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Tuesday, March 05, 2013  GOP seeks to smooth roughest cuts, avert government shutdown later this month

Friday, February 01, 2013  The North Texas university where Kalpana Chawla earned her master's degree in aerospace engineering will mark the 10th anniversary of her death as part of the Space Shuttle Columbia crew.

Friday, January 25, 2013  NASA testing vintage engine from Apollo 11 rocket as it seeks to develop the next generation of rockets.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Space shuttle Endeavour has landed in Houston for a one-day stop on its trek west to retirement in a California museum.

Monday, August 06, 2012  'Touchdown confirmed': NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars, beams back photo of own shadow

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Private supply ship, SpaceX Dragon, rockets toward space station, opens new era of spaceflight

Monday, February 27, 2012  NASA's 20-year focus on Mars looking fuzzier as space agency changes course, axes flights

Thursday, February 02, 2012  Nine years ago on February 1, 2003, tragedy struck the nation when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entering our atmosphere, killing all seven crew members aboard. One was Shuttle Commander and Amarillo native, Rick Husband.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  A new Earth? NASA finds planet outside solar system in just about right-for-life spot

Thursday, September 22, 2011  A piece of NASA, Rick Husband and his story made it's way to Amarillo Wednesday for it's final flight.

Thursday, July 21, 2011  Final farewell: Last shuttle lands, ending 30-year era that put hundreds in orbit, lab in sky

Friday, July 08, 2011  Updated with full video of launch: "Let's light this fire one more time," Commander Christopher Ferguson said just before taking flight.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Endeavour blasted off on NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, thundering through clouds into orbit Monday morning as the mission commander's wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, watched.

Friday, April 29, 2011  NASA abruptly called off space shuttle Endeavour's final launch Friday because of a puzzling heater failure in a critical power unit.

Friday, April 15, 2011  A local teacher was chosen out of many across the nation to attend a summer institute at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston...