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• Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The military’s small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight …

• To the moon? Firm hopes to sell $1.5 billion trips

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo …

• Astronaut braces for unprecedented year in space

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is already bracing for an unprecedented one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. He figures it will be as grueling as …

• Astronaut, cosmonaut brace for whole year in space

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two men who will spend an entire year together aboard the International Space Station are already bracing for a challenging mission. NASA astronaut Scott …

• Expert panel: NASA seems lost in space, needs goal

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA, the agency that epitomized the “Right Stuff,” looks lost in space and doesn’t have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of …

• Mars redux: NASA to launch Curiosity-like rover

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you thought NASA’s latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel. The space agency on Tuesday announced plans to launch another mega-rover …

• NASA aims to send another rover to Mars in 2020

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA is headed to Mars — again. The space agency said Tuesday it plans to launch another mega-rover to Mars in 2020 that will be modeled … 1

• NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA’s long-running Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the edge of the solar system and is close to exiting it forever. Scientists have …

• Mars rover Curiosity: No surprise in 1st soil test

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Results are in from the first test of Martian soil by the rover Curiosity: So far, there is no definitive evidence that the red planet has …

• US twin astronaut, Russian to spend year in orbit

  November 26, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A former space shuttle commander whose twin brother is married to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attempt the longest spaceflight ever by an American. NASA …

• NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard

  November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move that could reduce fatal highway …

• Where are all the space shuttles now?

  November 2, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The last of NASA’s space shuttles to fly, Atlantis, is the last to move to its new retirement home, just 10 miles away at Kennedy …

• Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis

  November 2, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Accompanied by astronauts and shuttle workers, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the …

• Last shuttle’s retirement move pains workers

  November 1, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis isn’t going far to its retirement home at Kennedy Space Center’s main tourist stop. But it might as well be a world …

• Gov’t to examine technology for automated cars

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Cars that drive themselves may hold the potential to save thousands of lives, an Obama administration safety official said Tuesday, as the government prepares to launch a …

• Skydiver’s feat could influence spacesuit design

  October 17, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver “Fearless Felix” Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers are exhilarated …

• Endeavour finally reaches permanent LA museum home

  October 15, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour was finally lodged at its retirement home Monday following a slow weekend parade through city streets that turned out to be a logistical …

• Endeavour finally reaches permanent LA museum home

  October 14, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was supposed to be a slow but smooth journey to retirement, a parade through city streets for a shuttle that logged millions of miles in …

• Endeavour’s final miles turn into all-night affair

  October 14, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — In thousands of Earth orbits, the space shuttle Endeavour traveled 123 million miles. But the last few miles of its final journey are proving hard to …

• Shuttle inches toward retirement home at LA museum

  October 13, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — At every turn of Endeavour’s stop-and-go commute through urban streets, a constellation of spectators trailed along as the space shuttle ploddingly nosed past stores, schools, churches …

• Shuttle passes obstacle, heads toward LA museum

    October 13, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Slowly surmounting a key obstacle, the shuttle Endeavour maintained a heading Saturday through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home at a museum. 7

• Shuttle passes obstacle, heads toward LA museum

  October 13, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — After slowly surmounting a key obstacle, the shuttle Endeavour maintained a heading Saturday through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home at a museum. …

• AP PHOTOS: Endeavour makes terrestrial journey

  October 13, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a surreal sight residents won’t soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it …

• AP PHOTOS: Endeavour makes terrestrial journey

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a surreal sight residents won’t soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it …

• Shuttle Xing: Endeavour treks through LA streets

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a surreal sight residents won’t soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it …

• Space shuttle pauses on 12-mile trip to LA museum

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — At its prime, the space shuttle Endeavour circled the globe at 17,500 mph, faster than a speeding bullet. In retirement, it’s crawling along the streets of …

• Space shuttle embarks on 12-mile trip to LA museum

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a massive feat of parallel parking, the space shuttle Endeavour has been backed into a Los Angeles parking lot for a pause on its final …

• Shuttle Endeavour to roll through LA amid security

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — At its prime, the space shuttle Endeavour cruised around the Earth at 17,500 mph, faster than a speeding bullet. Now in retirement, it’s crawling along at …

• Shuttle crossing provides a unique teaching moment

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the space shuttle Endeavour weaves through working-class communities on its way to its retirement home, Hildreth “Hal” Walker Jr. wants the children he tutors to …

• SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at space station

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with …

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