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Weather pushes shuttle landing plan to Sunday

May. 23, 2009
Weather conditions forced NASA to wave off a landing attempt for space shuttle Atlantis scheduled for 9:16 a.m. ET Saturday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the space agency said.
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HOUSTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Inclement weather has forced NASA to cancel plans to land the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.

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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

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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

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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