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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is headed by administrator Michael Griffin. The agency has a budget of $17.3 billion and operates 10 centers, including the Kennedy Space Center about 45 minutes east of Orlando. The agency plans to mothball the current space shuttle program after the last launch in 2010. Then it will begin work on the Constellation program, with the first launch scheduled for 2015.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is headed by administrator Michael Griffin. The agency has a budget of $17.3 billion and operates 10 centers, including the Kennedy Space Center about 45 minutes east of Orlando. The agency plans to mothball the current space shuttle program after the last launch in 2010. Then it will begin work on the Constellation program, with the first launch scheduled for 2015.
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Wintry snow globe from Hubble
Maryland WeatherCram more than 100,000 stars into a cluster 'only' 150 light-years wide and you get something like this - the globular cluster astronomers know as M-13. This image was assembled from Hubble data recorded during four separate observations from 1999......Tags: Space Programs, Astronomy, Natural Science, Environmental Pollution
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Space agency aims for May 12 launch of space shuttle to refurbish, upgrade Hubble telescope
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has set a May date for its space shuttle mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time. The space agency Thursday announced that it is aiming to launch the shuttle Atlantis on May 12 for what would be an 11-day...Tags: Space Programs, Rocketry, Technology
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NASA delays launch of next-generation rover to Mars from 2009 to 2011
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is delaying a mission to Mars that already had been over budget and will get even more costly. The launch of the massive roving robot with a rock-zapping laser was pushed back Thursday from next year until 2011, adding $400...Tags: Alternative Energy, Space Programs, Ethics, Values
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Shuttle Endeavour could return to Florida this weekend
The Associated PressNASA says space shuttle Endeavour could begin its journey back in Florida as early as Sunday. The space shuttle touched down in California over the weekend after stormy weather at the shuttle's main Florida landing site forced a landing at Edwards Air...Tags: Space Programs, Armed Forces, Defense, Technology, Rocketry
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Science correspondent, former morning anchor Miles O'Brien leaving CNN after 16 years
NEW YORK (AP) _ Miles O'Brien will soon be leaving CNN after 16 years. O'Brien, who has been CNN's chief technology and environment correspondent since ending his stint as anchor of "American Morning" in April 2007, is departing as the network dismantles...Tags: Space Programs
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Viewpoint: Make financial rescue bolder, not bigger
The costs of Washington's bailout fiesta are now so huge that you can see them from space. The latest number, which includes the Citigroup rescue, is $7.7 trillion. That's roughly half of America's GDP. In fairness, it's impossible at this point to know...Tags: National Government, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, State Budgets, Citigroup Incorporated
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Shuttle safe in California after detour
Associated PressSpace shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth yesterday, taking a detour to sunny California after storms hit the main landing strip in Florida. Endeavour touched down at 4:25 p.m., wrapping up a 16-day trip that left the...Tags: House and Home, Kennedy Space Center, Air Transportation, Space Programs, Air Transportation Industry
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Howard County Datebook
Today Holiday sale Charity's Closet, a teen-run thrift store for women and juniors, is having a sale on selected items from noon to 5 p.m. at 9090 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. Items are $5, and handbags, shoes, sandals, boots, jeans, belts and jewelry...Tags: United Nations, Ellicott City, Photography, Trips and Vacations, People
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Endeavour glides to safe landing in Calif. after 16-day home makeover trip to space station
Associated Press WriterEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) _ Space shuttle Endeavour slipped out of a brilliant desert sky and touched down safely in California after a nearly 16-day mission to repair and upgrade the international space station. Stormy weather at the shuttle's...Tags: Space Programs, Armed Forces, Cape Canaveral, Defense
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Problems prompt manual docking for Russian craft carrying supplies, gifts to space station
Associated Press WriterMOSCOW (AP) _ A Russian cosmonaut used a joystick to guide a modernized cargo ship to the international space station Sunday after problems with an automated system prompted a last-minute switch to a manual docking. The Progress M-01M craft docked safely...Tags: News Agency, Space Programs, Newspapers
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E. Perricone, Grumman retiree, killed crossing street
laura.rivera@newsday.com; patrick.whittle@newsday.comOn the last day of his life, Eddie Perricone attended evening Mass at the Riverhead church where he worshipped. At 5:59 p.m., as the last dozen or so stragglers filed down the steps of St. Isidore Roman Catholic Church, the pastor said he saw Perricone,...Tags: Peconic Bay, Injuries, Stony Brook University, Glenwood, Retirement
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands at Edwards Air Force Base
The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely in Southern California on Sunday after it was rerouted from Cape Canaveral, Fla., because of stormy weather.
Approaching Edwards Air Force Base in rural Los Angeles County at 235 mph, the shuttle touched down...Tags: Space Programs, Fires, Armed Forces, Cape Canaveral, North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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