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Apollo, space shuttle astronauts become literal faces of moonbound payload

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface. Today that photo is long gone. But Duke’s visage is heading back to the moon this week, in a novel ...
SpaceNews

NASA Names Former Apollo & Shuttle Commanders to Lead Columbia Accident Report Task Force

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe today said two veteran astronauts, Apollo commander Thomas P. Stafford and Space Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey, will lead a distinguished task force to assess the ...
Astronomy

The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Program, and Public Engagement after Apollo

The following is an excerpt from The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Program, and Public Engagement after Apollo by Amy Paige Kaminski. The book will be published June 11, 2024, by the ...

Apollo Flight Director Gerry Griffin to Keynote at the National Space Society’s ISDC Conference

The 44th Annual International Space Development Conference is in McLean, VA, June 4-7, 2026 The Apollo Program was a ...
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Apollo, space shuttle astronauts become literal faces of moonbound payload

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface in 1972. It’s long gone, but a digital ...