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Space shuttle Endeavour lands at Edwards Air Force Base

Dec. 1, 2008
The craft is rerouted from Cape Canaveral, Fla., because of bad weather. Its two sonic booms startle some L.A. County residents. The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely in Southern California on Sunday after it was rerouted from Cape Canaveral, Fla., because of stormy weather.
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Endeavour spends night in Texas

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FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour, bolted atop a Boeing 747, made an overnight stop in Texas Wednesday on its journey back to Florida from California.

Shuttle's Calif. departure delayed

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Endeavour's departure from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for Florida was delayed Saturday due to technical problems, NASA said.
Endeavour to return to Florida

Endeavour to return to Florida

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says space shuttle Endeavour is being readied to make its cross-country trip back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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.
Endeavour to return to Earth Friday

Endeavour to return to Earth Friday

HOUSTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The crew of space shuttle Endeavour will spend Thanksgiving with the crew of the International Space Station, NASA said Tuesday.
Space station crew welcomes shuttle crew

Space station crew welcomes shuttle crew

HOUSTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The crews of the Endeavour and International Space Station got together after the U.S. space shuttle docked Sunday afternoon, NASA said.

Space shuttle Endeavour launches

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Endeavour launched Friday evening from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying a payload of equipment for the International Space Station.
Two space shuttles at their launch pads

Two space shuttles at their launch pads

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency, for the first time since July 2001, has two space shuttles on launch pads at the same time at the Kennedy Space Center.
Endeavour moved to launch pad

Endeavour moved to launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Endeavour was moved to a launch pad Friday as an emergency precaution, U.S. space officials said.

Endeavour's move to launch pad set

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will move space shuttle Endeavour to a Kennedy Space Center launch pad to act as a safety stand-by for space shuttle Atlantis.

NASA awards medical support contract

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has selected Innovative Health Applications LLC to provide medical and environmental services at the Kennedy Space Center.

NASA awards Kennedy Space Center contract

WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it's selected EG&G Technical Services Inc. to provide institutional services at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
GLAST to be launched next Tuesday

GLAST to be launched next Tuesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 27 (UPI) -- The launch of the U.S. space agency's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has been tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday.
Shuttle swoops to Earth safely

Shuttle swoops to Earth safely

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour announced its arrival with twin sonic booms as it swooped to a smooth landing in Florida Wednesday night.

Endeavour is en route back to Earth

HOUSTON, March 25 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station at 8:25 p.m. EDT Monday, ending a 12-day visit and beginning its return to Earth.
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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