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HEMPHILL, TX – On Monday, May 16, 2011, the Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia’ hosted a special live stream of the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The Hemphill museum invited visitors to watch the NASA broadcast and take part in a balloon release for the four-memberContinueContinue reading “‘Remembering Columbia’ Museum hosts watch party for final Shuttle Endeavour launch”

HOUSTON, TX – Two events, including the opening of a new space-themed museum, to honor the space shuttle Columbia and her crew are planned in Hemphill, Texas on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Both events are open to the media and public.At 7:45 a.m. CST the Sabine County Columbia Memorial Committee and the J.R. Huffman Public LibraryContinueContinue reading “NASA returns to Hemphill, Texas for new Columbia museum opening”

HEMPHILL, TX – The Sabine County Columbia Memorial Committee and the J.R. Huffman Public Library will be hosting the 8th Memorial for the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 and the Grand Opening of the Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia’ on February 1, 2011. The ceremony will begin at 7:45 a.m at the First BaptistContinueContinue reading “Grand opening of ‘Remembering Columbia’ Museum to be held in Hemphill”

HEMPHILL, TX – A ground-breaking ceremony was held July 6 for the Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia’ in Hemphill, Texas.  The formal ceremonies were held at the Hemphill High School Cafeteria located behind the J.R. Huffman Public Library.  Afterwards, family members of the crew of STS-107 assisted in the ground-breaking ceremony at theContinueContinue reading “Groundbreaking held for new Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia’ in Hemphill”