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Nichi Bei Weekly
January 16, 2018
If you enjoy eating ramen, this colorfully illustrated book might provide tasty reading. This book is the first in “The Asian Hall of Fame” series, which will highlight discoveries originating in Asia. A small red panda named Dao magically time travels to Japan with two children to teach them the history of ramenÃÂ ...
Canadian Jewish News (blog)
January 16, 2018
Jeffrey Hoffman was a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during Passover in April 1985. Hoffman asked if he could take matzah with him into space. He was told that it could flake and cause injuries or damage to the spacecraft's delicate equipment. So he went for something lessÃÂ ...
Davis Enterprise
January 10, 2018
That same album accompanied astronauts into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery. On Jan. 19, Anderson will celebrate the release of her newest album, “Eclipse,” which was inspired by her experience viewing and playing during last year's total solar eclipse. The 12 thematic songs are a blend ofÃÂ ...
Harrison Daily
January 5, 2018
It was Yogi Berra who gave us that unforgettable wisdom of the ages, "It ain't over 'till it's over." I'll tell you one man who believes that: John Glenn. He became an American hero in 1962 with his historic, manned, orbital flight around the earth. Then he went on to become a United States Senator. That shouldÃÂ ...
Houstonia Magazine
January 4, 2018
Astronaut Michael Barratt recorded from the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery to commemorate its final flight. “Some very interesting stuff has come in from listeners,” Lienhard says. Sometimes there's backlash to shows on topics like climate change, but Lienhard says the floodgates really openÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
December 31, 2017
A 60-meter replica of the space shuttle Discovery became the park's symbol after it was built on an unused lot at the Yawata steel works by Nippon Steel Corp. The steel-maker, one of the predecessors of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., set up the amusement park in an attempt to diversify amidÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 29, 2017
In 1984 the astronaut Bruce McCandless, who has died aged 80, took the world's breath away by becoming the first person to make an untethered spacewalk. Using a backpack equipped with nitrogen thrusters to move himself around, McCandless floated free in the void from the space shuttle ChallengerÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
December 22, 2017
This Feb. 7, 1984 photo made available by NASA shows astronaut Bruce McCandless II, participating in a spacewalk a few meters away from the cabin of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger, using a nitrogen-propelled Manned Maneuvering …more. NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the firstÃÂ ...
Digital Journal
December 31, 1999
Banded cirrus clouds running perpendicular to the jet stream—a telltale feature photographed by an astronaut aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. NASA. The North Atlantic Polar Jet Stream. Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the Earth's atmosphere. On Earth, the main jet streamsÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
November 15, 2017
Those experiences included work on the Hubble Space Telescope, which launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space ...
Orange County Breeze
November 14, 2017
1984 The Space Shuttle Discovery's crew rescues a second satellite. 1995 A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the USÂ ...
Business Insider
November 13, 2017
But in that moment, during the space shuttle Discovery's March 2001 expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), Hill just focused on the ...
Wichita Eagle
November 12, 2017
... were involved in construction work on the International Space Station during a 12-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2006.
NOLA.com
November 11, 2017
... Space Shuttle Discovery in 2006. Discovery delivered a crew member and more than two tons of equipment to the station during that mission.
The Japan Times
November 8, 2017
He flew to the ISS in the U.S. space shuttle Discovery in July 2005 and spent 163 days in space on another mission between December 2009Â ...
Japan Today
November 8, 2017
He flew to the ISS in the U.S. space shuttle Discovery in July 2005, and stayed in space for 163 days on another mission between December ...
Youngstown Vindicator
November 8, 2017
... power of Hubble, and the incredible images the telescope has captured since its launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1990.
Markets Insider
November 2, 2017
She returned to space onboard space shuttle Discovery in 1995 for STS-70 and helped to deploy a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. In 1998Â ...
Texas A&M The Battalion
October 30, 2017
I was never nervous, but when I did the [Discovery] space shuttle launch ... providing explanation and commentary of Space Shuttle Discovery's ...
Science News
October 17, 2017
KNOCK IT OFF An ice crystal that formed from venting fuel cells during the first flight of the space shuttle Discovery in 1984 grew so long it had ...
Slate Magazine
October 13, 2017
In front of a backdrop of the iconic Space Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Pence unveiled a brand new ...
Alabama NewsCenter
August 30, 2017
On this day in Alabama history: NASA successfully launched Discovery space shuttle Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. (second from right, front ...
WTOP
December 31, 1999
Space shuttle Discovery and its crew returned to Earth, concluding a 15-day space station build-and-repair mission. At the Country Music ...
Asahi Shimbun
September 23, 2017
The model of the "Discovery" shuttle is an enduring symbol of Space World, located in the city's Yahata-Higashi Ward. The park has been inÃÂ ...
icFlorida
September 20, 2017
... to space; she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993, just two years after the explosion of the shuttle Columbia.
Worcester Telegram
September 16, 2017
Two astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery went on the first untethered spacewalk in ten years. Ten years ago: Contractors for the U.S.ÃÂ ...
The Keene Sentinel
September 16, 2017
The ice-covered coastline of Greenland, seen during space shuttle Discovery's STS-85 mission. In a recent paper in the journal Nature,ÃÂ ...
TeamUSA.org
September 14, 2017
Two weeks after the Closing Ceremony, the Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage on Aug. 30 and six days later returnedÃÂ ...
SpaceFlight Insider
September 13, 2017
His first flight occurred in 2009 as part of the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission. Three years after that, he flew to space againÃÂ ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
September 11, 2017
... in 1955 with a degree in engineering. He was commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981 and the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985.
Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era
August 23, 2017
Bowen said he thought the 2010 flight would be his last, but the following year, a fellow astronaut preparing for the space shuttle Discovery'sÃÂ ...
Bangor Daily News
August 17, 2017
Capitol Hill staffers come out onto the steps to watch the space shuttle Discovery fly past the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 17,ÃÂ ...
Bangor Daily News
August 17, 2017
Capitol Hill staffers come out onto the steps to watch the space shuttle Discovery fly past the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 17,ÃÂ ...
News-Press Now
August 16, 2017
As a NASA mission specialist on space shuttle Discovery, Dr. Fisher carried Pony Express items, including a letter written by the Pony ExpressÃÂ ...
collectSPACE.com
August 8, 2017
At least one, introduced in 2003, was directly modeled on the real shuttle Discovery, though most — including the 3-in-1 Space Shuttle ExplorerÃÂ ...
TCPalm
August 7, 2017
... north of Fort Pierce in 1986 on Harbor Branch's successful mission for NASA to locate the remains of the doomed Space Shuttle Discovery.
St. Augustine Record
August 7, 2017
Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Pad 39A on Feb. 4, 2011, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Associated Press, file).
knopnews2
August 2, 2017
He returned to the International Space Station in April 2010 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on a resupply mission. Anderson retired fromÃÂ ...
CBS News
July 31, 2017
They flew together aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1998, when Glenn returned to orbit at the age of 77. "It was the greatest honor of myÃÂ ...
KRTV Great Falls News
July 26, 2017
December 9, 2006 - The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off, beginning a 12-day mission. The crew of seven continues construction on theÃÂ ...
KTVQ Billings News
July 26, 2017
December 9, 2006 - The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off, beginning a 12-day mission. The crew of seven continues construction on theÃÂ ...
KTVQ Billings News
July 22, 2017
February 3-11, 1995 - Exactly one year after a major cooperative flight with the Russians in STS-60, NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery, this timeÃÂ ...
Lincoln Journal Star
July 22, 2017
... spent five months at the International Space Station in 2007, returning there in 2010 on a resupply mission aboard space shuttle Discovery.
Newsweek
July 20, 2017
Earth is seen behind the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation in thisÃÂ ...
Wired.co.uk
October 24, 2016
Discovery (OV-103) wasn't the first shuttle to join the Orbiter fleet, but the rocket has been at the forefront of some of America's most importantÃÂ ...
Winston-Salem Journal
December 31, 1999
... the International Women's Media Foundation lifetime achievement award and Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
SCNow
December 31, 1999
The shuttle Discovery is housed at the Udvar-Hazy Center, the ... from tiny one-seaters to the space shuttle Discovery — and space artifacts.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
December 31, 1999
... in 1955 with a degree in engineering. He was commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981 and the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985.
Independent Online
December 31, 1999
Houston - Shuttle Discovery astronauts said goodbye to the International Space Station crew on Tuesday, ending a nine-day mission to deliverÃÂ ...
Independent Online
December 31, 1999
Eyharts will remain aboard the space station for an abbreviated two-month mission, replacing Tani, who arrived with the shuttle Discovery crewÃÂ ...
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