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Amazing Kid: Brigitte Berman

by Honey Berk, Posted Dec 7th 2010 10:00AM

Brigitte Berman, an anti-bullying advocate, is the youngest person ever to participate in a NASA mission. Credit: Ronald Dantowitz, Clay Center Observatory
Amazing Kid: Brigitte Berman Age: 16 Grade: 11th Hometown: Dover, Mass. School: ...She's helping to stop bullying and taking part in NASA space missions. Oh, and she is just 16.
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An astronaut's life in outer space

by Nicole Teed, Posted Mar 16th 2008 11:00AM

When I was in fourth grade, I remember very distinctly that I wanted to be an astronaut. I begged my parents to go to Space Camp, but it was too expensive and too far from our Arizona home. Really, I never dug into the practicalities of space travel, ...
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Blog on becoming an astronaut

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 15th 2007 3:02PM

When I was a kid, and teachers asked my friends and I what we wanted to be when we grew up, our top answers were always "baseball player, garbage man, president, or astronaut." I don't know if everyone wants to be a garbage man, but I get the feeling ...
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Teacher heads into space

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 2nd 2007 10:05AM

The last time a school teacher was set to go into space, it was 1986. That's when Christa McAuliffe tragically died, along with six of her crew members, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff. Barbara Morgan had fought for ...
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Astronaut Lisa Nowak no longer in diapers

by Angie Felton, Posted Jul 10th 2007 10:04AM

Remember Crazy Diaper Astronaut Lady? Well, her lawyer would really like the "diaper" part stricken from the record. "The biggest lie in this preposterous tale that has been told is that my client drove from Houston, Texas, to Orlando, Florida, ...
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Teacher gets ready for space mission

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Jan 21st 2007 4:06PM

Over twenty years ago, the world watched in shock as the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all on board. One woman who watched along with the rest of the world had a close connection to the tragedy: It could have been ...
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Astronaut Eileen Collins leaves NASA to spend more time with family

by Karen Walrond, Posted May 2nd 2006 2:35PM

From CNN.com:  Astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman ever to command a space shuttle, announced yesterday that she would be leaving NASA.  Collins has accomplished an astonishing amount in her career with NASA:  in 1995 she became ...
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