This week, News reports on the past, present and future of manned space flight.
The space program was largely launched in Texas under the auspices of . Since the 60鈥檚 the near Houston has been the center of operations for America鈥檚 manned space missions 鈥� from the to the space shuttles. But Texas鈥� links to the space program go beyond Houston 鈥� and into the annals of Texas鈥� history. For it was over the skies of Texas in 2003 that the broke apart and changed the U.S. space program forever. .
鈥淚 just stopped for coffee in Wimberly and one of the people said, 鈥楾hey鈥檝e lost touch with the shuttle,鈥� and I said, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e kidding! I鈥檓 on my way to collect my experiment,鈥欌�� [Southwest Texas State University professor Robert] McClean said [in 2003].
Now as NASA and the United States prepare for the end of the shuttle missions, we鈥檒l report on what鈥檚 gone before, and what comes next. Tune in all this week during Morning Edition and All Things Considered on KUT 90.5 to hear our reports.
