AMF honors and memorializes those astronauts who have sacrificed their lives for the nation and the space program, and works to inspire the next generation 🚀
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4 Aug 2024
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation would like to congratulate Northrop Grumman on their 21st resupply mission to the International Space Station named NG-21: The S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee onboard the 75th Falcon 9 launched by SpaceX this year. amfcse.org
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12 Oct 2023
We here at the Center For Space Education were proud to host the wonderful members of the First Tech Challenge today for the Power Source Summit. If your organization interested in hosting your event with us, contact us through our website or any linked socials on our page!🚀
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The Astronauts Memorial Foundation retweeted
6 May 2022
This #TeacherAppreciationWeek, the Exploration Station team at Kennedy is grateful for educators who go above and beyond to inspire and engage the next generation of explorers.
Learn more about opportunities for the summer and the 2022-2023 school year: go.nasa.gov/3lJokqG
ALT Photo of the Exploration Station classroom with rows of tables and tables, an astronaut suit in the background, and a rocket engine assembly in the foreground
ALT Graphic of five explorers on Mars. Text says "Teach on Mars"
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23 May 2022
Today is an exciting day at the Center for Space Education! After four long years, the NASA Lunabotics competition is BACK! Each year, NASA calls on students from across the nation to design lunar excavators for competition at @NASAKennedy.
Watch LIVE: youtu.be/glLQZzP_uT0
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8 Apr 2022
Congratulations SpaceX 🍀, Axiom, and Commander Michael LĂłpez-AlegrĂa, Pilot Larry Connor, Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe & Mark Pathy.
[Falcon 9, Mission Ax-1, April 8, 2022; Image taken by Tres Holton from Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center]
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5 Apr 2022
Remembering Navy Captain, astronaut, flight surgeon, pro soccer player, husband and father: Manley Lanier “Sonny” Carter, Jr. On official NASA business, Dr. Carter died in a plane accident on April 5, 1991. JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab bears his name. amfcse.org/sonny-carter
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28 Feb 2022
Capt Charles A. Bassett II & CDR Elliot M. See, Jr., assigned as prime crew for the Gemini 9 mission, tragically died in a T-38 landing accident at Lambert Field on February 28, 1966. Learn more about these fallen heroes here: amfcse.org/see-and-bassett
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1 Feb 2022
Remembering STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Crew, who lost their lives during re-entry on February 1, 2003: sixteen minutes from home. astronautsmemorial.com/colum…
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29 Jan 2022
Book-signing today, January 29th, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex with AMF past chair and veteran astronaut, Col. Eileen Collins; along with current AMF Director and former Space Shuttle Launch Director, Mike Leinbach.
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28 Jan 2022
Remembering STS-51-L Space Shuttle Challenger Crew, who lost their lives 73 seconds into flight on January 28, 1986. astronautsmemorial.com/chall…
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27 Jan 2022
Remembering Apollo 1 Crew, who lost their lives in a tragic fire during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967, at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34: fifty-five (55) years ago, today. astronautsmemorial.com/apoll…
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19 Jan 2022
NASA’s Day of Remembrance on Thursday, January 27, at 10AM. The ceremony at the Space Mirror Memorial will honor our fallen heroes, who sacrificed their lives while furthering the cause of space exploration & discovery. Admission is free via RSVP at astronautsmemorial.com/rsvp
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Today, we honor the life and inspiring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Here's a view of his hometown of Atlanta as seen from the @Space_Station in 2017.
#MLKday
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13 Jan 2022
Congratulations SpaceX 🍀 on your Falcon 9 launch [Transporter 3] from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; and, booster recovery at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1). [Canon EOS RP; 240mm; ISO125; F10; 1/500 second; photo by Très Holton from roof of Center for Space Education at KSC]
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24 Dec 2021
We wish you the Happiest of Holidays and New Year!
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8 Dec 2021
Remembering Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., PhD, the first African-American to be selected as an astronaut by any national space program: the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program. He tragically lost his life in an F-104 Starfighter accident in 1967. amfcse.org/robert-h-lawrence…
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7 Dec 2021
Sixty years ago, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space. Laura Shepard Churchley is proudly paralleling her pioneering father, joining trailblazing citizen space explorers in an avant-garde spacecraft bearing her very name. Link: amfcse.org/news/2021/12/7/la…
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3 Dec 2021
Congratulations SpaceX🍀on your Falcon 9 launch [Starlink 4-3] from SLC-40; booster recovery; deployment of 48 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky spacecraft.
[Canon EOS RP; 14mm; ISO 100; F16; 278 seconds; photo by Très Holton on 12/2/21, Space Mirror reflection pond at KSC]
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15 Nov 2021
On November 15, 1967, Major Michael Adams made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the nation and space exploration: he was 37yo. Learn more at amfcse.org/michael-j-adams about this incredible X-15 test pilot, who was chosen to be a part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.
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