Decatur resident becomes key figure in space shuttle travel
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Decatur resident Chris Singer was recently appointed co-deputy director of the Engineering Directorate at NASA&#39;s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An Olympic athlete-turned-astronaut and a rookie spaceflyer are leading a spacewalking team set to launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery this week.
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When Sean OâKeefe took the top NASA job in 2001, the space community didnât know quite what to make of him. A self-described ânumbers guyâ, he was a management expert and his former
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Fla. - Astronaut Lisa Nowak boarded a plane Wednesday to return home to Texas, a day after being charged with trying to murder the woman she believed was her romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections.
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By Rasha Madkour and David Crary  HOUSTON -- Lisa M. Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty -- to be an astronaut and a mother of three.  Her background -- high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot -- seemed to equip her for the challenge.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - The space shuttle Discovery crew scored another day floating in the cosmos - precious time for the majority-rookie flight - but it'll hardly be a walk in the orbital park.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  and ERIN McCLAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  ORLANDO, Fla.  In July, astronaut Lisa Nowak traveled 5.3 million miles in a single-minded mission to put America's beleaguered space shuttle program back on track.
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Boeing's huge Delta 4-Heavy rocket, set for lift-off on Saturday, may play a role in life after the space shuttle.
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Like millions of children, Anousheh Ansari dreamed and wondered about the stars. Next month the Iranian-born U.S. entrepreneur can get a closer look, as she rides a Russian capsule to the international space station and becomes the first female space tourist.
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The renowned physicist has always had a hankering for space travel. He'll start with a brief zero-gravity flight in April. By the Associated Press.
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V, a Boeing official told a group of National Space Society members Friday in Huntsville. More than 300 people were at the event at the Sheraton hotel to discuss exploring space and the possibility of developing private space business.
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US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said the next administrator will face &quot;several critical missions,&quot; including the shuttle&#39;s return to flight, completing construction
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HOUSTON, Sept. 12 -- Space shuttle astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper stepped out into open space for the first time this morning, looked around and exclaimed, "Aaah. Wonderful."
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA asked an astronaut aboard the international space station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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She rides into history aboard the shuttle Challenger, opening up new vistas to a young generation.
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By Scott Richardson  BLOOMINGTON - Lincoln native Scott Altman will lead a space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday. "It really is a great day for space exploration. ... It's a great day for NASA.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER HOUSTON - For the international space station's newest crew member, his first week aboard the orbiting outpost was anything but routine.