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After the final Apollo mission, the space race was over. In the 1970’s, NASA began looking ahead to the Space Shuttle program--a program with a greater focus on science. University of Central Florida history professor Amy Foster says that focus on science gave women a window to join NASA's astronaut corps. She spoke with WMFE's Brendan Byrne about the first female astronauts at NASA and her book Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps: Politics and Logistics at NASA.
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Excitement was abundant during the landing of NASA’s newest Martian robotic explorer Perseverance earlier this month, giving high hopes to space enthusiasts that the United States could send humans outside of Earth’s orbit again in the near future. But new polling data suggests most U.S. adults don’t view human space travel to the moon or Mars as a high priority.
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Florida leaders and politicians are applauding NASA for landing the Perseverance rover on Mars, showing support for the program’s space exploration initiatives. Senator Marco Rubio praised NASA and called the program “a source of unity and pride for the nation.”
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Perseverance landed safely on the red planet on Thursday, immediately getting to work with a first photo of the rover's "forever home."
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The team attempts to land a rover on Mars following the UAE and China's successful missions.
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Firefly Aerospace out of Cedar Park, Texas was recently awarded a $93.3 million dollar contract by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver a suite of ten payloads to the lunar surface in mid-2023.
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For a look back at space policy and achievements over the the last four years, and what the future holds for NASA we chat with Laura Forsyck, the owner of space consulting firm Astralytical.
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The agency will name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after the pioneering scientist whose Space Race-era contributions gained recognition in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.
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A rocket ship designed and built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has lifted off with two Americans on a history-making flight to the International Space Station.
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Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will have to wait a little longer to blast off into orbit. Bad weather delayed the launch of their historic mission yesterday- but when they do lift off they will be the first astronauts in nearly a decade to launch from US soil. 90.7 Space reporter Brendan Byrne and UCF planetary scientist Addie Dove join Intersection to discuss the mission.