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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is headed by administrator Michael Griffin. The agency has a budget of $17.3 billion and operates 10 centers, including the Kennedy Space Center about 45 minutes east of Orlando. The agency plans to mothball the current space shuttle program after the last launch in 2010. Then it will begin work on the Constellation program, with the first launch scheduled for 2015.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is headed by administrator Michael Griffin. The agency has a budget of $17.3 billion and operates 10 centers, including the Kennedy Space Center about 45 minutes east of Orlando. The agency plans to mothball the current space shuttle program after the last launch in 2010. Then it will begin work on the Constellation program, with the first launch scheduled for 2015.
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Community events
Mike Seeger will perform Music from the True Vine, Southern folk music, 7:30 tonight at the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for Friends of the Williamsburg Regional Library and $8 for children under 16. For...Tags: Pocahontas, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Christianity, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Colonial Williamsburg
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Energy Independence: Can we do it?
MotorTrend Magazine"I will set a clear goal as president: In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East." As I listened to Barack Obama's speech from the Democratic Convention in Denver last week, I wondered for a split second whether he'd been... -
Hanna's latest shift is good news for Florida
Sentinel Staff WriterShoved around by unfriendly winds, Tropical Storm Hanna now looks to bypass Florida and take aim at the Carolinas. Central Florida could feel some of the distant cyclone's gusts tonight and Friday, forecasters warned. But officials at Kennedy Space...Tags: Bodies of Water, Mississippi, Space Programs, Hurricanes, Emergency Incidents
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A turn to the north for Hanna
Maryland WeatherTropical Storm Hanna seems to have pounded Haiti and its unfortunate people long enough. Forecasters say the storm finally seems to have made her long-predicted turn to the north. Maybe. Top sustained winds remain at about 60 mph, but the old......Tags: Charity, Hurricanes, Georgia, Emergency Incidents, Maryland
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Shuttle rollout postponed by Tropical Storm Hanna
The Associated PressSpace shuttle Atlantis is staying in NASA's hangar for now, as Tropical Storm Hanna churns in the Atlantic. The ship was originally scheduled to be rolled out onto the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Tuesday. That's been postponed until at least...Tags: Space Programs, Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Tropical Storms, Hurricane Hanna
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Six local high schools are about to become innovation incubators
757-247-4758The schools are part of the Governor's Academy for Innovation, Technology and Engineering, one of six career and technical education academies announced in January by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. Science, technology, engineering and math education, called...Tags: Regional Authority, Virginia, Space Programs, Mathematics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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High-tech chocolate makers seek sweet success
The Associated PressAs a software developer who worked with NASA, Timothy Childs built vision-tracking systems for the space shuttle. Now the former techie has a new venture that he says is out of this world: chocolate. As demand for premium chocolate soars, a new crop of...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Hawaii, Startups, Space Programs, Utah
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Hanna becomes hurricane, could strike U.S. coast
The Associated PressHurricane Hanna lingered today over the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos islands on a path that could hit the southeastern U.S. coast by midweek, while Tropical Storm Ike and still another weather pattern behind it raised the possibility of more havoc to...Tags: Space Programs, North Carolina, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Meteorological Disasters
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Hurricane Hanna Could Hit U.S. Southeast
McClatchy NewspapersHello, Hanna. And hello, Ike. While everyone watched to see what Hurricane Gustav would do to New Orleans, Hurricane Hanna and Tropical Storm Ike quietly and quickly developed Monday in the Atlantic. Both could affect the southeastern United States in...Tags: Space Programs, North Carolina, Hurricanes, Georgia, Ben Nelson
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More Miami vice
Legally Dead by Edna Buchanan Simon & Schuster / 359 pages / $26 Edna Buchanan knows crime. During her 18 years heading the police beat for the Miami Herald, she won a Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for lifetime achievement in journalism. When...Tags: Little Havana, Awards and Prizes, Witnesses, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Leon Trotsky
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New search starts for missing adventurer Fossett
Associated Press WriterA year after aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett vanished on a Labor Day solo flight over western Nevada, friends and admirers are waging a new search for some sign of him in an area of rugged mountains. Steep canyons and gulches choked by concealing...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Triathlon, Steve Fossett, Labor Day, Amelia Earhart
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Hanna lingers, and other storms enter the pipeline
Associated PressHurricane Hanna lingered yesterday over the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos islands on a path that could hit the Southeastern U.S. coast by midweek. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Ike emerged as a new threat in the open sea, as the National Hurricane Center in...Tags: Space Programs, North Carolina, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, National Hurricane Center
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