Former Space Shuttle Program Manager & Flight Director for 40 missions. Now retired from NASA after 32 years. Currently consults for SAS & a full time grandpa.
Houston, Texas, USA
Joined June 2008
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This legacy spans decades and redefines what’s next. As we celebrate America’s 250th, learn more about Purdue’s contributions to our country’s exploration of space. ⬇️
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#OTD 2/20/1962: #Mercury #astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the #Earth aboard #Friendship7. He circled the Earth 3 times in just under 5 hours: spacecenter.org/john-glenn-f…
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“He executed an obscure textbook maneuver at Little Round Top that saved the day, saved the Union Army perhaps and maybe saved the Union.”- Shelby Foote on Chamberlain's legendary bayonet charge at Gettysburg
American, remember who you are descended from
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April 5 is Gold Star Spouses Day, honoring the surviving loved ones of military service members killed in the line of duty. Fisher Space Pen supports the men and women in our military. Photography by @GreggCarnes1 | @Truhst
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58 years ago today, we tragically lost the Apollo 1 crew. Today, and every day, we remember and honor the lives of Astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee.
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The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia’ is excited to announce the launch of a new content-rich website.
This marks the first major redesign of NASAColumbiaMuseum.com since 2016.
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🎉 Welcome to Families Weekend at Rice University! 🎉We’re thrilled to have our wonderful Owl families on campus these next days. It’s a special time to connect, explore and experience all that Rice has to offer. From campus tours to student performances, we have an exciting lineup of events that showcase the Owl spirit! Thank you to all who are joining for being such an integral part of our community. We look forward to celebrating with you and making unforgettable memories.
#FamiliesWeekend #RiceOwls #RiceU
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A new study by Rice’s David Alexander & Anthony Atkinson extends the definition of a habitable zone for planets to include their star’s magnetic field. Well studied in our solar system, this factor can have major implications for life on other planets bit.ly/3WVeFiE
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Houston—we have a live panel! 🚀 Listen to a special #ThisIsPurdue episode as #Purdue astronauts @SirishaBandla, @Astro_Feustel, @astro_beth, @Astro_127 and @AudreyKPowers share their stories. Tune in at purdue.university/4a5TWNk.
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No question about the pick of the week this time -- Starliner's Crew Flight Test tomorrow night (Monday, May 6, 10:34 pm ET). But lots of other good stuff this week, too.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPACE POLICY MAY 5-11, 2024
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@AviationWeek @AvWeekGuy and I are joined by @waynehale for a look at @SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 3. Thanks Wayne for very insightful perspective .
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“Johnson Space Center is looking forward to partnering with Rice as it hosts the @ISUnet Space Studies Program in partnership with @RiceUniversity,” said Johnson Director Vanessa Wyche.
READ nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-j…
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"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." - Carl Sagan
On this day in 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic Pale Blue Dot image.
ALT Pale Blue Dot image that shows Earth as a very small dot in a vertical color band.
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On #TDIH in 1946, TWA's first regular transatlantic service began when the Lockheed Constellation "Star of Paris" arrived in Paris, France.
📷: Constellation in flight, courtesy of Lockheed Martin
ALT A black and white image of a Constellation airplane flying above a coast.
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Day 2 of the NASA Advisory Council's Human Exploration and Operations (NAC-HEO) committee should start in about 5 minutes. The focus today is the Space Operations Mission Directorate. Virtual.
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Day 3 (final day) of the @astrosociety von Braun Space Exploration Symposium. On tap here is a panel moderated by @waynehale called “Cash or Credit? New Contracting Approaches in Space.”
Follow along with this thread for updates.
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For her fourth launch, on August 10, #PurdueAAE alumna and Virgin Galactic chief astronaut instructor Beth Moses @astro_beth will lead the first former Olympian to travel to space, and a mother-daughter duo.
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ALT portrait of Beth Moses