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Space Shuttle Lands

Nov. 30, 2008
The shuttle landed in the Mojave Desert, diverted from a planned Florida landing by low clouds and high crosswinds.
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Endeavour ends two-week mission

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- NASA said the space shuttle Endeavour made a flawless landing in California Sunday, wrapping up a delivery run to the International Space Station.
Shuttle Discovery lands safely in Florida

Shuttle Discovery lands safely in Florida

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., June 14 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Discovery had a smooth landing Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, concluding an assembly mission to the International Space Station.

Shuttle Atlantis prepares to come home

HOUSTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Atlantis and the international space station crew said goodbye Sunday as the shuttle crew prepared to head back to Earth.

Atlantis returns to Cape Canaveral

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Atlantis, carried piggy-back on top of a modified 747 jetliner, Tuesday returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Space shuttle Atlantis now closer to home

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 2 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is one step closer to arriving at the Kennedy Space Center after a Monday refueling stop at Fort Campbell, Ky.

NASA rejects a Thursday Atlantis landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 21 (UPI) -- Unfavorable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida led NASA flight controllers to wave off a Thursday touchdown for space shuttle Atlantis.

Atlantis prepares for return to Earth

HOUSTON, June 20 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Atlantis crew members Wednesday focused on landing preparations, with the spacecraft to touch down Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center.

Weather to determine where shuttle lands

ALAMOGORDO, N.M., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Bad weather in Florida and California could force NASA officials to land the space shuttle Discovery in New Mexico, officials said Thursday. Personnel at the White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, N.M., have begun preparing

Shuttle Atlantis lands safely in Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Atlantis made a pre-dawn landing Thursday at Cape Canaveral, Fla., ending a 12-day mission at the International Space Station.

Shuttle crew prepares for landing

HOUSTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery are preparing for a pre-dawn landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Shuttle lands in Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 7 (UPI) --

Weather delays shuttle landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- As NASA prepared to bring shuttle Endeavour out of orbit on Wednesday, a thick band of clouds moved over the Florida spaceport, prompting managers to postpone touchdown.

Shuttle crew prepares for landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- With good weather forecast for Florida on Friday, the shuttle Atlantis astronauts packed up their gear and tested their spaceship's landing systems in anticipation of return to Earth after 11 days in orbit.

Shuttle lands in California

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 19 (UPI) --

Endeavour lands at Florida home port

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Wrapping up a 12-day, 4.8-million mile journey, shuttle Endeavour landed at its Florida home base at 12:55 p.m. EST on Monday to complete NASA's sixth and final
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler