Richard French gets the call to work for NASA, fulfilling a dream that started with his professor Carl Sagan.
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After watching a documentary about the moon landing, Kate Downey comes away with a love of all things Buzz Aldrin.
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Computer scientist LaShana Lewis’s childhood dream of attending Space Camp starts to feel far away — until she gets the Christmas surprise of a lifetime.
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A trip to the Kennedy Space Center reminds Wade Roush of what originally inspired him to pursue science journalism.
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Science journalist Judith Stone worries about causing conflict when she writes about cultural differences aboard the International Space Station.
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Science communicator Brian Mackenwells tries to smuggle an unauthorized piece of whimsy onto a zero-gravity spaceflight.
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A surprise email leads a biologist to NASA.
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What's the worst that can happen when you let a recent college grad command a $330 million spacecraft?
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