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by Richard T. Watkins onJuly 6, 2011
His childhood dream of becoming an astronaut led him to launch rockets into space.
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July 4, 2011
The final launch of Atlantis on July 8 will mark the end of the American space shuttle era, where six of these unique spacecraft flew 135 missions. An impressive 20 African Americans have earned the moniker "astronaut," and 14 have actually been shot into space.
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June 22, 2010
The agency's first black chief is under fire for wanting to stop a $10 million biofuels project.
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by Dayo Olopade onJuly 19, 2009
The 40th anniversary of the moon landing is inspiring, but today's NASA is better off pouring its scientific energy into fixing Planet Earth.
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by Martin Johnson onJuly 17, 2009
Neil Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind” marked one of the last great all-American events.
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May 26, 2009
The U.S. Circuit Judge is first Hispanic-American to be nominated to high court, Ex-Marine general named NASA chief, Sade to release new LP...
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