Tag: astronaut
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Local Astronaut Nichole Ayers says Artemis II mission is important step toward moon return
As NASA sent four astronauts on a journey around the moon on Wednesday, one Colorado Springs native knows well how complex, but also fun, blasting into space is. A Woodland Park High School and Air Force Academy graduate, Astronaut and Air Force Maj. Nichole Ayers considers Colorado Springs and Divide to be home. She’s flown…
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Local Astronaut Nichole Ayers says Artemis II mission is important step toward moon return
As NASA sent four astronauts on a journey around the moon last week, one Woodland Park High School graduate knows well how complex, but also fun, blasting into space is. A WPHS and Air Force Academy graduate, Astronaut and Air Force Maj. Nichole Ayers has flown everything from T-38 training aircraft to F-22 fighter jets…
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Astronaut Nick Hague expects NASA to stay focused on moon mission amid change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As NASA sees change, astronaut and Space Force Brig. Gen. Nick Hague expects the agency to remain laser- focused on returning to the moon, a mission that will lay the groundwork for a trip to…
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Col. Nick Hague to be first Space Force Guardian to launch into space
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to state that Col. Nick Hague will be first guardian to launch into space, not the first to visit the International Space Station. Previously, Col. Mike Hopkins transferred from Air Force to the Space Force while in space, making him the first guardian in space. Col. Nick Hague…
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Col. Nick Hague to be first Space Force Guardian to launch into space
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to state that Col. Nick Hague will be first guardian to launch into space, not the first to visit the International Space Station. Previously, Col. Mike Hopkins transferred from Air Force to the Space Force while in space,…
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NASA astronaut tells Air Force symposium how his dream of spaceflight had been obliterated
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren learned a trip into space would be possible watching the first space shuttle launch in second grade, but in 1998, he faced what he believed was the obliteration of his lifelong dream. While in Air Force flight training, he went to…
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NASA astronaut tells Air Force symposium how his dream of spaceflight had been obliterated
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren learned a trip into space would be possible watching the first space shuttle launch in second grade, but in 1998, he faced what he believed was the obliteration of his lifelong dream. While in Air Force flight training, he went to the flight surgeon with what he thought was a cold,…
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Funeral honors Air Force Academy’s first astronaut
The life of retired Air Force Colonel Karol Bobko was honored at the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery on Friday, Sept 8. Colonel Bobko, a member of the Academy’s first graduating class in 1959, was the first Academy Graduate to serve as a NASA Astronaut.
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AFA to rename building after ’64 grad, NASA astronaut
The Air Force Academy plans to honor 1964 graduate and astronaut Frederick Gregory by renaming a building in his honor. The Consolidated Education and Training Facility — which houses astronautical and civil engineering facilities and laboratories aligned with the chemistry and biology departments — will be renamed Gregory Hall later this year. The new name honors the…