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Memories of a first-time launch and a mentor
Orlando SentinelThe other day I received an email from a long-time friend Tony Lopez, a retired photojournalist at theSt. Petersburg Times. There were some photo files attached and this note: “I'm in the process of cleaning out 42 years of old photos, negatives,...Tags: Movies, Nikon Corp, Science and Technology, Entertainment, Facebook
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Fingers crossed for Mars launch at Goddard
Florence Tan says she'll have fingers and toes crossed when NASA's latest Mars mission blasts off as early as Saturday morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The 47-year-old electrical engineer from Montgomery County oversaw all the wiring of an...Tags: Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), NASA, Montgomery County (Maryland), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs
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End of an era: Shuttle program ends with Atlantis landing
Sentinel Staff WriterSentinel photographer Red Huber was there when Columbia STS-1 blasted into history in 1981. He was there to document the unspeakable anguish of Challenger's explosion and the devastating emptiness when Columbia didn't come home. He was there when mission...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Photography, Arts and Culture, Mass Media
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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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Mike Bianchi: Orlando's dumpy Citrus Bowl has no chance at SEC-Big 12 mega-game
Running off at the typewriter …
The Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 announced Friday the formation of a new bowl game that will pit the champions of the two conferences against each other at a site to be named later. It will be an annual...Tags: Football, Barry White, Georgia Bulldogs, Dwight Howard, Disco (genre)
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Tropical Storm Philippe forms, Ophelia weakens
A tropical depression off Africa formed into the season’s latest tropical storm Saturday even as Tropical Storm Ophelia weakened slightly.
The National Hurricane Center said Depression 17 became Tropical Storm Philippe with maximum sustained...Tags: Hurricanes, National Hurricane Center, Bahamas, Tropical Storms, Meteorological Disasters
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As SpaceX awaits launch of cargo capsule, crew capsule gets test sit
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelNASA has signed off on the astronaut layout of SpaceX's planned seven-passenger crew capsule after some NASA engineers and astronauts cozied into one in the SpaceX showroom and pronounced it fit. Officially, NASA declared that SpaceX's plans passed... -
SpaceX Falcon 9 all fueled and ready to fly; weather looks good
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelCAPE CANAVERAL — The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is fully fueled and all systems appear go — as does the weather — for a 4:55 a.m. launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket is slated to carry the SpaceX ... -
SpaceX seeking May 19 or May 22 launch for spacecraft to space station
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelWith Monday's planned launch scrubbed and some software issues almost resolved, NASA and SpaceX announced today they hope to launch the Dragon spacecraft atop its Falcon 9 rocket on May 19 or May 22 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch has been... -
Sierra Nevada repeats its interest in bringing space business to Florida, this time seeking state aid
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelOne of the private companies developing new commercial spacecraft that could carry equipment and astronauts into space, Sierra Nevada Corp., repeated its interest Friday to bring many of its operations to Florida, only this time the company announced it ... -
House passes Posey bill to help Florida space industry
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — A measure designed to boost the commercial space industry in Florida passed the U.S. House on Thursday though its fate in the U.S. Senate is uncertain. The legislation, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, would make it... -
NASA adds Orion test flight
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — NASA today announced plans to add an unmanned test flight in 2014 to the development of its Orion crew capsule; a move that could bring some action to Florida a little earlier than expected. Agency officials hope to blast the Orion...
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