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NASA’s First Female Engineer In Mission Control Talks Apollo 11 And Sexism

Ivanka Perez, HPM Intern

Posted on July 8, 2019 · Fifty years after the moon landing, Poppy Northcutt speaks about her experiences at NASA as the first female engineer in Mission Control.

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Houston Police: Woman Sets Car On Fire With Children Inside

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Posted on April 23, 2018 · The mother will be charged with charged with three counts of aggravated assault on a family member

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NASA’s Day of Remembrance focuses on the members lost in the Columbia Shuttle for its 20th anniversary

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Posted on January 26, 2023 · Family and guests paid respects to lost lives at the Johnson Space Center’s Astronaut Memorial Grove today with a focus on the Columbia accident that occurred on February 1, 2003.

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Houston stargazers can see green comet in the sky during January, early February

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Posted on January 18, 2023 · The comet is not expected to be visible to the naked eye, but those with binoculars and away from Houston's city lights can try to spot it in the overnight hours.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2628: The Edge of Space

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Posted on January 11, 2023 · Episode: 2628 When traveling into space, how do you know you’re there? Today, astronaut Michael Barratt asks, where exactly is the border of space?

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Encore Houston, Episode 192: Apollo Chamber Players

Joshua Zinn

Posted on January 4, 2023 · The Apollo Chamber Players perform works by Jerod Impchchaachaaha' Tate, Jake Heggie, and Erberk Eryilmaz

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