NEWSTALK 860 » space shuttle http://ksfa860.com Wed, 22 May 2013 18:02:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Hutchison Says NASA Must Announce Design For New Space Launch System http://ksfa860.com/hutchison-says-nasa-must-announce-design-for-new-space-launch-system/ http://ksfa860.com/hutchison-says-nasa-must-announce-design-for-new-space-launch-system/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:52:27 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=9617 Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, is calling on NASA to announce the design for the next generation Space Launch System, or SLS, before more jobs are lost.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/hutchison-says-nasa-must-announce-design-for-new-space-launch-system/feed/ 0 via U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison End of an Era For America's Space Program http://ksfa860.com/end-of-an-era-for-americas-space-programatlantis-made-the-perfect-landing-as-dawn-broke-this-morning-gliding-down-on-to-the-tarmac-at-kennedy-space-center-cape-canaveral-to-bring-to-an-end-30-yea/ http://ksfa860.com/end-of-an-era-for-americas-space-programatlantis-made-the-perfect-landing-as-dawn-broke-this-morning-gliding-down-on-to-the-tarmac-at-kennedy-space-center-cape-canaveral-to-bring-to-an-end-30-yea/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:48:36 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=7511 There was stark symbolism in the night time landing of the space shuttle Atlantis early today in Florida.  As Atlantis came down in the darkness, ending 30 years of shuttle missions, the entire American space program also went into the dark.  No one can say for sure when the sun will rise on it again.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/end-of-an-era-for-americas-space-programatlantis-made-the-perfect-landing-as-dawn-broke-this-morning-gliding-down-on-to-the-tarmac-at-kennedy-space-center-cape-canaveral-to-bring-to-an-end-30-yea/feed/ 0 Win McNamee, Getty Images Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off for Final Mission [PHOTOS] http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-atlantis-lifts-off-for-final-mission-photos/ http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-atlantis-lifts-off-for-final-mission-photos/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:13:59 +0000 Andree Valentine http://ksfa860.com/?p=6841 The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission Friday morning.

Thousands gathered to watch the blast off, the final of the 30-year-old shuttle program, CNN reported.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-atlantis-lifts-off-for-final-mission-photos/feed/ 0 Astronaut Mark Kelly Awaits Docs' OK for Wife to See Shuttle Launch http://ksfa860.com/astronaut-mark-kelly-awaits-docs-ok-for-wife-to-see-space-shuttle-launch/ http://ksfa860.com/astronaut-mark-kelly-awaits-docs-ok-for-wife-to-see-space-shuttle-launch/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:33:42 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=3283 Astronaut Mark Kelly says he's still waiting for his wife's doctors to decide if she's well enough to travel to Florida to watch his launch in the Space Shuttle Endeavour three weeks from now.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/astronaut-mark-kelly-awaits-docs-ok-for-wife-to-see-space-shuttle-launch/feed/ 0 Eric Kayne, Getty Images Politics Could Kill Houston's Chances of Getting a Retired Space Shuttle http://ksfa860.com/will-houston-get-a-space-shuttle-maybe-maybe-not/ http://ksfa860.com/will-houston-get-a-space-shuttle-maybe-maybe-not/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:16:29 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=2875 NASA is getting ready to retire its fleet of Space Shuttle orbiters, and cities all over the country are stepping up their political and public relations efforts to get one of them to put on public display.  Houston may or may not get one of them.  Politics could keep it from happening.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/will-houston-get-a-space-shuttle-maybe-maybe-not/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Last Mission. What's Next for Space Program? http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-discovery-flies-last-mission-what-now/ http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-discovery-flies-last-mission-what-now/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:31:43 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=2527 The space shuttle Discovery has flown its last mission, but it's not going to disappear into a storage hangar anywhere.  NASA says Discovery will go to a very public place where it will be on display for years to come.

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