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SEMO’s STEM College Hosts Space Week Activities, Engaging Community with the Cosmos

Abby Volz

SEMO’s STEM college is celebrating Space Week Nov. 3-7 with lectures, trivia, and stargazing events, offering students opportunities to explore astronomy and learn about the universe.

NASA flight director Eugene F. Kranz at his console in Mission Control in Houston on May 30, 1965, during a Gemini-Titan IV simulation to prepare for the four-day, 62-orbit flight.

Health & Science

Forty-Five Years Ago, We First Landed On The Moon: Meet The Man In Charge In Mission Control

Véronique LaCapra

Forty-five years ago this Sunday, Apollo 11 became the first space flight to land men on the moon. At Mission Control in Houston, Gene Kranz was the man...

Health & Science

Ten Years And Going, Mars Opportunity Rover Still Delivers

The Mars rover Opportunity just celebrated its tenth anniversary, and the scrappy vehicle keeps chugging along. The rover landed on Mars on January 24,…