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Posted: Jun 4, 2021 3:23 PM Updated: Jun 4, 2021 6:17 PM Posted By: Luke Hajdasz A song, a painting, space and sawdust. What do all these things have in common? Huntsville! Through a story that is interconnected. It's a unique one with lots of moving parts. The seeds one Florida Sycamore tree started as have made quite the journey. "Those seeds went to the moon, then came back from the moon," said artist Chris Calle. They were brought there by the crew of Apollo 14, 50 years ago. After returning to Earth, the seeds were planted at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tree grew quite lar...

An American flag and embroidered mission insignia patch from the private collection of NASA’s first Flight Director soared to $137,500, more than

EIGHTY years ago on Monday, HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck with the loss of 1,415 men – the biggest single death toll in the history of the Royal Navy. Four of the lost men feature on a happy times photo, taken of them standing at the taffrail of the Hood in their tropical white shorts. It was sent back to their hometown of Darlington to their mate in the railway workshops who had been left behind by a quirk of fate. “They had all served their time at North Road, but when they tried to join the Royal Navy my father, Reg, was kept back because he was a coppersmit...

Apr 28, 2021 TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Nicholas “Nick” Roger Bean, left this world to be with the Lord on Friday, April 23, 2021. Born a “Yooper” with an adventurous spirit, Nick had a genuine passion for the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, camping, four-wheeling, kayaking, playing tennis and golf, hiking, snowboarding, and snowmobiling. Nick was a life-long movie buff, whom also enjoyed watching documentaries and history programs because he loved to learn. Above all else, Nick loved his mother. She was his rock. Nick always kept his family and friends laughing. He was witty, intelligent, ...

UPI Archives By (0) DALLAS -- The American space agency will emerge stronger from Tuesday's shuttle Challenger explosion, and exploration of space will continue, two former astronauts said. News of the explosion 'felt like a hit in the gut,' Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, said in a telephone interview. 'I still feel it in my stomach.' Advertisement Bean and former astronaut Deke Slayton said the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will learn from the explosion and eventually build a better shuttle. 'I don't think this will deter anybody,' said Bean, who retired in...