alan shepard
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The Most Precious Human Relics Left in Space
Being the space nerd that I am, I often imagine a museum filled with the most important objects ever sent to space. We couldn’t possibly build a place like this, but we can speculate as to which human artifacts deserve a place in our imaginary spaceflight museum. Most things sent to space are utilitarian and…
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Space Agencies Are Tracking Two Explorers En Route to Antarctica’s ‘Pole of Inaccessibility’
Two men are three weeks into an expedition to Antartica’s Pole of Inaccessibility, an isolated spot that is 901 km from the South Pole. The pair are working in collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency as they record the psychological and physiological effects of the journey, data that the space agencies believe could…
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Smithsonian Kickstarter Campaign Raises Over $700,000 To Restore Apollo Spacesuits
It’s official. The Smithsonian’s crowdfunding campaign to preserve and display Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit ended early this morning. And it was such a huge success, they will be restoring Alan Shepard’s suit as well.