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Launch of Air Force's Secret X-37B Space Plane Delayed a Day by Bad Weather Space.com by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Bad weather in Florida thwarted the US Air Force's attempts to launch its latest secret X-37B space plane Friday (March 4), forcing a one-day delay for the robotic reusable mini-shuttle. ... See all stories on this topic » Space.com

Shuttle Discovery's crew: a moment to reflect amid rush to complete tasks Christian Science Monitor Tackling their final chores before departing the International Space Station on Monday, shuttle Discovery crew members acknowledge with some sadness that the mission is the orbiter's last. Crew members of the space shuttle Discovery and the ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Early Space Shuttle Flights Riskier Than Estimated NPR A retrospective risk analysis by the Space Shuttle Safety and Mission Assurance Office finds that the first nine shuttle flights had a 1 in 9 chance of catastrophic failure — 10 times the risk of flights today. Teri Hamlin and Mike Canga of NASA's ... See all stories on this topic »

Parsippany astronaut Garrett Reisman leaves NASA Dailyrecord.com DAILY RECORD 2010 FILE PHOTO Garrett Reisman may be leaving the space agency. But he's not leaving the space program. Reisman, a 43-year-old astronaut who grew up in Parsippany and flew twice on the space shuttle, has left NASA, it was announced Friday ... See all stories on this topic »

Grow more vegetables in less space Seattle Times How to make the most of garden space with close crops. Some tips even work for small container gardens. s By DEAN FOSDICK The Associated Press AP Photo/Dean Fosdick Close cropping is a cheap and easy way to boost yields from small plots. ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA's Bolden defends Earth science UPI.com Astronaut Nicholas Patrick participates in the mission's third and final spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station on February 17, 2010. During the spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Robert Behnken completed ... See all stories on this topic »

Open-space conservationists meet first 1000-acre goal Chicago Sun-Times GRAYSLAKE — Lake County's alliance of open-space advocates say they reached their first-year goal in the drive to preserve 1000 acres annually for the next 20 years. According to the Liberty Prairie Conservancy, in 2010, protected open space in Lake ... See all stories on this topic »

In the Nation | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-03-04 Philadelphia Inquirer The 12 astronauts on the orbiting station-shuttle complex had to explain to a higher authority Thursday why they hadn't yet unpacked R2, the first humanoid robot in space. In a call from the Oval Office, President Obama congratulated the crews of the ... See all stories on this topic »

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