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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: NASA, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Good Old War (music group), Disneyland Park, Amusement and Theme Parks
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NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease
ReutersCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 23 (Reuters) - Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a "For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in Florida. In a notice posted on its procurement...Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Heavy Engineering, Kennedy Space Center, Orion Space Mission
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Astronauts take Dream Chaser spacecraft for simulated spin
Astronaut Jack Fischer took the Dream Chaser winged spacecraft for a spin, rocketing down from 10,000 feet, bucking through 60 seconds of turbulence to land hard on the runway in the Mojave desert in southern California. Then he tried it again. And...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, SpaceX, Dwayne Johnson, Space Programs
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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: Science and Technology, NASA, Science, Boeing Co., SpaceX
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Dream Chaser leaves Louisville for critical tests in California
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.The Dream Chaser has left the building. After years of assembling and refining its next-generation spacecraft at its Louisville headquarters, Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Space Systems wrapped its winged baby up last weekend and sent it to California on a...Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Science, Manufacturing and Engineering, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Retired astronaut encourages Western Heights students to follow dreams
julieg@herald-mail.comRetired NASA astronaut Don Thomas encouraged Western Heights Middle School eighth-graders to follow their dreams and to persevere, as he did. “If you forget everything else I told you here today, the one thing I want you to remember is to never...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Science and Technology, NASA, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the U.S. Air...Tags: Vehicles, Pacific Ocean, Science and Technology, NASA, Services and Shopping
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SpaceX signs lease agreement at spaceport to test reusable rocket
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.SpaceX, the Hawthorne rocket maker, has found a new home for flight testing on its reusable rocket. The company has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and facilities at Spaceport America, the state-owned commercial launch site located 55...Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, SpaceX, Virgin Group, Ltd., Space Programs
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Dream of flying lands Curt Brown in U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
Star TribuneAloft in space, Curt Brown looked down on Earth with the pioneer of orbit himself, astronaut John Glenn, riding beside him. It was a childhood dream come true for Brown, who now lives in western Wisconsin, to command the space shuttle Discovery with his...Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Kitty Hawk, Kennedy Space Center, Buzz Aldrin
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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: Science and Technology, New York City, Petroleum Industry, Kennedy Space Center, Atlantis
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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: Science and Technology, Cinderella Castle, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Kennedy Space Center
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Virgin's passenger spaceship completes first rocket test flight
Reuters* Company selling tickets to ride for $200,000 * Fleet of five spaceships planned By Irene Klotz April 30 (Reuters) - A six-passenger spaceship owned by an offshoot of Virgin Group fired its rocket engine in flight for the first time on Monday, a key...Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Paul Allen, Marketing, Space Programs
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