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Teacher in Space Is Still in NASA’s Plans
Last month, NASA began a concerted effort to have teachers become astronauts, reasoning that a new corps would help cultivate and inspire the next generation of space explorers.Read the Full Article
Shuttle Crash Fails To Deter NASA Interest
Indeed, hundreds of teachers applied for the new “educator mission specialist” program even after the Feb. 1 catastrophe blanketed the news. Read the Full Article
Research lost on Columbia shuttle
The space shuttle disaster that claimed the lives of seven astronauts on Saturday also destroyed more than one hundred scientific experiments. Read the Full Article
NASA to press on with educator-astronaut program—though timing is under review
“It’s part of NASA’s future, and it will continue forward,” NASA spokeswoman Sonja Alexander told the Dallas Morning News for a Feb. 3 story. “The program timetable is under review. It’s too early to tell what will happen.” Read the Full Article
NASA Educator Astronaut Program Soaring
The Educator Astronaut web site is also receiving a high volume of traffic. More than 4.8 million visits have been recorded during the first 10 days of the program. “After only a week, we are seeing tremendous interest in the program. The number of nominations coming in are a wonderful testament to the teaching profession,” […]
Educator Astronaut
NASA is looking for the Educator Astronauts to help lead the Agency in the development of new ways to connect space exploration with the classroom, and to inspire the next generation of explorers. Visit the Site
NASA launches educator-astronaut program to inspire kids in science and math
The space agency launched the program Jan. 21, via television and the internet, to recruit more teachers as astronauts. The widows of three of the Challenger astronauts took part in the announcement, and the family of Christa McAuliffe offered its support. Read the Full Article
Mission Endeavour: Delivering the Goods
Official end time for the spacewalk was 9:35 p.m. EST, which puts total duration for this first of three planned spacewalks at six hours and 46 minutes. Read the Full Article
Shuttle Endeavour
The three men who will move into the international space station for the winter say they benefited from all of space shuttle Endeavour’s launch delays. Read the Full Article Shuttle Continues Chase of International Space Station CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Shuttle Endeavour continued its chase of the International Space Station on Sunday, giving the seven-member […]
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