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Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said. She was 61.

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1996: Andy Rooney reflects on criticismupdated: Wed Oct 05 2011 11:44:00

In 1996, Larry King interviewed Andy Rooney about his "60 Minutes" segment and accepting criticism.

Despite the naysayers, woman goes from Trekkie to NASA engineerupdated: Thu Jul 07 2011 12:23:00

Candy Torres drove nonstop for 21 hours to see the launch of space shuttle Challenger in June 1983. She had seen shuttle launches before, but this trip from Princeton, New Jersey, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, was different: Sally Ride was about to become the first female U.S. astronaut to leave the Earth's atmosphere.

Shuttle legacy: Challengerupdated: Wed Jul 06 2011 15:57:00

Space Shuttle Challenger explodes in 1986, killing the seven astronauts aboard.

Challenger astronaut's widow reflects on end of U.S. shuttle programupdated: Wed Jul 06 2011 15:57:00

Days after the 1986 Challenger disaster, Lorna Onizuka's daughter approached her with a strange request.

Endeavour crew welcomed home in Houstonupdated: Fri Jun 03 2011 05:31:00

NASA welcomed home the last crew of the space shuttle Endeavour with a ceremony at Houston's Johnson Space Center on Thursday, a day after their return from the orbiter's final flight.

Endeavour crew welcomed in Houstonupdated: Fri Jun 03 2011 05:31:00

The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is welcomed home at Houston's Johnson Space Center.

Wounded congresswoman celebrates Endeavour's final voyageupdated: Mon May 16 2011 12:45:00

The Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head just four months ago sat comfortably Monday morning, watching and cheering as the space shuttle Endeavour, with her husband aboard, took off on its final voyage.

Endeavour's first commander reflects on shuttle's final missionupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 10:32:00

As Space Shuttle Endeavour gears up for its 25th and final mission, its first commander is nostalgic but hopeful about the prospects of space exploration.

The Challenger disaster's teachable momentupdated: Fri Jan 28 2011 11:07:00

Twenty-five years ago today, Concord, New Hampshire, was abuzz with excitement as teacher Christa McAuliffe was about to make history.

Legacy left by Christa McAuliffeupdated: Fri Jan 28 2011 11:07:00

CNN's John Zarrella reports on the legacy of learning left by Challenger astronaut Christa McAuliffe.

Oil disaster commission faces unique challengesupdated: Tue Jul 13 2010 15:44:00

The National Oil Commission, just beginning its investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, faces a daunting task: Collect information, process it and within six-months make recommendations to President Obama.

Fortune: What BP was missing on Deepwater Horizon: a whistleblowerupdated: Tue Jun 22 2010 04:25:00

The opening letter from BP CEO Tony Hayward to the BP Code of Conduct reads: "If you are unsure of what to do in particular circumstances or concerned that the code is being broken, you have a responsibility to speak up. The code explains the mechanisms to do this . . . and the protections to ensure that retaliation against those who do speak up will not be tolerated."

Bottom of the seaupdated: Fri Jun 12 2009 06:10:00

The search is now underway for the black boxes from Air France 447, but it won't be easy, as CNN's Jim Bittermann reports.

'Black box' could hold answer to plane crash mysteryupdated: Fri Jun 12 2009 06:10:00

The "black box" is actually an orange cylinder -- about 13 pounds of metal wrapped around a stack of memory chips and designed to withstand the force of being slammed high-speed into a brick wall.

Astronaut teachers to inspire next generationupdated: Sat Sep 27 2008 20:00:00

It may be one small step for civilian space travel, but it's a leap for education.

CNN Student News One-Sheet: Space Shuttle Factsupdated: Tue Mar 11 2008 22:10:00

Use this explainer to help students understand the history of the space shuttle program, a topic relevant to current news.

Teacher-astronaut takes mission to Disneyupdated: Mon Sep 10 2007 19:11:00

Three weeks after returning to Earth, teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan cheerfully carried out her first space education assignment Monday, sharing the magic of flying in orbit with children at Walt Disney World.

Veteran reporter details 50 years of astronaut cultureupdated: Sat Sep 01 2007 01:25:00

Only one person on the planet has covered every manned launch out of Cape Canaveral and now, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of spaceflight, he's written a book about it.

Endeavour comes homeupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 21:37:00

Endeavour comes home

Teacher-astronaut getting her land legs backupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 21:37:00

Adapting to weightlessness was hard. Readapting to gravity was even tougher for teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan.

Endeavour leaves space stationupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 21:16:00

Endeavour leaves space station

Endeavour heads home early as NASA eyes hurricaneupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 21:16:00

Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the international space station a day early Sunday, as NASA kept a wary eye on Hurricane Dean.

No tile repair for shuttleupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 03:54:00

No tile repair for shuttle

Astronauts '100 percent' behind skipping repairsupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 03:54:00

The two pilots who will guide shuttle Endeavour back to Earth next week said Friday they are "absolutely 100 percent" behind NASA's decision to skip repairs to the deep gouge on their spaceship's belly.

Shuttle on its way homeupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 00:14:00

The space shuttle Endeavour began its return to Earth Tuesday morning. Commander Scott Kelly and pilot Charles Hobaugh fired Endeavour's engines at 11:25 a.m. ET to begin the descent to Earth.

Crew prepares shuttle for early landingupdated: Mon Aug 20 2007 03:49:00

Their mission cut short by Hurricane Dean, astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour wrapped up their work in orbit Monday and prepared to come home.

Shuttle ordered home early to avoid storm riskupdated: Sat Aug 18 2007 06:04:00

NASA on Saturday ordered space shuttle Endeavour back to Earth a day early out of fear that Hurricane Dean might disrupt flight operations.

Time.com: Why NASA Won't Repair Endeavourupdated: Fri Aug 17 2007 18:00:00

The ghosts of Challenger and Columbia notwithstanding, NASA's top mission manager decides the gouged shuttle Endeavour can withstand re-entry without repair

Time.com: Astronauts Studying Repair Methodsupdated: Thu Aug 16 2007 17:55:00

Endeavour's astronauts ran through never-before-attempted repair methods Thursday in case they had to go out and patch a deep gouge in the space shuttle's belly

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