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MIAMI, FL - APRIL 17: Coils of rope lie on the deck of El Galeón, a replica of a 16th century galleon, during Florida's commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon's arrival on the shores of Florida on April 17, 2013 in Miami, Florida. The boat will remain in Miami until April 28, after which it continues North along Florida's east coast and stops along the way in Fort Lauderdale, Cape Canaveral, and St. Augustine.
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We support Cudjoe Key Air Force Station, Fla., which uses the Tethered Aerostat Radar System’s moored balloons for drug interdictions missions to assist the drug enforcement administration ... We also support equipment utilized by Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to support National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, launch pads located on base.
It was particularly important for me to come to St. Louis because I was so inspired when I met Charles Lindbergh at Cape Canaveral during a launch of the Apollo when I was eleven years old
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NASA wants backyard astronomers to help track asteroids
Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that 6/18/13 from Reuters.co.uk Read more »
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U of R Alum is Now NASA Trainee
Cape Canaveral, Florida -- A University of Rochester alum who dreamt of going to space may just get the chance. Josh Cassada is one of eight people picked this week to be a NASA trainee. Six thousand people applied. The trainees could become the first Am 6/18/13 from 13WHAM-TV Read more »
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NASA selects eight new astronauts, half of them women
The NASA seal is shown at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Mark Wilson, Getty Images) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years. The space agency announced its newest astronaut class Mo from Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati Read more »
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FL Space Coast Zoning Board Split On Helicopter Tour Business
A business proposal presented to the Cape Canaveral Zoning and Planning Board will go to the City Council without a recommendation after the board split its votes at a meeting Wednesday night. Florida Biplanes and Helicopters hopes to expand its air tour from Aero-News.net Read more »
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Lawmakers tour Space Florida facilities
When the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, it created a void in space travel. This year $40 million of your tax dollars will be spent trying to fill that void. State lawmakers toured Space Florida facilities at Cape Canaveral on Friday and said your m from News4jax.com Jacksonville Read more »
