Alan Shepard
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I don’t get the sense that there’s a gigantic expansion [of experiential learning] under way. I think there’s a growing recognition that this is extremely important and valued by students, by employers, by their families ... Could we do more? Yes, we could do more.
Concordia is ideally positioned to play a strong role in the nationwide research effort to invent and refine the smart energy solutions of tomorrow ... This new grant from NRCan builds on the solar energy expertise established through the Solar Buildings Research Network, which was headquartered at Concordia from 2005-2010.
You have to remember my role models were men, so I was watching John Glenn and Alan Shepard and also the engineers I read about [like Mercury spacecraft designer] Max Faget ... What I am really proud about is that our country decided that it was important to include women in the exploration of space.More quotes »
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Navy Rear Admiral Kenneth Carodine, a Huntsville native, talks military and more with Johnson students
When Kenneth Carodine was a student at J.O. Johnson High School in the late 1970s, he wanted to emulate his hero, astronaut Alan Shepard, and travel in to space. That dream didn't come true. "I didn't get into space but I did get to fly upside down weightless from Everything Alabama Read more »
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Neal Thompson's 'A Curious Man', the fascinating life of Robert 'Believe it or Not' Ripley
Ripley," that "Survivor" and "Fear Factor" are Ripley's naughty children. Thompson, a freelance journalist with books about Alan Shepard, NASCAR and Hurricane Katrina, says he stumbled across Ripley's story in 2007; the ensuing research and writing took five from Cleveland.com Read more »
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Today in photo history – 1960: Alan Shepard first American to travel into space
Alan Shepard Jr. rests in his Freedom 7 capsule awaiting his trip into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 5, 1961. Shepard's 15-minute suborbital flight marked a major success for NASA, making him the first American to travel into space. (AP Photo) from Dallas Morning News - Blogs Read more »
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Space Shuttle Astronauts Inducted Into U.S. Astronaut Hall Of Fame
The three astronauts join the ranks of legendary space pioneers in the Hall of Fame such as Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Jim Lovell, Sally Ride and John Young. Their induction as the 12th group of space shuttle astronauts to be enshrined brings from Aero-News.net Read more »
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Today in History
1959, NASA presented its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 91, died in Phoenix, Ariz. In 1963, British statesman Winston Churchill from Sify Read more »
