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Florida's space economy threatened by shuttle's end

Reuters - Tue Dec 8, 11:39 am ET

At El Leoncita Cuban & Mexican Restaurant near the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's "space" coast, a bar sign says it all:

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'Butterflynauts' Emerge On Space Station
redOrbit - Wed Dec 2, 3:06 pm ET
As of Dec. 1, four Painted Lady butterflies are living aboard the International Space Station.These "butterflynauts" are part of an educational experiment that was launched Nov. 16 on space shuttle Atlantis and transferred to the space station.
Students make contact with outer space
Sparta Expositor - Sat Dec 5, 1:25 am ET
Seven Northfield Elementary School students, including Mackenzie Burton, Angelle Howard, Dalton Stallings, Bethany Tripp, Logan Sims, Riley Whiteaker and Alissa England, were selected from a multitude of submissions to receive invitations to a communications downlink with astronauts on the International Space Station.
Success in 'space elevator' competition
Park Hills Daily Journal - Thu Dec 3, 8:29 am ET
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators.
Astronaut-safety hearing becomes pro-Constellation rally
Orlando Sentinel - Thu Dec 3, 12:22 am ET
WASHINGTON — A congressional hearing on astronaut safety turned into a pep rally for NASA's troubled Constellation moon-rocket program, with lawmakers and witnesses endorsing it as the best replacement for the space shuttle even as critics complained the hearing was one-sided.
Bush man honored for supporting space flight
St. Tammany News - Thu Dec 3, 2:00 am ET
Tracy Buras of Bush, a service engineer with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne at John C. Stennis Space Center, was recognized recently by NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program for outstanding support of human space flight.
Slidell resident receives Snoopy award
St. Tammany News - Thu Dec 3, 2:00 am ET
NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center employee Justin Junell of Slidell received the prestigious Silver Snoopy award Oct. 22 during a special ceremony held in conjunction with the Stennis Health and Safety Day.
Tiny crew of butterflynauts living on the space station
The Bay Area Citizen - Wed Dec 2, 2:28 pm ET
As of Dec. 1, four Painted Lady butterflies are living aboard the International Space Station.
Traylor, Perkins and Leak earn NASA's Space Flight Awareness
The Arab Tribune - Wed Dec 2, 10:59 am ET
Chris Traylor and Brad Perkins, both 1977 graduates of Arab High School, recently received NASA Space Flight Awareness awards. Jeff Leak of Arab was a third local recipient of the award.
Thanksgiving Day revelers flock to parades
Asbury Park Press - Mon Nov 30, 11:14 pm ET
NEW YORK — Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to thousands of revelers Thursday eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.
Ex-British tabloid scribe's latest: A tell-all on Marmite
Washington Post - Mon Nov 30, 12:00 am ET
I arrived late to the book party launching Maggie Hall's new paperback about Marmite, an English condiment that is perhaps the foulest compound legally sold for human consumption. Late, but not late enough: There was still plenty of Marmite left.
Space Station Crew Will Shrink to Two
SPACE.com - Mon Nov 30, 12:49 pm ET
The International Space Station, which was crowded last week with 12 astronauts onboard, is set to go down to a crew of two Tuesday.
NASA pilot speaks at Indiana alma mater
WANE-TV Fort Wayne - Mon Nov 30, 2:51 pm ET
From Indiana, to outer space, and back to Indiana again. Monday morning, Kevin Ford returned to his alma mater, Blackford High School to give students a behind-the-scenes look at his adventures.
Central Fla. Battles To Keep Shuttle In Town
WFTV 9 Orlando - Mon Nov 30, 4:14 pm ET
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Monday was the last chance to apply to NASA for space shuttle mission memorabilia. Only five missions away from retirement, the three shuttles are the biggest prizes and Eyewitness News took at a look at the local efforts to keep a shuttle in Central Florida.
Where next? Debating the future of manned space flight
EETimes - Mon Nov 30, 1:07 pm ET
The future of U.S. manned spaceflight and exploration of the solar system looks bleak unless political and budget barriers can be overcome.
Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 4:53 pm ET
Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flight that resupplied the International Space Station.