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Rocket launch scrubbed with 12 minutes to spare in NASA test flight
Orbital Sciences Corp.'s launch of its new Antares rocket has been put on hold due to a technical issue that popped up when countdown was about 12 minutes away. The 13-story rocket was expected to blast off from NASA’s little-known Wallops...
Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology, SpaceX, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Science and Technology
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Taking the Kids: How a museum exhibit is changing lives in Los Angeles
Richard Hercules, 10, lives in L.A.'s inner-city and has never been on an airplane, but that hasn't stopped him from dreaming of becoming an astronaut when he grows up. He was moved to tears when he saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour fly over his school...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Rocketry
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Antares rocket launch to be visible from Md. Wednesday
A privately owned rocket that is part of efforts to grow the commercial space industry will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday evening, and it will be visible from Maryland. Orbital Sciences Corp., a Dulles, Va.-based...
Tags: NASA, Media Industry, New Products, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Science and Technology
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Rural Eastern Shore meets Buck Rogers
EASTERN SHORE — The Great Machipongo Clam Shack has been a kitschy fixture along U.S. 13 on the sleepy, rural Eastern Shore for decades. Its fresh seafood and live music lure the locals and snag passing motorists as they head north toward...
Tags: Tyson Foods Incorporated, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), SpaceX, Virginia Department of Transportation, International Travel
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Orbital Sciences prepares rocket for closely watched NASA mission
On a little-known launch pad off the coast of Virginia, a team of about 200 engineers and technicians is readying a 13-story rocket for its maiden flight to space in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., is...
Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology, SpaceX, Science, Engineering
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Kennedy Space Center: Progress on Atlantis exhibit, inside and out
Kennedy Space Center Vistor Complex guests can now see parts of the entrance to the upcoming Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction peeking over construction walls. Work continues inside and out on the $100 million structure, set for its grand opening on...
Tags: Rocketry, Labor Legislation, Cinderella Castle, Career and Workplace, Amusement and Theme Parks
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NASA wants to lasso an asteroid. Here's how it could work
How do you capture an asteroid that is zipping through space, move it into a stable orbit around the Earth-moon system stable enough that an astronaut can visit it? NASA has some ideas. In a new video released Wednesday, the space agency illustrates how...
Tags: NASA, Science, Orion Space Mission, Science and Technology
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Shuttle rocket test
FrameworkNov. 17, 1981: The main engine in the space shuttle program undergoes a test firing at the Santa Susana Mountains field laboratory site of Rockwell International.... -
Tracking the long-distance travels of dust
Spring stirs pollen, and also dust — high-flying dust that's blown thousands of miles to reach North America in greater amounts than scientists have known before, with potential impact on the climate and air quality. Mineral dust rises from dry...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, NASA, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Travel
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Cardin pledges to press for sequestration alternative in town hall meetings
Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small-business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October. But he acknowledged that achieving a...
Tags: NASA, Ken Ulman, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics
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Space budget takes a hit
President Obama's budget proposal, unveiled on Wednesday, would cut funding for planetary exploration at NASA by roughly $200 million, although it still funds several high profile missions being planned out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada...
Tags: U.S. Congress, NASA, NASA Mars Exploration Program, Adam Schiff, Budgets and Budgeting
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Twitter photos from space as astronaut tweets from International Space Station
Orlando SentinelMany Twitter users share with their followers their daily routines and perhaps photos from on their way to work. Thomas Marshburn also shares the views from his officer window. But that window is really something. Marshburn is an astronaut who has...Tags: The Huffington Post, Social Media, Science and Technology
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