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Wally Schirra

May 4th, 2007 · No Comments

By now, many people have commented on the death of former astronaut Wally Schirra yesterday. There is, of course, a lot of information on his accomplishments, which were many.
I always felt a personal connection with Wally. My mom used to joke that I was named after him (sorry mom, not sure I buy [...]

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Tags: General

Everyday Space/Space Pioneers - Robert Goddard

May 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Kansas is fortunate to have a premier space museum - the Kansas Cosmosphere. It has a great history museum, complete with a Lunar Lander from the Apollo missions (of course, not one that actually went to the moon), a V-1 rocket, and lots of artifacts from both the US and USSR space programs. It also [...]

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Tags: Everyday Space