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Retired astronaut encourages Western Heights students to follow dreams
julieg@herald-mail.comRetired NASA astronaut Don Thomas encouraged Western Heights Middle School eighth-graders to follow their dreams and to persevere, as he did. “If you forget everything else I told you here today, the one thing I want you to remember is to never...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science, Students, Colleges and Universities, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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'Courageous' to be shown
The Zion Baptist Church ministry will show the movie “Courageous” Saturday at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church, 61 W. Bethel St. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission costs $2 per person and there will be free popcorn and drinks....Tags: Science, Peace Corps, Technology, Space Programs, Courageous (movie)
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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...
Tags: Cape Canaveral, Science, Mark Kelly, Los Angeles International Airport, Hudson River
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Science, Companies and Corporations, Gloria Steinem, Popular Music (genre)
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Space shuttle Discovery makes final touchdown at new museum home
Associated PressSpace shuttle Discovery soared around the Washington Monument and the White House in a salute to the nation’s capital Tuesday before landing for the last time near its new museum home. The world’s most traveled spaceship took off at...Tags: White House, Cape Canaveral, Technology, Space Programs, New York City
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Rep. Giffords' husband will fly final shuttle mission
The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will head to space in April, a stunning decision coming almost one month to the day that his wife was shot through the head.
The congresswoman not only survived, by all accounts she is making...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mark Kelly
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Mail Call - Feb. 3
"Let's wake up to the truth, that the money which we have paid in to Social Security is not in a lockbox. That lockbox is a bunch of IOUs. Our politicians decided to spend it on something else. If you and I would have done the same thing with someone...Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Personal Weapon Control, 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: Ronald Reagan, Science, Elections, Gabrielle Giffords, Teachers
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Arizona Rep. Giffords shot, at least five killed
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with voters, killing a federal judge and five others in a rampage that rattled the country and left Americans questioning...Tags: Safeway Inc., Democratic Party, Healthcare Laws, Law Enforcement, Firearms
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Congresswoman still sedated after gunman's attack
The Associated PressRep. Gabrielle Giffords remained heavily sedated and in critical condition Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampage that killed six people....Tags: Weaponry, Firearms, Murder, Apple iPod, Pima County
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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: Human Interest, NASA, Science and Technology, Florida, Elections
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