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NASA begins contracting process to potentially relocate Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston

Congress approved some funding to relocate the Space Shuttle Discovery to Space Center Houston, which prompted some pushback ...
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Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...
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Upgrading the Space Shuttle

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...