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SpaceX pushes back the final frontier
If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station...
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One troop yields six new Eagle Scouts, all friends, all seniors at Hereford High
Six seniors at Hereford High School have something in common with former president Gerald Ford, director Steven Spielberg, astronaut Neil Armstrong and Walmart founder Sam Walton.
They all are Eagle Scouts.
On Jan. 7, Boy Scout Troop 1908 held an...Tags: Steven Spielberg, Gerald Ford, Schools, Sam Walton, Elementary Schools
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Why space exploration still matters
As a child, I remember a coloring book that pictured a "Buck Rogers" rocket that looked like a football with three fins at its base. It was my job to give it life by coloring the rocket blast with yellows, oranges and reds that lifted the craft to stellar...Tags: Space Programs, John F. Kennedy, Satellite Technology, Vietnam, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Remembering Harford's military men and women who died serving their country since 9/11
Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the following wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, men and women across the country — and Harford County — have bravely sacrificed their lives to fight for the rights we as Americans have every day....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Fort Hood (military base), Explosions, Iraq
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40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar mission
On July 16, 1969 the crew of Apollo 11 blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the historic quest to put the first men on the moon.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of this achievement, Sun photographer Karl Merton Ferron acquired...Tags: Space Programs, NASA, John F. Kennedy, Facebook, Maryland Science Center
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Blog posts from Maryland teachers
During the week of June 22, 33 middle and high school school math and science teachers from the Baltimore area were in Huntsville, Al., participating in the Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy program. These teachers applied for and were awarded...Tags: Building Material, Toy Industry, Space Programs, Lima (Peru), Philippines
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Baltimore soldier dies in roadside bombing in Iraq
Sun StaffA 35-year-old Army sergeant from Baltimore was killed Saturday in Iraq after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Defense Department reported last night. Sgt. 1st Class Neil Armstrong Prince -- assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Jamaica, Explosions, Bombings, Emergency Incidents
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Recalling the days after Challenger
Sun National StaffOn a similarly bright winter morning 17 years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven astronauts aboard in a Y-shaped plume of smoke and leaving the famously swaggering National Aeronautics and Space...Tags: Space Programs, Cape Canaveral, Explosions, Rocketry, Ronald Reagan
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For explorers, 'a dream fulfilled'
Sun StaffHOUSTON - In a somber ceremony yesterday, President Bush told the families and colleagues of the seven astronauts lost aboard the space shuttle Columbia that the crew had perished in a great cause that the nation would continue to pursue. Speaking to...Tags: Space Programs, Finance, Rocketry, Bill Nelson, Employees
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Coke Zero 400 package -- The Shores Resort & Spa on Daytona Beach Shores is revving up a three-night package for Coke Zero 400, the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race...Tags: Clothing, Lettuce, Seafood, Immigration, Advice Columns and Columnists
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Swimming With The E. Coli In Chicago
The Hartford CourantI love it! Government in general and Chicago's park district in particular is letting us decide whether we should swim in our own effluent or not. Paralleling astronaut Neil Armstrong's first small step on the moon, I see this as one small swim for...Tags: Environmental Politics, Chicago Tribune, E. coli Infection, University of Connecticut, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Pioneering U.S. commercial spaceflight quiets critics
Reuters* SpaceX Dragon to fly in formation with space station * If successful, capsule will dock with station on Friday * Mission is a test run for public-private space ventures By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 23 (Reuters) - A pioneering...Tags: Pacific Ocean, Space Programs, SpaceX, Dana Rohrabacher, Satellite Technology
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