t have an Astronaut Training Experience without a real live astronaut. After checking in for the attraction and reading who I’d meet, I was excited to learn Sam Durrance flew on an Endeavour (the first space shuttle launch I’ve seen) mission (STS-67) with his first space shuttle mission being Columbia (STS-35). He says he’s […]
Continue ReadingMy Astronaut Training Experience at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
“Magic happens here,” NASA Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance (Ph.D.) told the Astronaut Training Experience participants during our orientation Saturday afternoon. He was referring to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [Read more about Dr. Durrance in this post.] On day three of my Chevy Tahoe Hybrid adventure the vehicle carried me to Florida’s Space […]
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