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NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour Set To Return To Florida

SpaceRef - Tue Dec 2, 1:27 pm EST

NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour Set To Return To Florida

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747 to Carry Space Shuttle Back to Florida
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 12:04 pm EST
The Space Shuttle Endeavour will be flown from California to Florida on a modified Boeing 747 as early as Sunday, NASA announced today.
NASA Extends Contract With Russian Federal Space Agency
AnandTech - Wed Dec 3, 8:08 am EST
NASA and the Russian space agency get together and discuss money issues...
The dangers of space travel
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Tue Dec 2, 7:58 pm EST
Space shuttle commander Christopher Ferguson and his crew took a small but crucial step for space travel in the past two weeks, enlarging the International Space Station so it can house six astronauts instead of three.
Space station instrument sniffs out dangerous chemicals
The Bay Area Citizen - Wed Dec 3, 4:00 am EST
NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air.
Rocket company sells discount rides to space
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 2, 4:39 pm EST
The space tourism race heated up on Tuesday when a second company began offering tickets for suborbital rides at less than half the price of competitor Virgin Galactic's.
Obama to Review Costs of Shuttle Replacement Vehicle
SPACE.com - Tue Dec 2, 8:53 pm EST
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's NASA transition team is asking U.S. space agency officials to quantify how much money could be saved by canceling the Ares 1 rocket and scaling back the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle next year.
Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely in California
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 30, 4:32 pm EST
Space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth on Sunday, completing a 16-day "extreme home improvement" mission to upgrade and service the International Space Station (ISS).e
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
UPI - Tue Dec 2, 6:01 pm EST
NASA: Phoenix Mars Lander is now silent … Heart's helical band motion studied … Endeavour to return to Florida … Rapid, unexpected climate changes posited ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Endeavour could return to Florida this weekend
Orlando Sentinel - Tue Dec 2, 1:01 pm EST
NASA says space shuttle Endeavour could begin its journey back in Florida as early as Sunday.
Endeavour to return to Florida
UPI - Tue Dec 2, 12:01 pm EST
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says space shuttle Endeavour is being readied to make its cross-country trip back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Defective shuttle part nets man fraud charge
Friendswood Journal - Wed Dec 3, 3:08 am EST
An Alvin man, Richard J. Harmon, has been charged with fraud and indicted by a federal grand jury in a case involving a defective space shuttle part.
Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands at Edwards AFB
FOX 11 News Los Angeles - Mon Dec 1, 2:17 am EST
Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California around 1:25 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Sonic booms were heard all over the area as the shuttle came in for a landing. NASA had ordered the California landing due to bad weather in Florida.
It’s not the easiest job
The Bay Area Citizen - Wed Dec 3, 4:06 am EST
As the STS-126 crew returns to Earth on the space shuttle Endeavour this week, we thought we’d take a minute to show you what they’ve been up to during their time in orbit.
NASA buys extra Russian station crew launches
The Huntsville Times - Tue Dec 2, 9:11 pm EST
NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012.
Abington educator gets second chance in astronaut pool
The Scranton Times-Tribune - Wed Dec 3, 4:34 am EST
CLARKS SUMMIT — Playing flight-simulator video games as a child. Trekking in remote Arctic expeditions. Getting his pilot’s license.