Topic: Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than 15 percent of its 8,100-member shuttle work force, officials said on Tuesday.The layoffs, which take effect October 1, involve 902 workers ...
To avoid hearing "I'm bored! There are many programs available throughout the state of Florida to satisfy diverse interests and abilities. The program is for children ages 8 to 14 (grades 2 to 9), and several week-long sessions are available throughout the ...
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), American system of nine communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit that relay signals between Earth-orbiting satellites and ground facilities located at White Sands, N.M., and on Guam. The first satellite in the series, TDRS-A, was launched ...
The privately-owned American firm SpaceX Friday aborted a first bid to launch its Falcon 9 rocket, seen as a key step in developing commercial launchers to put astronauts into space.The launch was abandoned just a few seconds before blastoff, but the company ...
CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - The U.S. government awarded a $15 million emergency grant to Florida's Brevard County to retrain workers who will lose their jobs when the space shuttles are retired, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said on Wednesday.The shuttle program is scheduled ...
CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - The government awarded a $15 million emergency grant to Florida's Brevard County to retrain workers who will lose their jobs when the space shuttles are retired, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said on Wednesday.The shuttle program is scheduled to ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida on Wednesday, capping a 12-day mission to deliver a new module to the International Space Station before NASA retires the shuttle fleet after two more flights.Circling high over the Kennedy ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis landed smoothly at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday after a 12-day resupply mission to the International Space Station.Atlantis and its six astronauts touched down on the runway at 8:48 a.m. ...
NASA on Wednesday gave a green light for the return to Earth of the shuttle Atlantis, which was to be retired after its final voyage to space. The shuttle, capping a 25-year career of space flight, was authorized to break out of ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis departed the International Space Station on Sunday, leaving behind what one astronaut called a "palace" in space that is 98 percent finished after 12 years of construction.The shuttle and six U.S. astronauts are due ...
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