That time when NASA became experts in *checks notes* Maritime Salvage Law

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“‘Twas a dark and very stormy night, November 14-15, 1994…” is how the legal brief begins its description of events that led to the largest maritime salvage operation at the time. Space shuttle external tank 70 (ET-70) was aboard the barge Poseidon when Tropical Storm Gordon decided to make this trip from New Orleans to Cape Canaveral anything but ordinary.

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SpaceX, Tesla, and more find a place on Reddit’s r/Place just in time before the collaboration ends

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Reddit reopened its collaborative art project last Friday, which gives any site user the ability to add a tile to a massive canvas every five minutes. The event ends today, and just in time, two of Elon Musk’s most famous companies found a place in it.

NASA Shuttle engineering cameras show unique views of what Artemis I’s launch might look like

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If the schedule holds, NASA is gearing up to launch its first Artemis mission as soon as February 2022. The “Orange Rocket,” as it is sometimes called, pulls a lot of old hardware and launch sequences from the iconic Space Shuttle.

Sally Ride, first American woman in space, featured on new US quarter

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The US Mint announced the five designs for 2022 as a part of the new American Women Quarters program. Among those featured on the new quarters is Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.

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STS-26 Space Shuttle return to flight | This Day in Space (29 Sept. 1988)

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Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery took flight on this day in 1988. It was the first flight of the Space Shuttle following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of January 28, 1986.

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Android Basics: How to sideload OTA updates on your Google Pixel [Video]
Fitbit Charge 5 adds two more clock faces
YouTube Music’s excellent ‘Create a radio’ tool more widely rolling out [U]
Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 shows progress on lock screen shortcuts and custom clock
CASETiFY announces new Samsung S23 case lineup: Thousands of designs, military protection, more
Dbrand expands its slick ‘Palettes’ skins to Google Pixel, Samsung, and other devices
Lightroom is the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s official photo-editing software
Google says Lens and Maps Live View are ‘prelude to [its] long-term vision’ for AR
Samsung’s trade-in values are far lower with Galaxy S23 series – if the site even works, that is
Today’s Android game and app deals: Incredibox, YoWindow Weather, more

Book Review: NASA Space Shuttle 40th Anniversary

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The means of telling a story is something that’s left to the one who tells it. The most familiar to us is through text.

You open a book and the words begin to flow into the mind to leave the reader to picture what the author hopes to convey. This also applies to the spoken form and leads to some opportunities for some creative embellishment.

But author Piers Bizony has chosen another format to tell a story: pictures.

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NASA shares video celebrating the final shuttle flight and what’s to come

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Yesterday NASA shared a video to their YouTube channel celebrating the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. In it, they discuss how far we’ve come since then and what is to come after.

A look back at Doug Hurley’s 21-year career as a NASA Astronaut

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Friday, July 16th, NASA announced that veteran astronaut Doug Hurley will retire from his career within the Astronaut Office. Hurley’s career has spanned the retirement of the shuttle, activation of SpaceX’s dragon, and an overall change in NASA’s culture.

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Flashback Friday: Take a VR tour of Space Shuttle Discovery

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In a time when traveling to a museum might not be the best of ideas (Thanks, COVID!!), being able to take a virtual tour is a godsend when you want to satiate your curiosity about something. Luckily, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has us covered with a VR tour of Space Shuttle Discovery.

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This Day In Space (July 8, 2011): The launch of STS-135, the final Space Shuttle launch

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Space Shuttle Atlantis currently resides in an exhibit building at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, its permanent home. Back on this day in 2011, Atlantis would fly for the last time. STS-135 marked the end of the Space Shuttle Program.

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Android Basics: How to sideload OTA updates on your Google Pixel [Video]
Fitbit Charge 5 adds two more clock faces
YouTube Music’s excellent ‘Create a radio’ tool more widely rolling out [U]
Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 shows progress on lock screen shortcuts and custom clock
CASETiFY announces new Samsung S23 case lineup: Thousands of designs, military protection, more
Dbrand expands its slick ‘Palettes’ skins to Google Pixel, Samsung, and other devices
Lightroom is the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s official photo-editing software
Google says Lens and Maps Live View are ‘prelude to [its] long-term vision’ for AR
Samsung’s trade-in values are far lower with Galaxy S23 series – if the site even works, that is
Today’s Android game and app deals: Incredibox, YoWindow Weather, more

This Day In Space (June 18, 1983): Sally Ride takes her first ride into space

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Today marks an important milestone in spaceflight history. For the first time on the Space Shuttle, a woman would fly and bring motivation to little girls everywhere to join the STEM industry.

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The Columbia Disaster | This Day in Space (1 Feb. 2003)

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On February 1, 2003, family, coworkers, and media awaited the return of the crew of STS-107 and the Space Shuttle Columbia at NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility. Although sadly, the shuttle would never come, today we remember the seven crew members who perished, reaching for the stars in the name of peace.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis and Apollo 8 Firing Room at Kennedy Space Center

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Apollo 8 Firing Room, Saturn V rocket, Hubble Space telescope, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and more.

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Flashback: SpaceX in 2012 vying for NASA commercial crew contract post Space Shuttle

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Elon Musk’s 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley on CBS in 2012 has aged remarkably well for SpaceX.

Two things stand out. Falcon 9 and Dragon were only just preparing to begin cargo delivery to the International Space Station — something that’s now routine.

And Elon was dreaming of SpaceX succeeding the Space Shuttle for taking astronauts to space from American soil. Eight years later and that day has nearly arrived.

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