Pin ItemailprintHere are your top stories making buzz this Thursday, July 21, 2011: – Space Shuttle Shuttle Atlantis lands for final time – Debt ceiling debate moves to the Senate today – Minnesota state workers head back on the job – Turtle gets wheel to replace amputated leg.
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Here are your top stories making a buzz this Wednesday, July 13, 2011. – Sen. Mitch McConnell has an idea on how to alleviate the debt crisis – Final space walk of the space shuttle era – President Obama awards Medal of Honor toSgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry – Memorial service held for Betty Ford [...]
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Musician Chris Bray was just 13 years old when he and his dad attended NASA’s first-ever space shuttle launch on on April 12th, 1981. His mother took a picture of the two men watching the historic launch with binoculars and a Super 8 camera. Last week, Bray, 44, and his father, 70, went to see [...]
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Here are your top stories and buzz makers for Monday, July 11, 2011. – News of the World ceases publication following phone hacking scandal – Space Shuttle Atlantis makes last-ever space station docking by a shuttle – Sergeant James Hackemer, 29, an army vet who lost both legs, dies in roller coaster fall in Buffalo, [...]
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Here are your top stories for Saturday, July 9, 2011: – Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts into history – Obama cites debt limit uncertainty – Grand Rapids shooter Roderick Dantzler used cocaine and alcohol – Prince William and Kate Middleton tour Calgary Stampede parade route http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NH9CWxWP8
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Despite less than favorable weather, the Space Shuttle Atlantis took off this morning on NASA’s 135th and final shuttle mission. After launching, the shuttle was visible for about 42 seconds before disappearing into the clouds. NASA wound up waiving its own weather guidelines to allow the liftoff to go forward. In the end, the final [...]
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is all packed up and ready to go for NASA’s 135th and final shuttle launch tomorrow (Friday), but stormy weather could threaten the liftoff. The space agency hopes to unveil Atlantis perched high atop its seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon for tomorrow’s planned 11:26 a.m. EDT [...]
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning (Monday) on its final trek which will deliver a pioneering physics experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour launched at 8:56 a.m. EDT, carrying a six-member crew. The shuttle’s mission is commanded by astronaut Mark Kelly. His wife, Rep. Gabrielle [...]
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Where will each space shuttle wind up? That’s the question on many people’s minds today as NASA’s Space Shuttle program nears it conclusion. At a ceremony held today at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden revealed where each of the four space shuttle orbiters will be permanently displayed once the program [...]
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An era is drawing to a close. The Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down safely in Florida at 8:48 a.m. this morning, concluding what will likely be its last voyage into space as the the space shuttle program is winding down. Atlantis was on a 12-day resupply mission to the International Space Station. This was the [...]
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The space shuttle Atlantis is ready for take off and launch today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be its last mission after almost a 25 year history. This morning, NASA filled the Space Shuttle Atlantis with more than a half million gallons of liquid oxygen and fuel. Atlantis is currently undergoing its [...]
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The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-person crew are slated to return to Earth on Friday, November 27, 2009 after an 11-day mission. The two chances for a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be at 9:44 a.m. and 11:19 a.m. EST. NASA will analyze weather conditions at the space center before [...]
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