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July 23, 2010
First Cape Canaveral launch 60 years ago gave birth to 'Bumper' crop of liftoffs
Sixty years ago on Saturday, July 24, 1950, a 62-foot rocket stood ready to launch from the east coast of Florida, destined to make history -- not so much for where it was going but for where it was departing.
July 21, 2010
Neil Armstrong declaration form allegedly stolen by customs worker and friend
A customs declaration form completed by first man on the moon Neil Armstrong was allegedly stolen in March by a Customs and Border Protection worker and his friend, who together attempted to auction it, prosecutors charged on the anniversary of the first moon landing.
July 16, 2010
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project crew reunites for 35th anniversary
The four surviving American astronauts and Soviet-era cosmonauts who flew the world's first international space mission, the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), reunited July 15, to mark the flight's 35th anniversary and help introduce a commemorative edition of the watch they wore in space.
July 8, 2010
External tank ready for final shuttle flight
The external tank set to fly on NASA's final space shuttle mission rolled out for delivery to its Florida launch site on July 8. A brass band and hundreds of handkerchief-waving workers trailed the tank as it was driven to a barge, celebrating in New Orleans-style the completion of their work.
July 4, 2010
Stars, stripes and space: NASA and the 50-star American flag
Fifty years ago, on Independence Day 1960, the United States adopted use of the 50-star American flag, increasing the star count to recognize Hawaii's statehood. This, the 27th version of the star-spangled banner, would be the only (to date) to represent the nation in space.
June 30, 2010
Rare rocket delivery: Gemini-Titan display arrives in Houston
A 100-foot tall rocket rolled into Houston on June 16 and 17 to join the small collection of very large launch vehicles populating the rocket park at NASA Johnson Space Center in Texas. The same Gemini-Titan previously stood at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
June 21, 2010
Buzz Lightyear's real-life space 'toy story' told by boy's mission patch
In Disney's "Toy Story 3," now in theaters, Buzz Lightyear again faces identity issues between being a real space ranger or a toy. For at least one 11-year-old fan who created a patch for Lightyear's real space adventure, the answer must seem clear: the animated astronaut is in fact, both.
June 17, 2010
Amelia Earhart watch arrives at the space station on anniversary of Atlantic crossing
Amelia Earhart's watch that she wore while crossing the Atlantic Ocean was brought on the International Space Station June 17, 82 years to the day after its historic first flight. The timepiece was among a few mementos flown to the ISS by its new crew members.
June 16, 2010
Leonid Kizim, visited two space stations in single mission, dies
Soviet-era cosmonaut Leonid Kizim, who in March 1986 commanded the only mission in history to visit two space stations in one flight, which also marked the first flight to Mir, died on Monday, June 14, according to Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos.
June 15, 2010
Interplanetary art smuggler sought by PBS detectives for moon mystery questioning
In November 1969, a plot was launched to smuggle potentially priceless works of art by the likes of Warhol and Rauschenberg out of the nation. Despite it being carried out in the shadow of one of the century's most widely watched events, the art was lifted in secret and deposited 250,000 miles away.
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July 25, 2010
McClatchy Newspapers
Rocket piece finds a home
The chunk of an Air Force rocket that washed ashore on Hilton Head Island in May was headed for the scrap heap until a Beaufort County sheriff's captain suggested a new home: the Coastal Discovery Museum.
July 25, 2010
Florida Today
Shuttle shutdown could launch sales of collectibles
After a lot of trickling, the economic impact of the shuttle program on Brevard County arrives at the Titusville Sunrise Rotary Club.
July 23, 2010
Kokomo Perspective
Daniels adds Virgil 'Gus' Grissom to Hoosier Heritage Gallery
A portrait of Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom is the newest addition to the Hoosier Heritage Gallery that adorns the south wall of the Governor's Office.
July 18, 2010
Huntsville Times
Exhibits trace our path to lunar exploration
What happened from 1957 to 1975 when U.S. President John F. Kennedy challenged Americans to be the first to the moon?
July 17, 2010
Dallas Observer
Moon Day, On A Sunday
Last year, the anniversary was a big one: 40 years since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, and for Dallas's sizable network space industry alums, Moon Day was a reunion of sorts at Love Field's Frontiers of Flight Museum.
July 16, 2010
San Diego Union-Tribune
Space Society store shoots for the moon
Suppose you had a free week and wanted to get away from it all. To the moon, perhaps. Couldn't happen. Not just yet, anyway. But if you're just that kind of dreamer, we have a store for you.
July 13, 2010
Tulsa World
Tulsa to NASA: Come in, please
The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is continuing its fundraising efforts in hopes of landing a retiring space shuttle.
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