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  SBIRS GEO-1 Lifts Off, Second Centaur Burn Under Way

  Posted by Amy Butler 6:34 PM on May 07, 2011

  The first of what U.S> Air Force officials hope will be many sighs of relief came today at 2:10 pm when an Atlas V 401 configuration launch vehicle lifted off from Cape Canavera... Read More >>

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  Another Delay for Sbirs ... This Time For Weather

  Posted by Amy Butler 7:27 PM on May 06, 2011

  CAPE CANAVERAL - U.S. Air Force officials scrubbed the launch of the first Space-Based Infrared System (Sbirs) satellite May 6.  Officials kept the Atlas V 401 launch vehicle... Read More >>

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  NASA and USAID Sign MOU

  Posted by Heather Goss 12:37 PM on Apr 26, 2011

  Yesterday afternoon, the administrators from NASA and USAID signed a five-year memorandum of understanding that “formalizes ongoing agency collaborations that use Earth scien... Read More >>

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  En Route To Station

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 10:33 AM on Apr 05, 2010

  The space shuttle Discovery roared aloft early this morning on a supply mission to the International Space Station, carrying a load of scientific equipment in the Italian-built Leo... Read More >>

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  On The Way!

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 9:30 AM on Feb 08, 2010

  Endeavour, NASA's youngest space shuttle, became the final orbiter to lift off at night with its launch to the the International Space Station this morning.NASA TVBuilt as a replac... Read More >>

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  UPDATE: Another Try Tonight

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 1:34 PM on Feb 07, 2010

  NASA will attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station at 4:14 a.m. EST Monday, working a 24-hour turnaround after last night's weather scrub.Mi... Read More >>

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  Scrub!

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 10:00 AM on Feb 07, 2010

  A low overcast above pre-dawn Florida forced NASA managers to postpone launch of the space shuttle Endeavour early today, sending the orbiter's six-member crew back to quarters unt... Read More >>

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  This is How NASA Will Win the Public Back

  Posted by Heather Goss 10:00 PM on Nov 18, 2009

  Photo courtesy NASA HQ Photo.I've already written about how NASA is using social media platforms like Twitter to reach the public, but an event this weekend deftly proved my point.... Read More >>

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  Liftoff!

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 10:07 PM on Jul 15, 2009

  Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven are en route to the International Space Station, after launching through more of the same kind of weather that had kept it grounded th... Read More >>

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  Weather Again!

  Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. 10:47 PM on Jul 13, 2009

  Mission managers scrubbed another attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour today as thunderstorms within 20 miles of Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., violated flight rul... Read More >>

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