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FILE - This Dec. 11, 2016 file photo shows &quot;Hidden Figures&quot; screenwriter Allison Schroeder at the 22nd annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. NASA has been part of Schroeder’s life for as long as she can remember. Her grandfather had uprooted his family from Iowa to move to Florida to work on the Mercury prototypes, and she participated in a NASA mentorship program throughout high school. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

The ‘Hidden Figures’ screenwriter had NASA in her blood

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

NASA Langley talk features the lessons of Apollo 1 fire

By TAMARA DIETRICH - Associated Press

European space agency to help NASA take humans beyond moon

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This Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 photo provided by NASA shows part of the Apollo 1 exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Fla. On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire during a test on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo moon program. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP)

NASA opens exhibit on 50th anniversary of Apollo 1 fire

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated photo made available by NASA, from left, astronauts Roger Chaffee, Edward White II, and Virgil Grissom, practice for their launch test in the Apollo Mission Simulator at Cape Kennedy, Fla. During a launch pad test on Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside their capsule killing the three Apollo crew members. (NASA via AP)

AP WAS THERE: 50 years ago, AP reported on fatal Apollo fire

By JIM STROTHMAN - Associated Press

This undated photo made available by NASA shows the Apollo 1 crew, from left, Edward H. White II, Virgil I. &quot;Gus&quot; Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. On Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside their capsule during a countdown rehearsal, with the astronauts atop the rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 34. All three were killed. (NASA via AP)

Hundreds honor 3 astronauts lost in Apollo fire 50 years ago

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This undated photo made available by NASA shows the Apollo 1 crew, from left, Edward H. White II, Virgil I. &quot;Gus&quot; Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. On Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside their capsule during a countdown rehearsal, with the astronauts atop the rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 34. All three were killed. (NASA via AP)

Apollo 1’s crew: a Mercury astronaut, spacewalker and rookie

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this undated photo made available by NASA, from left, veteran astronaut Virgil Grissom, first American spacewalker Ed White and rookie Roger Chaffee, stand for a photograph in Cape Kennedy, Fla. During a launch pad test on Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside their capsule killing the three Apollo crew members. (NASA via AP)

NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fire

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Daughter of mathematician talks about mom

By JONNELLE DAVIS - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the University of Hawaii, scientists Joshua Ehrlich, from left, Laura Lark, Sam Payler, Brian Ramos, Jay Bevington and Ansley Barnard, pose for a photo before they enter a geodesic dome called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS located 8,200 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The four men and two women moved into their new simulated space home Thursday afternoon, as part of a human-behavior study that could help NASA as it draws up plans for sending astronauts on long missions to Mars. (University of Hawaii via AP)

Freeze-dried food and 1 bathroom: 6 simulate Mars in dome

By CALEB JONES - Associated Press

Crew enters Hawaii dome for 8-month Mars study

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The Latest: Crew enters Hawaii dome for 8-month Mars study

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Alabama scientists help save gorillas

By LEE ROOP - Associated Press

For third straight time, Earth sets hottest year record

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

9 prominent early astronauts carrying on US space history

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In a Oct. 27, 2007 file photo, former astronaut Neil Armstrong, left, is congratulated by fellow ex-astronaut Gene Cernan following the dedication ceremony of the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. NASA announced that former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was 82. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82

By SETH BORENSTEIN and MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press

This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Janelle Monae, from left, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in a scene from &quot;Hidden Figures.&quot; (Hopper Stone/Twentieth Century Fox via AP)

REVIEW: ‘Hidden Figures’ a celebration of NASA’s unsung space race heroes

By Josh Terry - Deseret News

In this still image taken from video provided by NASA, astronaut Peggy Whitson takes a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, Jan. 6, 2016. Whitson and Commander Shane Kimbrough went spacewalking to hook up fancy new batteries on the International Space Station's sprawling power grid.(NASA via AP)

Spacewalking astronauts upgrade station with new batteries

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

This artist rendering shows NASA's next generation of moon rockets being developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Preliminary work on two Ares spacecraft has already cost NASA $7 billion.

Alabama space explorers await impact of Trump administration

By LEE ROOP - Associated Press

FILE- Int his May 10, 2010, file photo, STS-132 British-born, U.S. astronaut Piers Sellers waves to the media as he leaves the Operations and Checkout Building with fellow crew members for a trip to launch pad 39-A and a planned liftoff on the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut died Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. He was 61. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

NASA climate scientist and astronaut Sellers dies at 61

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press