Grounded: the End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight.

KUT News explores the launch of U.S. space mission, the history of the shuttle program, what it has meant to millions of Texans to live in the “space state” and hear how Texas people and industry will fit into a new era of space exploration.

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Physics and Politics: What’s Next for NASA

Congress is usually more willing to fund manned than unmanned space exploration....
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The Future of Human Space Flight

As the space shuttle ends what's next for human exploration?...
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Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush:The Reality of Travel to Mars

The Space Shuttle program is about to end, and NASA's trying to figure out where to go next and who's going there....
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For Some, The End Of The Shuttle Means The End Of A Job

We continue our look at the end of the shuttle program and what it has meant for Texas, with a look at the economic impact of the transition to the next phase of NASA's mission in space....
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Images of Shuttle Columbia Debris Recovery

KUT is in the middle of broadcasting a weeklong series about the US space shuttle program. NASA is retiring the shuttle in early 2011, and we are reporting on what the program has mea…...
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NASA’s Space Shuttle Disasters

NASA lost two shuttles, Challenger and Columbia during the program's 30-year history....
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The Culture of the Country’s Space Agency

NASA has experienced some tremendous successes and some catastrophic disasters with its Space Shuttle program....
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LBJ and the Roots of the Shuttle Program

The Space Shuttle Discovery is back on the launch pad and prepped for a Monday blast off....
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Relive KUT’s Columbia Coverage As it Happened

From 2003, KUT News' coverage of the Columbia disaster....
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Saying Goodbye to the Space Shuttle

Since the 1960’s, the Johnson Space Center near Houston has been the center of operations for America’s manned space missions, from Gemini to the space shuttles. But Texas�…...
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Why Does the Shuttle Look Like That?

KUT’s Jen Stayton speaks with reporter Pat Duggins, author of Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program, about the origins of the space shuttle. Share|...
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