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Weather shifts shuttle landing to California

Sep. 11, 2009
The space shuttle Discovery landed in California after bad weather near Kennedy Space Center forced it to wave off a landing in Florida. NASA prefers landings at Kennedy because of the cost and time required to ferry a shuttle back there. The astronauts wrapped up a mission to the international...
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Space shuttle Discovery to land Saturday

Space shuttle Discovery to land Saturday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says the shuttle Discovery is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a Saturday landing 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.
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.

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.

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 could return without crew

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency reportedly has a plan to guide the shuttle to earth if it is damaged and its crew is forced to stay on the International Space Station.

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 lands in California

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

Weather delays shuttle landing for 2nd day

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 18 (UPI) --
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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