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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Ringo Starr, Authors, Guggenheim Museum, LPGA, Zora Neale Hurston
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Astronauts take Dream Chaser spacecraft for simulated spin
Astronaut Jack Fischer took the Dream Chaser winged spacecraft for a spin, rocketing down from 10,000 feet, bucking through 60 seconds of turbulence to land hard on the runway in the Mojave desert in southern California. Then he tried it again. And...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Space Programs, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: Boeing Co., Space Programs, SpaceX, NASA, Science
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Retired astronaut encourages Western Heights students to follow dreams
julieg@herald-mail.comRetired NASA astronaut Don Thomas encouraged Western Heights Middle School eighth-graders to follow their dreams and to persevere, as he did. “If you forget everything else I told you here today, the one thing I want you to remember is to never...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Towson, Teaching and Learning, Education, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the U.S. Air...Tags: Bodies of Water, Boeing Co., United Technologies Corporation, Pacific Ocean, Oceans
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SpaceX signs lease agreement at spaceport to test reusable rocket
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.SpaceX, the Hawthorne rocket maker, has found a new home for flight testing on its reusable rocket. The company has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and facilities at Spaceport America, the state-owned commercial launch site located 55...Tags: Space Programs, NASA, SpaceX, Virgin Group, Ltd., Technology
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Virgin's passenger spaceship completes first rocket test flight
Reuters* Company selling tickets to ride for $200,000 * Fleet of five spaceships planned By Irene Klotz April 30 (Reuters) - A six-passenger spaceship owned by an offshoot of Virgin Group fired its rocket engine in flight for the first time on Monday, a key...Tags: Paul Allen, Space Programs, Marketing, NASA, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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NASA sends cell phones into space on Antares
When the Antares rocket roared skyward from Wallops Island on Sunday, it carried more than the ambitions of state leaders to turn the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, or MARS, into a major hub for commercial space business. It also carried three smart...
Tags: Entertainment, Radio, Space Programs, Orbital Sciences Corporation, NASA
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Kennedy Space Center: Progress on Atlantis exhibit, inside and out
Kennedy Space Center Vistor Complex guests can now see parts of the entrance to the upcoming Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction peeking over construction walls. Work continues inside and out on the $100 million structure, set for its grand opening on...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Space Programs, Amusement and Theme Parks, Career and Workplace, Technology
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Shuttle rocket test
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Central Florida theme parks roll out new attractions for 2013
Special CorrespondentThe number “13” is considered unlucky by some, but certainly not for travelers heading for Central Florida in summer of 2013, as this year holds unprecedented expansions at theme parks, accommodations and dining in Orlando and surroundings....Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Orlando Hotels, Travel, Amusement and Theme Parks, Orlando
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Orlando Science Center: Astronaut Robert Springer to speak
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelFormer astronaut Robert Springer will discuss how science fiction can inspire science fact at Orlando Science Center on Saturday. The appearance is tied to the science center's current exhibit “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination,”...
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