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Astronaut Mark Kelly Awaits Docs’ OK for Wife to See Shuttle Launch
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Politics Could Kill Houston’s Chances of Getting a Retired Space Shuttle
NASA is getting ready to retire its fleet of Space Shuttle orbiters, and cities all over the country are stepping up their political and public relations efforts to get one of them to put on public display. Houston may or may not get one of them. Politics could keep it from happening.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Last Mission. What’s Next for Space Program?
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Angelina Airport To Get Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial
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NASA Remembers Fallen Astronauts
They would be good with the fact that we didn't quit after their loss," Sieck said, referring to the 17 astronauts. "We continued on."
Retired shuttle launch director Bob Sieck said the U.S. astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire and in the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle accidents would appreciate that the nation didn't give up on exploring space after those tragedies.