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Shuttle Launch Scrubbed Due to Bad Fuel Valve
Associated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a bad fuel valve. Launch officials halted the countdown late Tuesday afternoon, midway through the fueling process. The seven astronauts had not yet boarded the...Tags: Space Programs, Buzz Aldrin, Stephen Colbert, Foods and Beverages, NASA
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Spacewalk Marks 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex celebrated the 40th anniversary of man's first moon landing with their own spacewalk Monday, heading outside to stockpile some big spare parts.
In the second outing of their...Tags: Space Programs, Buzz Aldrin, NASA, Science and Technology, Washington (U.S. state)
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SpaceX pushes back the final frontier
If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station...
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A new frontier for space travel
For the last half-century, space flight has been the domain of the world's superpowers.
All that is set to change as soon as Saturday when SpaceX, the private rocket company in Hawthorne, will attempt to launch a spaceship with cargo into orbit and three...Tags: Satellite Technology, Business Enterprises, NASA, Cape Canaveral, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Florida residents can make a splash -- Wet 'n Wild is offering Florida Residents free entry almost any time during the same year (through Dec. 31) with the purchase of a...Tags: American Express Company, Fashion Shows, Budgets and Budgeting, Marriott International Inc., Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Auctions: eBay Find of the Day: Neil Armstrong's '67 Corvette
Autoblog.comFiled under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Chevrolet, GM, Celebrities How much would you pay for a derelict '67 Chevrolet Corvette with a 427? If you said about thirty grand, you'd be in the ballpark - but that would still be all the money in... -
Eulogy For Space Program — And Reaching For Greatness
The Hartford CourantAs the space shuttle Discovery flew three times around Washington, a final salute before landing at Dulles airport for retirement in a museum, thousands on the ground gazed upward with marvel and pride. Yet what they were witnessing, for all its elegance,...Tags: Space Programs, Satellite Technology, NASA, Science and Technology
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Farewell, the New Frontier
WASHINGTON — As the space shuttle Discovery flew three times around Washington, a final salute before landing at Dulles airport for retirement in a museum, thousands on the ground gazed upward with marvel and pride. Yet what they were witnessing,...Tags: Space Programs, Satellite Technology, NASA, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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‘60 Minutes’ explores face blindness, commercial space flight
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelMusk, who co-founded Pay-Pal, answers criticism from Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan about the shift to commercial space flight. "I was very sad to see that," Musk says. "Those guys are heroes of mine, so it's really tough. ... I wish... -
Amazon's Jeff Bezos vows to recover Apollo 11 engines from ocean
Ever wonder what kind of random hobbies you’d take up if you were a billionaire? Well, for Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos -- worth $18.4 billion according to Forbes -- it’s about tracking down old rocket engines. Did we mention they&...
Tags: Space Programs, Jeff Bezos, Amazon Kindle, NASA, Amazon.com Inc.
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Amazon CEO vows to recover Apollo 11 engines from seafloor
CNNJust days after "Titanic"director James Cameron traveled to the bottom of the sea, another wealthy adventurer has announced a spectacular deep ocean discovery. Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled plans to recover the F-1 engines that...Tags: Space Programs, Jeff Bezos, Titanic (movie, 1997), NASA, Amazon Kindle Fire
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Purdue to honor astronaut born in South Bend
Purdue plans to honor astronaut Janice Voss, who died earlier this month of complications from cancer. Voss was born in South Bend. The school will host a public celebration for the Purdue Graduate this Friday in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering....
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