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My Word: Remembering Astronaut Cooper's firsts
Most people have seen videos of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon after taking manual control of the landing. But who led the way with many space-mission firsts? In May 1963, I was working at NASA Mission Control at Cape Canaveral...Tags: Neil Armstrong, Maitland, Space Programs, Culture, Science and Technology
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: No need to leave Fido behind Vacationers traveling to Orlando don’t have to leave Fifi or Fido behind with Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ VIP ¿ Very Important Pet ¿ package...Tags: David Leadbetter, Fine Artists, Gulf of Mexico, Zora Neale Hurston, Shipbuilding
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NASA to lease old KSC shuttle pad for commercial launches
WASHINGTON -- An old space shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center soon could be home to commercial rockets under a plan announced Friday by NASA. The agency plans to lease what's known as Pad 39A to prospective tenants. Possible candidates include...Tags: SpaceX, Orion Space Mission, Kennedy Space Center
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Astronauts end spacewalk after fixing coolant leak
Astronauts replaced a leaking component on the International Space Station after a 5-hour, 30-minute spacewalk, NASA reported. Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn completed their spacewalk at 11:14 a.m. PDT Saturday, after gingerly gliding out...
Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology
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A planet-hunter's ode to Kepler, inspired by W.H. Auden
Though NASA’s Kepler spacecraft isn’t dead yet, a serious malfunction aboard the space telescope may mean its days of planet hunting have come to an untimely end. "I wouldn’t call Kepler down and out just yet," John Grunsfeld, the head...Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Hunting, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Astronautas reemplazar bomba con filtración de Estación Espacial Internacional
ReutersPor Irene Klotz CABO CAÑAVERAL, 11 mayo (Reuters) - Un par de astronautas concluyó una caminata espacial para reparar una bomba de enfriamiento que se sospecha presentaba filtraciones y es necesaria para mantener a la Estación Espacial Internacional... -
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...
Tags: Amina Khan, Science, Science and Technology
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: SpaceX, Rocketry, Science, Technology, Space Programs
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Judge rules in favor of JPL scientists disciplined for emails sent from work accounts
Scientists and engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory were unfairly disciplined for sending emails about a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving background checks at the agency, a judge has ruled. The ruling comes after the JPL employees...
Tags: Science, Career and Workplace, Google Inc., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, U.S. Supreme Court
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Wind blasts on Neptune, Uranus may shed light on exoplanet weather
Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft -- and...
Tags: NASA Voyager Program, Science, University of Arizona, University of Oxford, Science and Technology
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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: Kay Bailey Hutchison, SpaceX, Science, Politics, Ted Cruz
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NASA: New pump vanquishes space station ammonia "gusher," jury still out on little leak
AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday. The "gusher" erupted a week ago, prompting the hastiest repair job ever by...Tags: Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Space Programs, Movies, Science and Technology, Entertainment
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