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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."
Posted on · The ill-fated lunar mission launched 50 years ago this weekend and gave us the infamous misquotation, "Houston, we have a problem."
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: A report finds greater-than-expected numbers of Houston adults developed certain types of cancer in the north Houston neighborhoods of Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens. We learn more.
Posted on · Episode: 1753 In which Vannevar Bush cannot cross his Jordan River. Today, Moses at the riverbank.
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Scientists predict more extreme heat in Texas' future, the legacy of Apollo 11, outgoing higher ed commissioner Raymund Paredes, and synth-pop pioneer Howard Jones.
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.
Posted on · Fifty years after the moon landing, Poppy Northcutt speaks about her experiences at NASA as the first female engineer in Mission Control.
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: We learn what a Texas court case could mean for the Affordable Care Act, we discuss plans to re-rout I-45 through downtown, we meet the first woman to serve in NASA’s Mission Control, and Jeff Balke updates us on sports.
Posted on · The old equipment used during the moon landing can be baffling to youngsters raised on digital technology. But they have lots of ideas on how to make the trip better if they ever get to go themselves.
Posted on · This week, Vice President Mike Pence directed NASA to return to the moon by 2024 -- four years ahead of the space agency’s plans. Can they pull it off?
Posted on · Presidential historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley discusses his book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.
Posted on · Photographer Ray Viator discusses his book, Houston: Space City USA.
Posted on · On this date 47 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon. It was one of Space City's greatest moments — and one of humankind's, as well. But it really began, in earnest, seven years earlier when President John F. Kennedy, in a speech at Rice University, challenged America “to go to […]