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U.S. man admits aiding China space program

Nov. 17, 2008
A Chinese-born U.S. physicist and businessman pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Chinese space program officials and illegally providing U.S. space launch data to the Beijing government.
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Veteran astronaut Carl Walz leaves NASA

Veteran astronaut Carl Walz leaves NASA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says one of its veteran astronauts, Carl Walz, is resigning to take an unspecified job in the private sector.

NASA Mars lab mission rescheduled to 2011

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it is postponing the launch of its Mars Science Laboratory until 2011.
NASA's Shana Dale announces resignation

NASA's Shana Dale announces resignation

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency Deputy Administrator Shana Dale says she will resign her post effective Jan. 17 after serving as NASA's second in command since 2005.

U.S., Russia, extend joint ISS contract

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. and Russian space agencies said they've signed a $141 million modification of their International Space Station contract, extending it into 2012.

NASA Selects NOAA Goes-R contractor

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency, along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has selected the contractor for the next series of weather satellites.

ATK to develop STAT for Air Force testing

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has contracted Alliant Techsystems to develop a Space Threat Assessment Testbed that simulates natural space environments.

Students participate in rocketry challenge

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says 14 groups of middle and high school students will take part in the 2008-09 Student Launch Initiative rocketry challenge.
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.

NASA to honor lunar lander winner

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will honor Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, as winner of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

China launches satellite

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Chinese Space Technology Academy announced the Monday launch of a remote sensing satellite, sent aloft on a Long March-2D carrier rocket.

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.

Goodrich, ATK partner on defense satellite

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department has contracted Goodrich Corp. for the company's satellite technologies in support of military units in combat theaters.

Italy heads European Space Agency

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The 18 member states of the European Space Agency plus Canada have decided in the Netherlands that Italy will head the agency until 2011.

Please don't litter space, scientists say

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are looking for a way to clear the clutter in space, which some say is becoming troublesome on the heavenly highways.
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.
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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