In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Terry Hart, former NASA astronaut and mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Hart reflects on the triumphs of early shuttle missions, the lessons of the Challenger tragedy, and how those experiences shape today’s commercial space era led by companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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Efforts to move a shuttle orbiter from the Smithsonian to a Houston museum continues to stir debate among senators amid concerns about the cost and viability of such a move.

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NASA has selected a shuttle orbiter to transfer to Houston, a move that faces logistical, fiscal and legal challenges.

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In this week's episode of Space Minds former Navy Captain, shuttle astronaut and current president of the Space operating group for ASRC Federal Scooter Altman reflects on his career, from Top Gun stunts to space missions, and explains why Mars is humanity's next big step.

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From inside Space Shuttle Discovery, astronauts watched Joe Allen inch toward Palapa B2, an Indonesian communications satellite stranded in low-Earth orbit by a failed kick motor. Allen stabbed the Stinger, […]

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Former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Donald E. Williams, who served as pilot on his first space shuttle flight and commander on his final, died Feb. 23. He was […]

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NASA Kennedy Space Center will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency’s Day of […]

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Today, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open the doors to the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program – Space Shuttle Atlantis. More […]

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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex today began the two-day process of unwrapping the Atlantis orbiter from the protective shrink wrap that has encased the priceless artifact during construction of […]

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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – John Allmen of Gilroy, Calif., a senior project manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., recently was honored by NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program […]

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The space shuttle helped the United States expand its leadership in space exploration during the program’s 30 years of flight and laid the groundwork for the next 30 years of […]

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Washington, DC- Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) announced that language demanding transparency and accountability for placement of the retired shuttle orbiters was included in a spending bill that passed the House […]

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Larger version of advertisement The quest to land retired Space Shuttle Enterprise at the National Museum of the United States Air Force received a major boost when Paul Noah, the […]

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NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that examined NASA’s process for choosing permanent display locations for the retired Space Shuttle Orbiters and whether NASA complied with […]

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