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Shuttle blasts off while NASA Langley watches
George Ware’s cigar stayed in its wrapper — just as it did more than 30 years ago when the space shuttle program took flight.
A retired aerospace engineer, Ware wasn’t ready to celebrate Friday as Atlantis rocketed away from Earth on...Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Human Interest, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon
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Rockwood native gave launch go ahead
Daily American Staff WriterMichael Moses had to make a big decision on Friday. The Rockwood native sat in the firing room at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida and made the final decision to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on the final shuttle mission. “...Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Human Interest, John F. Kennedy, Houston
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Lessons from space camp
Last Friday, like millions of Americans, Carolyn Matzinger watched the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the last of the 30-year-old American shuttle program.
And while the launch was the end of an era, Matzinger looks at the future of space...Tags: Honeywell International Incorporated, Huntsville, Awards and Prizes, Kennedy Space Center, Space Programs
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Astronautas empacan para el último regreso del Atlantis
Prensa AsociadaLos astronautas del último viaje de un transbordador espacial de la NASA pasaron el domingo empacando su gigantesca maleta para el regreso a la Tierra. Los 10 viajeros colocaron las últimas cosas dentro de Raffaello, el depósito de carga de fabricación...Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Elections, Barack Obama, NASA
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Teacher from Whitehall invited to last shuttle launch
When the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Friday, Jerry Fetter of Whitehall Township will be more than a casual observer.
Fetter, who teaches biology and astronomy at Council Rock High School in Bucks County, received a special invitation to come to...Tags: Huntsville, Whitehall, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Human Interest
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5 Things It's Good To Know: Shuttle Farewell, Killer Heatwave, Lion Roars...
FOX 17 Web ProducerApple Launches Lion, And It Roars Today, Apple hopes to continue that roaring pace by trotting out OS X Lion, the eighth major release (in 10 years) of the Mac's OS X operating system. Lion is the successor to Snow Leopard and before that, Leopard. Apple...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Kennedy Space Center, Neil Armstrong, Space Programs
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As shuttle era ends, Glendale resident recalls witnessing history
It started with Buck Rogers. The mid-20th Century comic book hero — forever rocketing through space, ray gun in hand — sparked Glendale resident Robert Costa’s life-long infatuation with space exploration.
So when Costa, then in the...Tags: Fiction, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Human Interest, History
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The shuttle's final flight
The scheduled touchdown of the space shuttle Atlantis Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida marks the end of a 30-year era in the U.S. manned spaceflight program. The space shuttle Columbia first flew in 1981, and since then the National...Tags: Career and Workplace, Kennedy Space Center, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Retirement
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Rocket launch set for Tuesday at Wallops will be visible for most of Mid-Atlantic
If skies are clear and all goes well Tuesday evening, observers throughout Maryland and much of the Mid-Atlantic region should be able to watch a big rocket launch from Virginia's Wallops Island. The Air Force will attempt to launch a battlefield imaging...Tags: Science and Technology, West Virginia, Cape Canaveral, Entertainment, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia)
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Space shuttle Endeavour set for landing overnight — will you hear the boom?
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelSpace shuttle Endeavour is set to land at Kennedy Space Center at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, finishing up STS-134 and ending the career of the orbiter, the penultimate mission of the space shuttle program. The path of the landing attempt will take the shuttle... -
Weather good for landing Endeavour; Atlantis heads for pad
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelAtlantis space flight director Tony Ceccacci in Houston just got word that weather is a “go” for landing space shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center at 2:35 a.m. this morning and NASA is preparing for the final checklist to be sure. If all... -
VIPs expected to attend launch
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelAmong people expected to check out today's launch of space shuttle Atlantis up close and personal are the Florida governor, singer Gloria Estefan and several members of the Kennedy family. Also on the VIP list: Elected officials Florida Lieutenant...
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