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Shuttle lands in Calif. after cross-country voyage
Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband. “That’s my spaceship,” said...
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Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, dies at 61
Associated Press Science WritersSpace used to be a man’s world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail for U.S. women into orbit. With a pitch-perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard,...Tags: Gloria Steinem, Rocketry, Companies and Corporations, Air Transportation Delays, Space Programs
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Challenger: 25 years later, a still painful wound
The Associated PressFor many, no single word evokes as much pain. Challenger. A quarter-century later, images of the exploding space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong with technology and the sharpest minds. The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — a scant 73...Tags: Mark Kelly, Rocketry, Judges, Elections, Teachers
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Space shuttle Discovery launches on final voyage
AP Aerospace WriterDiscovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era. The six astronauts on board, all...Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, Rocketry, Steven Lindsey, Human Interest
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