Monthly Archives: January 2011

Texas Man Buys NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

As crazy as that headline looks, we may be reading something like it soon after the Shuttle Program ends. The facilities may not be for sale, but just this week I saw that NASA’s Kennedy Space Center facilities may become … Continue reading →

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Space History – Abandon In Place – Apollo 1

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

January 27, 1967 Cape Canaveral Florida, Launch Complex 34 – The Apollo 1 Fire The plan was to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the Earth before the sixties ended – and we were well … Continue reading →

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Shuttle Program Extended?

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

Today NASA announced the Space Shuttle Atlantis is being “baselined” for a final shuttle mission to the International Space Station (tentatively scheduled for launch from Pad 39A on June 28 2011). As readers of this blog already know (from a … Continue reading →

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NASA Updates Final Space Shuttle Launch Dates

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

NASA announced today that it is targeting 4:50 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, for the launch of space shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. The liftoff of shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 flight is planned for 7:48 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Space Shuttle Program Commemorative on the way

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

As the Space Shuttle Program winds down to the final launch this year, things are ramping up for the Space Shuttle Program Commemorative Coin project. New video about the Shuttle Program Commemorative Coin project at http://www.SpaceShuttleCoin.com.

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2010 in review

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Space Race Leadership

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet … Continue reading →

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