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Astronauts eager to rejoin families
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - 42 minutes ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday and headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer.
Atlantis Crew Set for Landing Prep, Thanksgiving Meal
FOX 61 Chattanooga - 1 hour 13 minutes ago
Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts will spend Thanksgiving checking their ship for the ride home. The shuttle and its crew of seven are aiming for a Friday morning landing at NASA's Florida spaceport. Good weather is forecast.
Preschool studies butterflies for NASA
Albany Times Union - 1 hour 29 minutes ago
BETHLEHEM -- Local preschoolers will be raising butterflies to compare to ones recently launched into space on the shuttle Atlantis to live on the International Space Station.
LA Suburb's Rebirth Rides On Electric Car Plant
The Huffington Post - 1 hour 50 minutes ago
DOWNEY, Calif. This blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles once helped send men to space. After the collapse of its aerospace industry, its ambitions are now more down-to-earth but still looking toward the future.
Thanksgiving last full day in space for shuttle
WCAX-TV Vermont - 2 hours 13 minutes ago
Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts will spend Thanksgiving checking their ship for the ride home.
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Detroit Free Press - 2 hours 21 minutes ago
Downey, a blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles, once helped send astronauts to space. After the collapse of the aerospace industry, its ambitions are now more down-to-earth but still looking toward the future.
Congress joins campaign to save space
Florida Today - Thu Nov 26, 2:17 am ET
WASHINGTON — A campaign that promotes the need to keep the U.S. ahead of other countries in exploring space has drawn some new supporters.
Venus fades while Mars grows mighty
Tallahassee Democrat - Thu Nov 26, 2:08 am ET
Cool news: On Nov. 13, NASA announced that a "significant amount" of water had been found on the moon. The finding expands our understanding of the Earth's closest neighbor and opens new opportunities for human exploration.
Downey OKs incentives for Tesla
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Thu Nov 26, 1:25 am ET
DOWNEY - Financial incentives aimed at jolting an electric carmaker into locating a production line on public and private land steeped in Space Age history won swift City Council approval Wednesday.
This local star shines even brighter
Daily Breeze - Thu Nov 26, 1:23 am ET
Peninsula High grad from Palos Verdes Estates wins Rhodes scholarship and will pursue a master's in astrophysics at Oxford.