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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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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: Rocketry, Transportation, House and Home, Kennedy Space Center, Air Transportation
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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: Retirement, Injuries, Riverhead (Riverhead, New York), Stony Brook University, Glenwood
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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: Rocketry, Defense, Armed Forces, Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles Fire Department
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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: Cape Canaveral, Space Programs, Defense, Armed Forces
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Bailout fiesta will dwarf centuries of monster payouts
TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICESThe costs of Washington's bailout fiesta are now so huge, 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 the...Tags: State Budgets, Federal Reserve, Barack Obama, Major League Baseball, Wars and Interventions
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Who's better at science? Heritage High clubs also teach responsibility and leadership
247-4758It's a battle of the sexes as two Heritage High School clubs in Newport News compete with their own and NASA challenge experiments. — The Men of Brilliance gathered on a recent Wednesday to tackle their latest challenge: coming up with plant...Tags: Water Pollution, Rivers, Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Pollution, Dining and Drinking
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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: People, Teen-agers, Civil Rights, Human Rights, United Nations
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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: Newspapers, News Agency, Space Programs
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Navy veteran David Sjuggerud was humble about experiences
Sentinel Staff WriterThough David M. Sjuggerud traveled the world as a Navy pilot and was a semifinalist to be a NASA astronaut, he was humble about his experiences. "It was so difficult to get him to talk about the past," said his son, Stephen Sjuggerud. "We would ask him...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Defense, Death and Dying, Armed Forces, Family
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Shuttle faces 'iffy' weather
Their work in orbit accomplished, space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts got the green light Saturday to return to Earth but were warned that "pretty iffy" weather at the main landing site could send them across the country or keep them up an extra day. On...Tags: Rocketry, Space Programs, Technology, Kennedy Space Center
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Astronauts ready, but weather 'iffy' for landing
Their work in orbit accomplished, space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts got the green light Saturday to return to Earth, but were warned "pretty iffy" weather at the main landing site could send them across the country or keep them up an extra day. On...Tags: Rocketry, Satellite Technology, Defense, Armed Forces, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Astronauts ready, but weather 'iffy' for Sunday landing
AP Aerospace WriterTheir work in orbit accomplished, space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts got the green light Saturday to return to Earth, but were warned ``pretty iffy'' weather at the main landing site could send them across the country or keep them up an extra day. On...Tags: Rocketry, Defense, Satellite Technology, Armed Forces, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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