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Retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle Program

Retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle Program

Guests:
Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew, Mission Specialist, STS-133 Discovery Crew
Julie Robinson, Ph.D., Deputy Program Scientist, ISS (International Space Station)
Nicole Stott, Mission Specialist, STS-133 Discovery Crew

NASA's Space Shuttle Program is ending after 30 years. What have we learned from these missions? How has science benefited? And what remains unfinished as we end the space shuttle program? To further explore these questions, we’re joined by members of the final crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Original broadcast, June 24, 2011.

Related Links: 

Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew, Wikipedia

Julie Robinson, Blog

Nicole Stott, Wikipedia

NASA 

NASA Space Shuttle Program

NASA Future Missions

NASA, Wikipedia, Wikipedia

STS-133: Discovery 

STS-133 Mission Information 

International Space Station

International Space Station NASA Research, PDF

 

 

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