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Retired Astronaut Takes Children on a Journey Through Space and the Alphabet
Posted on · Clayton Anderson tells Houston Matters about his new children's book, A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the Alphabet.
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Full Show: Freezing Teacher Salaries, And Dredging The San Jacinto River (Aug. 9, 2018)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: HISD weighs whether to freeze teacher salaries. Then, we learn about efforts to dredge the San Jacinto River to protect Kingwood from flooding. We discuss what feminism looks like in a “post-feminist” society. And retired astronaut Clayton Anderson tells us about his new children's book.
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Smuggling A Sandwich Into Space: Remembering One Of Astronaut John Young’s Lesser Accomplishments
Posted on · We remember late astronaut John Young's many distinguished accomplishments -- and also one less distinguished: the time he smuggled a corned-beef sandwich on board the Gemini spacecraft.
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Bruce McCandless, First Astronaut To Fly Untethered In Space, Has Died
Posted on · He helped develop the jet-powered backpack that allowed him to float away from the shuttle and safely back again. He said he wanted to inspire people to say, "I can do better than that"
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NASA Astronaut Dick Gordon Has Died At Age 88
Posted on · As a child in the Great Depression, Gordon never dreamed of being a pilot — let alone an astronaut who would be just one of 24 people to fly to the moon. He had two of the early spacewalks
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Commander of 1st Flight of Space Shuttle Challenger Dies
Posted on · The retired astronaut had logged 793 hours in space
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What Does Space Smell Like? Astronaut Scott Kelly Reflects On His Year In Space
Posted on · Astronaut Scott Kelly says there is a distinct smell when you're in space. Describing that smell is just one of the many insights in his memoir, Endurance, which chronicles the year he spent on the International Space Station.
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How A Dropped Touchdown Pass Took Astronaut Leland Melvin To Space
Posted on · The former astronaut talks about how that dropped pass opened a door that led to college, the NFL, and then NASA. He has a new memoir called Chasing Space.
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Full Show: White Oak Music Hall Lawsuit, And Astronaut Scott Kelly (Oct. 19,2017)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We get an update on the lawsuit over White Oak Music Hall. Then, former astronaut Scott Kelly talks about his experiences on the International Space Station. And former astronaut Leland Melvin talks about how a dropped pass in a high school football game led him to space.
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Not A Fan Of Job Interviews? Try Applying To Be An Astronaut
Posted on · Houston resident Bob Hines talks about being selected for NASA's 2017 class of astronaut candidates.
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WATCH: Astronaut Candidate Class Introduction With Vice President Pence
Posted on · Vice President Mike Pence is visiting NASA today to meet the new class of astronaut candidates.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2583: Children and Their Goals
Posted on · Episode: 2583 Children and their Goals. Today, president, pope, astronaut.
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3 International Space Station Crew Members Return to Earth While Astronaut Peggy Whitson Stays Behind
Posted on · As her crew mates return to Earth, astronaut Peggy Whitson remains and is soon to have spent more time in space than any other American
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Former Astronaut Leland Melvin Talks Football and STEM Education
Posted on · Leland Melvin has an impressive resume: astronaut, engineer, football player and TV host. He’s flown on two space shuttle missions, was drafted by the Detroit Lions, and hosted a show on the Lifetime network called Child Genius. But he might be best known for his 2009 NASA portrait, where he appeared in his orange space […]
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Economic Impact of the Super Bowl: Tuesday’s Show (January 31, 2017)
Posted on · A new study commissioned by the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee says Super Bowl 51 will bring in $350 million for the city. We talk with Ken McGill, managing director of Rockport Analytics, the research firm behind the study, about how they calculated that amount, where the money is going, and what the Super Bowl means […]