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‘Astronaut Wives Club’ Portrays A Different Perspective of the Early Space Program
Posted on · This summer, ABC is running a ten-part series called The Astronaut Wives Club, based on the non-fiction book by the same name by Lily Koppel. The series tells the stories of the early days of the US space program through the eyes of the wives of the astronauts in NASA's Mercury program. Houston plays a […]
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We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
Posted on · In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order prohibiting government contractors from discriminating on the basis of race. Among the many organizations this affected was the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which was embroiled in a harried space race against the Russians. And while it would be another two decades before […]
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NASA Adrift: What’s Next for the Space Program in Houston?
Posted on · Houston was once Space City â but it simply may not be anymore. As government priorities change, privatization nudges out NASA, and we hitch Russian rides to the space station, whatâs Houstonâs role in space? On this edition of Houston Matters, we talk with the Houston Chronicle “Sci Guy” Eric Berger about the future of […]
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Future of NASA and Space, and Theatres on the Move: Houston Matters for Thursday, August 21, 2014
Posted on · Houston was once Space City – but it simply may not be anymore. As government priorities change, privatization nudges out NASA, and we hitch Russian rides to the space station, what's Houston's role in space? On this edition of Houston Matters, we talk with the Houston Chronicle “Sci Guy” Eric Berger about the future of […]