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NASA's Kennedy Space Center is located in Brevard County on Florida's east coast. KSC is one of 10 NASA centers and serves as America's Spaceport. Space shuttle launches are visible for miles around and draw thousands of visitors. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers tours, exhibits and even lunch with an astronaut.
NASA's Kennedy Space Center is located in Brevard County on Florida's east coast. KSC is one of 10 NASA centers and serves as America's Spaceport. Space shuttle launches are visible for miles around and draw thousands of visitors. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers tours, exhibits and even lunch with an astronaut.
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Could Deseret Ranch morph into a metro area larger than Orlando?
Sentinel Staff WriterA ranch next door to Orlando fences in 453 square miles, a spread four times larger than the city -- and nearly 1 percent of Florida. The ranch also ranks as the nation's top cattle producer, cradles the region's future water supply and spans three...Tags: Rivers, University of Central Florida, Beverage Industry, Rich Crotty, Orlando
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We think: Kosmas, Blythe, Putnam and Stearns would serve voters best
In a time of war and economic turmoil, the choice of a president could not be more important. But the success of the next resident of the White House may depend on the partners he has at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue in the U.S. Capitol. This is a...Tags: Cliff Stearns, Freddie Mac, Economic Policy, Lobbying, Pennsylvania
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NASA saves 1,900 jobs -- but it's not clear how
Sentinel Staff WritersNASA told Congress on Wednesday that fewer jobs than predicted will be lost at Kennedy Space Center when the space shuttle is retired, even as the question of jobs at Cape Canaveral heated up as a presidential-election issue. According to a new NASA...Tags: Employees, NASA, Space Programs, Bill Nelson, National Government
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NASA expects fewer job losses
Orlando SentinelNASA told Congress on Wednesday that fewer-than-predicted jobs will be lost at Kennedy Space Center when the space shuttle is retired, even as the question of jobs at Cape Canaveral heated up as a presidential election issue. According to a new NASA...Tags: Barack Obama, Cape Canaveral, NASA, John McCain, Contracts
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Axing shuttle won't end as many jobs as feared, NASA says
Sentinel Staff WritersNASA plans to tell Congress today that the retirement of the space shuttle in 2010 won't result in as many job losses as initially anticipated, according to congressional sources and documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. A rosier forecast would...Tags: Barack Obama, Cape Canaveral, NASA, John McCain, Space Programs
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Florida Institute of Technology professor gets a big bang out of Large Hadron Collider
Sentinel Staff WriterHaving probed the cosmos with the Hubble telescope, mapped human genetics and improved forecasts for weekend weather, scientists still aren't sure about their theory for the biggest unknown of all. How does anything exist? Look for answers in your...Tags: New York, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Applied Science, Genetics, Applied Physics
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We think: The space agency deserved a waiver and more money from Congress
NASA dodged a meteor this past week when Congress granted the agency permission for U.S. astronauts to fly to the international space station aboard Russian spacecraft. Without that waiver, astronauts might have been grounded for years after the space...Tags: Mike Griffin, NASA, Dave Weldon, Space Programs, Florida
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Boca man active with Archer Disability Foundation
Special CorrespondentName: Pat Robert Archer, 35 Residence: Boca Raton Birthplace: Southfield, Mich. Career: Employed by Publix Super Markets and working toward earning a GED Family: Mother, Rose Lee Archer Cause: The Archer Disability Foundation, a community outreach...Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Boca Raton, Publix Super Markets Incorporated
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After surviving shuttle blast and fall from space, Israeli astronaut's diary goes on display
Associated Press WriterJERUSALEM (AP) _ Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first time in Jerusalem. The diary belonged to Ilan Ramon, Israel's...Tags: Explosions, NASA, Space Programs, Yitzhak Rabin, Rocketry
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Hubble glitch halts daring fix-it mission
Sentinel Space EditorNASA on Monday announced it is delaying its long-awaited mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because a vital computer-system unit broke down on the orbiting observatory. Space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to blast off from Kennedy...Tags: Cape Canaveral, NASA, Tropical Storms, Space Programs
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Timeline: The History of NASA
Sentinel StaffIn the beginning, there were heroes. John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and others embraced a clear and perilous mission: to land a man on the moon within a decade. The president challenged them. The country cheered them. And the world rejoiced that...Tags: George Bush, NASA, Natural Disasters, Armed Forces, Space Programs
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