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• Better Luck Tomorrow

  BNET - 2009-08-25

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - A sudden and unexpected onset of bad weather over Launch Complex 39A here caused NASA to scrub its first attempt to launch space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-128 to the International Space Station. Although forecasts originally called for an 80 percent chance of favorable weather...

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• Cellit Heads Towards Outer Space

  - 2009-03-17

  Space Center Houston, NASA?s visitor center chooses Cellit Studio platform and Redemption Widgit. ...

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• Space Center comes through in good shape

  - 2008-09-14

  CAPE CANAVERAL -- Hurricane Ike tore up part of the roof of NASA's storied Mission Control Center in Houston, but Johnson Space Center appears to have come through the monster storm without major damage, officials said Saturday. Still unclear is whether Ike will trigger a delay in the...

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• 4 Hours in Houston

  - 2008-09-01

  Houston? No problem. With thriving arts and sports scenes this metropolis is slicker than the average oil town. ADMIRE the outdoor display of giant busts of American presidents at the SculpturWorx Studio (2500 Summer Street) of 82-year-old artist David Adickes. From George Washington to George...

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• Arianespace to unveil communications satellite Koreasat 6.(KOREA)

  - 2008-09-01

  Korean Telecom has selected Arianespace for launching its new communications satellite, Koreasat 6. The company will launch Koreasat 6 into geostationary orbit via an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher from French Guiana Guiana Space Center during the second half of 2009. This new...

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• Missouri Legal Briefs: June 13, 2008

  - 2008-06-13

  Apparently, when you're an Islamic expert hired by the U.S. Army to counsel military leaders on culture, saying you want to fight for Iran doesn't make a good first impression. A Virginia woman filed a defamation lawsuit in federal court in both Western Missouri and Kansas this week...

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• Space Center Houston to Offer Summer Relief for Houston Area Families and Tourists

  - 2008-05-02

  NASA's Official Visitor's Center Will Sell Summer Tickets for Half Price Through Limited Online Program HOUSTON -- Rising prices may curb travel plans for some Texans this summer as the national average price of gas reaches $3.62 per gallon according to motorist organization AAA and could affect tourism across...

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• Nexxus Lighting Illuminates Kennedy Space Center Attraction

  - 2008-04-04

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXS) announced that its SV Lighting business division successfully completed the solid-state rotunda lighting project for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex' newest attraction, the Shuttle Launch Experience. SV Lighting's Savi[R] LED Flood Strips and low voltage power supplies are being used to...

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• 2008 Directory of ITEA Museum Members

  - 2008-04-01

  For further information, contact the staff member listed. MASSACHUSETTS Museum of Science National Center for Technological Literacy 1 Science Park Boston, MA 02114 617-589-3102 www.mos.org Lesley O'Garro logarro@mos.org OREGON Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 1945 SE Water Avenue Portland, OR 97214 503-797-4585 www.omsi.edu David Perry dperry@omsi.edu TEXAS

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• NASA Sets Briefing for April Space Station Crew Change

  - 2008-03-27

  To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Katherine Trinidad of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1- 202-358-3749, katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov; or James Hartsfield of NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, +1-281-483-5111, james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov HOUSTON, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, April 2, to preview the activities of the next residents...

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