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Houston, we have a problem
Those words were not good news for those who worked at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. They may have been spoken in other space flights, but, the dilemma of Apollo 13 comes to mind as the most urgent.
Read MoreSpace Shuttle Challenger, 23 years ago today
Twenty three years ago today, at 11:39 a.m. ET, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart and disintegrated off the central coast of Florida during ascent. An o-ring seal failed, and disaster incurred. Ronald Reagan’s address to the nation a few hours after the disaster was one of his most remembered and eloquent. Ladies and gentlemen,…
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