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skydancer
@skydancer (2101)
• United States
28 Jan 20
This week has always been one of tragedy for US manned spaceflight. Yesterday marked 53 years since the Apollo 1 fire. Today marks 34 years since the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, and February 1st...
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jan 19
There were three of us this morning for rock painting. I don't have any pictures yet. Next week. We were in a room without a sink, so we couldn't podge the rocks. I need to finish my space shuttle anyway. It's looking very...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Oct 16
After being flown to Las Angeles on the back of another plane, and then towed through the streets of Los Angeles by a small Toyota pickup truck at a cost of $2 billion, the space shuttle Endeavor ended up in its own hangar at the...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
27 Oct 16
Moving the Space Shuttle Endeavor to the California Science Museum was not a cheap proposition. Above is a photo of the moving bill to "transfer excess personal property."
Actually, saying that it cost $2 billion was a bit of an...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Oct 16
One of the most amazing parts of bringing the Space Shuttle Endeavor to Los Angeles four years ago was to see this gigantic aircraft being towed through the streets of the city.
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 Oct 16
This weekend, I went to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, along with my husband, one of our daughters, and one of my grandsons.
The highlight of our visit was an opportunity to see the last space shuttle ... The...
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wildlittlefan
@wildlittlefan (4680)
• Hong Kong
23 Apr 16
When we were young, we always pay attention to the moon at night. We would have all kinds of fantasy about what the moon would look like. However, when we see the real moon on TV, we know that actually it has nothing in there. At...
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Stephen L. Thompson
@oneoveralpha (434)
• Brookville, Pennsylvania
28 Jan 16
I was in the fourth grade. We were at lunch in the cafeteria and they made an announcement. The teachers tried to quiet us down, and they heard what the announcement was, but us kids were too noisy. It wasn’t until we got back...
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Jacruz25
@Jacruz25 (1124)
• Philippines
5 Sep 11
I do believe we didn't land on the moon. There are so many evidences that man didn't land on the moon. It was all a fake thanks to the pentagon,CIA,NASA and many more agency of the US government. We should think outside box how on...
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K46620
@K46620 (1986)
• United States
8 Jul 11
I've been to five launches now... it never gets old. Today had the biggest crowds I've ever seen there. It's sad to know that the Space Shuttle will never fly again, but it is time to move on. I'm excited about the possibilities...
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