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Mercury workers gather 50 years after Glenn launch
February 18, 2012 2:50 PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Veterans of NASA's Project Mercury have landed in Cape Canaveral this weekend to celebrate 50 years of orbital flight. This Monday will mark the golden anniversary of John Glenn's momentous circling of the globe. More than 100 men and women who helped launch Glenn and... more » -
Last 4 shuttle astronauts arrive for countdown
July 4, 2011 3:42 PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The four astronauts who will close out NASA's space shuttle program are at their Florida launch site, eager for a Friday takeoff. Commander Christopher Ferguson and his crew flew into Kennedy Space Center from Houston on Monday, the Fourth of July. NASA staff handed... more » -
Astronauts ready, big crowd awaits launch
May 14, 2010 1:37 PM
The biggest launch-day crowd in years is anxiously awaiting the last planned liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis. Only two missions are left after this one as NASA retires the shuttle fleet. More than 40,000 guests have descended on Kennedy Space Center. VIPs on the list include Defense Secretary Robert... more » -
Shuttle Discovery, crew of 7 back on Earth
April 20, 2010 11:13 AM
Space shuttle Discovery is back on Earth. The shuttle and its seven astronauts landed at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday morning. Their arrival was delayed by rain that popped up right before daybreak. But the sky cleared and Mission Control was able to bring Discovery home. Rain... more » -
Launch of NASA satellite delayed until Wednesday
February 9, 2010 9:42 AM
The launch of a NASA satellite that could help predict solar storms that can trigger massive electrical blackouts and communication failures on Earth has been delayed. The Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, was scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, but the launch has... more » -
Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag
November 23, 2009 11:03 AM
A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday to take care of some odd jobs at the International Space station. Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. and Randolph Bresnik - the father of a new baby girl - got started on the work... more »
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