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Astronaut Training at Johnson Space Center

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Vacation
Giving my brain a break, resting my mouse hand and enjoying California wine country. If time permits, I hope to revisit NASA Ames... it's been 12 years since I've seen Moffett Field!Normal activities will resume after the American Thanksgiving holiday, including processing entries for the

This Day In History (#8)
On November 13, 1971, the Mariner 9 Orbiter became the first artificial satellite of the planet Mars; it was thus the first space craft to successfully orbit another planet, only narrowly arriving before the Soviet Mars 2 and Mars 3, which bo

Astronaut Cookbook
Hockey pal & faithful reader (maybe you noticed the pattern this month) Mrs. Rene L. over at Pages, Pucks & Pantry tipped me off to a wonderful new paperback by Charles Bourland and Gregory Vogt called

Apollo 13 Artifact
Longtime reader and blog supporter Joe Neigut brought my attention to this noble artifact in Building 2 on the JSC campus, which served as the public visitor’s center before the larger "Space Center Houston" tourist facility was built.Some of you other long-timers may remember Joe (the bedrest studies’ project manager) from a spot on FOX news during my Lunar Study, where we both spoke briefly. He’s the

ASHOS Trivia
Ever thought about being an astronaut? Applications are reviewed on a continuous basis through the Astronaut Selection Office, and new Astronaut Hopefuls, or ASHOS, are screened every two years.The minimum education requirement to be eligible as an astronaut candidate is a Bachelor's degree. The first person to fly in space with a PhD was Buzz Aldrin, who earned a Doctorate of Astronautics at M