NASA reaches its 50th anniversary Wednesday, a celebration dampened by the fact that the agency is strapped for funds and facing years of depending on arch-rival Russia to transport American astronauts to space. The 50-year mark for NASA has arrived just as another rival -- China -- on Saturday became only the third nation to send humans into orbit to have them perform a spacewalk. NASA stands at an uncertain time in its storied journey from Earth to the black…
NASA Reaches Age 50 On Wednesday, As China Performs Its First Spacewalk
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