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A trailblazing commander, the commander of a trailblazer, and a payload commander will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this April.Eileen Collins, the first woman to lead a shuttle mission, Curtis Brown, who commanded John Glenn's triumphant return to space and Bonnie Dunbar, who managed life and science experiments on Spacelab and Mir space station missions, were confirmed as this year's honorees by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF), which oversees the Hall of Fame's annual selections.The three veteran space shuttle crew members will be added to the 81 astronauts enshrined in the Astronaut Hall of Fame since 1990, including NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo program pioneers.An induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 20, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, where the Astronaut Hall of Fame is located.The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation will host a gala in the three astronauts' honor on Friday, April 19, with many of the Hall's ear...
Insisting he feels well with no setbacks after a full week of practice, running back Rashard Mendenhall is set to return for the Pittsburgh Steelers.Because of an Ac...
Jonathan Hunt, Sandra Smith and Kurt Braunohler discuss communities in Georgia and South Carolina celebrating the 40th anniversary of the film 'Deliverance'
REPORT DATE: July 25thSITE: Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PACAMP OBJECTIVES: The offense figures to be the main focus when the Steelers hold their 47th consecutive...
The defending AFC-champion Pittsburgh Steelers spent Day 2 of the NFL Draft addressing their two biggest needs.Pittsburgh took Florida offensive lineman Marcus Gilbe...
It wouldn't be an offseason if the Pittsburgh Steelers didn't make headlines off the field, but it's between the end zones where the Black and Gold may make its loud...
The following is a list of inactive players for tonight's game.PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS , 8:30 P.M. (ET)Steelers - WR Emmanuel Sanders , T Jamon Me...
Ben Roethlisberger spent Monday night gingerly limping up and down the field at Candlestick Park on one leg not caring, to be honest, how he'd feel the next day.Turn...
Traveling to Texas Tech has never been kind to Mack Brown and his Texas Longhorns .The screaming Red Raiders fans. The insults. The howling wind.The losses.Brown is ...
Texas made its last trip to Lubbock with a secondary full of freshmen and sophomores who were just trying to keep up against the wizardry of Texas Tech's passing off...
Taylor Martinez just might be oblivious to all the fuss about this Texas-Nebraska game.No one knows for sure because the Cornhuskers' redshirt freshman quarterback d...
The Texas Tech crowd was loud, the atmosphere was hostile. Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert stayed cool, though, despite some rough moments in his first road start....
start talking about something other than their last game and answering the constant questions of "What if?"What if Colt McCoy hadn't been hurt on the first drive of ...
The seeds for a rivalry between Curtis Brown and Cortez Allen were planted early.Selected one round apart by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2011 NFL draft, the corne...
Cornerbacks Keenan Lewis, Cortez Allen and Curtis Brown all are listed as probable for Pittsburgh's game against Cincinnati on Sunday.The Steelers, though, will be w...
Two classic NFL franchises in the hunt for the postseason clash Sunday afternoon from Big D, where the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Dallas Cowboys.The Steelers ar...
Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden and running back Trent Richardson will end their rookie seasons on the sideline.The Browns have Weeden and Richardson ina...
Not that long ago, it might have been the segue to an AFC title game.But, these days ... not so much.While the Pittsburgh Steelers stayed in the thick of the confere...
The AFC may have lost the last three Super Bowls, but they'll have their rival conference well beaten when it comes to summertime exposure.Nearly all of the most cap...
The pass that expanded the legacy of Tim Tebow also raised one very gigantic question about the team that it came against.Did the Denver Broncos' stunning 29-23 vict...