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NASA starts off new year with mission to the moon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cruise to the moon took 3½ months and covered 2½ million miles — far longer than the direct three-day flight by Apollo astronauts.
Over the New Year's weekend, a pair of NASA spacecraft arrived back-to-back at their...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Galileo Galilei, New Year's Day, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Cain criticizes Obama on space exploration
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Herman Cain is criticizing President Barack Obama for cancelling the space shuttle program. Cain, in a speech Saturday, praised President John F. Kennedy for his effort to put a man on the moon in the 1960s. The GOP...Tags: NASA, George W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Technology, Herman Cain
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Earth-observing satellite boosted into orbit
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — After a years-long delay, an Earth-observing satellite blasted into space early Friday on a dual mission to improve weather forecasts and monitor climate change. A Delta 2 rocket carrying the NASA...Tags: NASA, Weather Reports, Tropical Weather, Weather, Satellite Technology
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Was the Two-Martini Lunch That Bad?
My friend Linda had an interesting experience the other day. She likes to enjoy a glass or two of champagne after an honest day's work. On just such a day, some clients called her well after hours with a problem of some sort. Buoyant on her customary...Tags: Insurance, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, History
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US Rep. Giffords released from Houston hospital
HOUSTON (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned home to her astronaut husband on Wednesday, leaving behind a Houston hospital where she began to rebuild her life after a gunman shot her in the head five months ago.
Giffords' release marks a new...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Facebook, Washington, DC, Human Interest, Science and Technology
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Pentagon dreams of Star Trek interstellar travel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department first proposed Star Wars, now it wants Star Trek. The Pentagon research agency that helped foster the Internet now wants someone to dream up a way to send people to a star. The winner will get half a million...Tags: Orlando, DARPA, Washington, DC, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Defense
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Last shuttle spacewalkers make history above Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two astronauts made history Friday as the final spacewalkers of NASA's 30-year shuttle program, completing construction of the International Space Station with the smooth addition of an extension boom.
"This space...Tags: NASA, California, Human Interest, Science and Technology
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Giffords' astronaut husband awaiting doctors' OK
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly is still awaiting doctors' final OK on whether his congresswoman wife can attend his launch in just under three weeks. Kelly is married to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. She's recuperating...Tags: NASA, Assault, Crimes, Kennedy Space Center, Gabrielle Giffords
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Engineer's fall from launch pad still being probed
HOUSTON (AP) — NASA says there were no safety gear malfunctions in last week's death of a launch pad worker. The engineer fell to his death March 14 from the shuttle launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour was being prepped for...Tags: NASA, Career and Workplace, Kennedy Space Center, Health and Safety at Work, Science and Technology
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Lennon, Holtz among those receiving Notre Dame honorary degrees
SOUTH BEND — Retiring alumni association director Charles F. "Chuck" Lennon and former head football coach Lou Holtz will be among 12 people who will be presented honorary degrees at the University of Notre Dame’s May 22 commencement in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, College Football, Human Interest, Finance, Civil Rights
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Space shuttle worker falls to death at launch pad
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space shuttle worker has fallen to his death at the launch pad. Officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center say the accident occurred at 7:40 a.m. Monday. The man fell while working. Medics rushed to the pad, but were...Tags: NASA, Technology, Career and Workplace, Kennedy Space Center, Health and Safety at Work
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Doctors: Giffords was told by husband she was shot
HOUSTON (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been told that she was shot. Her ability to walk and talk is improving. And there's "a good chance" she'll be able to attend her husband's space shuttle launch next month. Doctors provided the new details...Tags: Technology, Jackson Browne, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner, Rocketry
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