Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn why some HISD board members pushed for a new interim superintendent. Then, former astronaut Scott Kelly talks about spending a year in space. Plus, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And the classical ensemble Loop38 translates visual art into music.
Posted on · Clayton Anderson tells Houston Matters about his new children's book, A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the Alphabet.
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.
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.
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"
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
Posted on · The retired astronaut had logged 793 hours 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.
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.
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.
Posted on · Houston resident Bob Hines talks about being selected for NASA's 2017 class of astronaut candidates.
Posted on · Vice President Mike Pence is visiting NASA today to meet the new class of astronaut candidates.
Posted on · Episode: 2583 Children and their Goals. Today, president, pope, astronaut.
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
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 […]