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Book chronicles NASA’s pioneering women astronauts
Posted on · Space journalist and Houston native Loren Grush discusses her book, "The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts."
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High-speed police chases (Sept. 14, 2023)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: We discuss an uptick in high-speed car chases involving HPD officers that have left bystanders injured, according to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle. And we learn the latest on the Houston housing market.
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Adapting to climate change in Houston (Sept. 12, 2023)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: This won’t be the last oppressive summer in Houston. We'll have to either deal with it – or leave. We discuss how to adapt to the Bayou City’s changing climate in the coming years.
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NASA names 2021 astronaut candidates as it plans for moon missions
Posted on · The group of would-be astronauts includes four women and reflects a broad stretch of America, from Alaska to Puerto Rico.
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Space Travel With No Toilet: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The Week
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Wednesday’s Houston Matters: Releasing Body Camera Video, And Stopping Summer Brain Drain (May 27, 2020)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Calls to release video of recent fatal police shootings, our weekly political roundup, fighting summer brain drain, the effects of spaceflight on the body.
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A Successful Failure: 50 Years Later, Former Astronaut Jim Lovell Reflects On Apollo 13
Posted on · The ill-fated lunar mission launched 50 years ago this weekend and gave us the infamous misquotation, "Houston, we have a problem."
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Students Train Like Astronauts At Space Center University
Posted on · There's a focus on international cooperation as NASA moves to the next phase in space travel.
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A Generation Apart: Two NASA Astronauts Discuss Their Journeys To Space
Posted on · Though Alfred Worden and Shane Kimbrough attended West Point 30 years apart, they had similar journeys to becoming astronauts.
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Full Show: Preventing HIV/AIDS, And How Air Conditioning Shaped Houston (July 15, 2019)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: Efforts to prevent new cases of HIV/AIDS, how air conditioning shaped the city, two astronauts from different eras have a conversation, and the latest on Houston sports.
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WATCH: Inside the Astronauts Homes | Mockingbird and Armadillo
Posted on · Visit Timber Cove in Seabrook, Texas - The Home of Heroes!
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What Scientists Have Learned From Studying Twin Astronauts Scott And Mark Kelly
Posted on · We learn more about a research project that studied the effects of long-term spaceflight on the human body, and what its findings imply for the future space exploration.
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Full Show: HISD’s Superintendent Search, And A Near-Fatal Spacewalk (Jan. 17, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We preview tonight's HISD board meeting and learn what community members want in their next superintendent. We examine why so few minorities are head coaches. And we learn about a spacewalk that went awry.
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WATCH: NASA Previews Pair Of U.S. Spacewalks
Posted on · Experts from NASA preview the work to be done during two spacewalks in a briefing from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
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NASA Embraces New Developments In Virtual Reality Technology
Posted on · Dwight Silverman from the Houston Chronicle tells Houston Matters about his recent visit to the Johnson Space Center to check out NASA's VR upgrades.