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From migrant farm worker to NASA astronaut
Posted on · Amazon Studios' new film "A Million Miles Away" tells the remarkable true story of Jose Hernandez.
Tag: International Space Station
NASA
How to spot the International Space Station above Houston this week
Posted on · The football field-sized laboratory that orbits the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour is expected to be visible in Houston on Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
Houston Matters
Christina Hammock Koch shoots for the moon
Posted on · After spending a record-breaking length of time in space, Christina H. Koch's next mission sends her around the moon.
NASA
Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman, catch a SpaceX flight to space station
Posted on · Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight. The crew will spend just over a week there before returning home.
Houston Matters
Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to extend her record-breaking space streak
Posted on · The former NASA astronaut will return to space as commander of a Houston-based commercial flight to the International Space Station.
Town Square
Celebrating Teachers and Educators for the Work They Do in Shaping the Futures of Children
Posted on · Showing appreciation to the unsung heroes of education and the unique ways they bring life to the classroom.
Houston Matters
Saving your frozen plants (Jan. 5, 2023)
Posted on · How can you tell if that plant in your yard survived the recent freeze? And, if so, how can you bring it back from the brink?
Houston Matters
Russian cyber threats to the energy grid, and Richard Linklater’s love letter to Houston and the space race (April 1, 2022)
Posted on · On Friday's show: Experts believe Russian hackers are looking for ways to disrupt Texas energy infrastructure, filmmaker Richard Linklater talks about growing up in Houston during the space race and his new film Apollo 10 1/2, and we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.
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Companies condemn Texas for investigating families of trans kids (March 14, 2022)
Posted on · On Monday's show: Dozens of corporations are condemning Texas’ order to investigate families of trans kids. And Memorial Hermann and Blue Cross Blue Shield have reached a contract agreement, allowing nearly 200,000 patients to continue care at Memorial Hermann hospitals.
Houston Matters
How omicron is affecting kids (Jan. 4, 2022)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: A local pediatrician discusses the latest news about COVID-19 and how it's affecting kids.
Technology
Johnson Space Center’s New Director Leads Where No Black Woman Has Led Before
Posted on · Vanessa Wyche, a 30-year NASA veteran, directs an organization whose current missions include sending astronauts to the International Space Station and returning humans to the Moon.
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Houston Matters: An Historic Space Launch, And City Councilman Edward Pollard (May 26, 2020)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom, City Councilman Edward Pollard, a new era of American spaceflight, and engineering an open-source ventilator for COVID-19 patients.
NASA
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.
NASA
First All-Female Spacewalking Team Makes History
Posted on · NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir successfully replaced a broken part of the International Space Station's power grid.
NASA
For NASA’s New Suits, ‘Mobility’ Is The Watchword
Posted on · The space agency unveils two new spacesuits for a planned 2024 return to the moon. They're designed to be more comfortable and easier to move around in than their Apollo-era forerunners.