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Excitement Builds for Next-to-Last Space Shuttle Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It's still a day before space shuttle Endeavour is set to soar one last time. But already, the excitement level is approaching an all-time high. It's the next-to-last shuttle flight, as well as Endeavour's final voyage. Add to that the presence of the commander's wounded congresswoman wife, and...

Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Flight [PHOTOS]

The final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, STS-134, marks the next-to-last flight of the Space Shuttle program. Commander Mark Kelly's wife, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was critically wounded in a January shooting. Kelly resumed training in February for the flight and is hopeful Giffords will be able to...

Kelly: Giffords Cleared to Attend Shuttle Launch

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly says doctors have given his wife, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, approval to travel to Cape Canaveral this week to watch him fly into space Friday on the next-to-last shuttle mission. Giffords was shot in the head in a mass shooting outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket more...

Kelly Awaits Doctors' OK to Bring Giffords to Shuttle Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly said Thursday he's still awaiting doctors' blessing to bring his wounded congresswoman wife to his launch in just under three weeks. NASA, meanwhile, took stock of minor damage to Kelly's shuttle on the launch pad as severe thunderstorms swept through Kennedy...

NASA Invites Public to Choose Wake-Up Music for Shuttle Astronauts

Good morning./Here is a message from all the children in the USA./Thank you for showing us the journey/From the pillow fort to the shuttle bay./Some dreams you wake from./Some dreams you live. Brian Plunkett composed these lines to open "Dreams You Give," his entry in NASA's "Original Wakeup Song" contest seeking music...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

Margaret Lazarus Dean: Postcard From the Earth

At 4:30 Saturday morning, I was standing on a grassy field in front of the enormous countdown clock at the Kennedy Space Center.

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06/01/12 Proposed spaceport in Texas raises wildlife concerns Source: Houston Chronicle - Houston TX A proposed spaceport in South Texas could harm endangered falcons, ocelots and sea turtles, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department told federal officials this week - a concern seized by environmentalists who say the project should not be built on land bounded on three sides by a state park and national wildlife refuge.
05/24/12 A new kind of U.S. space program: Photos from the... Source: Sarasota Weekly Planet - Tampa FL History was made at 3:44 A.M. EST on May 22, 2012 but let's return to the recent past for a moment.
05/21/12 Margaret Lazarus Dean: Postcard From the Earth Source: The Huffington Post At 4:30 Saturday morning, I was standing on a grassy field in front of the enormous countdown clock at the Kennedy Space Center.
05/19/12 Onboard Computer Aborts Cape Canaveral Launch Source: Daily Intelligencer The Space X Falcon 9, the first private rocket ever to attempt a trip to the International Space Station, stood regal and still in the early morning gloom on Cape Canaveral as NASA began the countdown.
04/09/12 Another Wheeler quinella at Oakbank Source: Radio Australia It was deja vu at Oakbank today, as Tobouggie Knights and Cape Kinaveral produced the second John Wheeler quinella in three days in the Great Eastern Steeplechase.

Background on cape canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast.

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