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View ArticleGreen Bank offers unique view to Dr. Lockman
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View ArticleJackee Mohl looks to the future as a structural engineer for Boeing’s V-22...
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View ArticleBrian Greene and the challenges of physics
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View ArticleBuzz Aldrin: It’s time to colonize the Red Planet
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View ArticleJack King: The Voice of Apollo
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View ArticleCharley Kohlhase has been our ambassador to the planets
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View ArticleTim Peake ready to become United Kingdom’s official ISS resident
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View ArticleAl Worden on the honor of being an astronaut
“Do you know what they did down on the Moon? What those guys’ primary job was? They picked up rocks and dirt. ... The post Al Worden on the honor of being an astronaut appeared first on RocketSTEM.
View ArticleAndy Weir has gone from ‘a nerd interested in space’ to best-selling author
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View ArticleEmily Nelson working to keep astronauts safe aboard the ISS
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View ArticleHarrison Schmitt: A conversation with the last men on the Moon
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View ArticleA conversation with Skylab 4 astronaut Ed Gibson
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