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Aeryn Avilla
- Nov 12, 2023
- 5 min
Patch Me Through: Stories Behind Iconic Mission Patches
A look at some of NASA's most iconic mission patches
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Aeryn Avilla
- Sep 5, 2023
- 7 min
New Wings for the Old World: the European Space Agency's Hermes Spaceplane
Hermes was designed to provide Europe with independent crewed access to space. What happened to it?
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jul 12, 2023
- 8 min
Return to Sender: Post-Challenger Cancelled Space Shuttle Missions
More than forty Space Shuttle missions were cancelled after the Challenger disaster in 1986. Let's take a look at some!
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jan 24, 2022
- 8 min
Blue Shuttle: The Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program
The Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program was an attempt to train American military personnel as payload specialists for DOD Shuttle missions.
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Aeryn Avilla
- Nov 26, 2021
- 18 min
The Rockets' Red Glare: Interkosmos and the Eastern Bloc
Interkosmos was a Soviet program that flew cosmonauts from other countries into space. Let's learn about its missions!
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Aeryn Avilla
- Jul 15, 2021
- 6 min
California Dreamin': Vandenberg AFB & the Space Shuttle
In the 1980s, the Air Force planned to launch Space Shuttle missions from Vandenberg AFB. What happened to them?
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