by Alisa Nelson | Jan 31, 2023 | Military, News, Science / Technology
For the first time in nearly seventeen years, America has awarded the highest civilian honor that the nation can bestow upon the country’s astronauts – the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Missouri astronaut Bob Behnken and fellow astronaut Doug Hurley have been...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 22, 2021 | Education, History, News, Science / Technology
Missouri astronaut Bob Behnken launched into space last year on a historic mission. Friday morning, the tables will turn. He will watch his wife liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in the same space capsule he traveled in last year. Behnken and astronaut Doug Hurley...
by Alisa Nelson | Nov 15, 2020 | News
Four astronauts on the space shuttle dubbed “Resilience” are headed to the International Space Station, including southern Missouri native Mike Hopkins. Hopkins, of Richland, is commanding the crew on the first operational space flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 2, 2020 | Military, News, Science / Technology
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have made history again. They launched into orbit two months ago as part of the first manned commercial crew in U.S. history and first space launch from American soil in nearly a decade. Today, Behnken and Hurley’s return...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 31, 2020 | Military, News, Science / Technology
Weather permitting, NASA astronaut Bob Behnken and fellow spaceman Doug Hurley are scheduled to undock Saturday evening at the International Space Station and begin their historic journey back home. Their mission marks the first time in U.S. history that a commercial...
