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First female space shuttle pilot to speak at UNCW on Monday

Eileen Collins was scheduled to command a NASA space shuttle flight in the spring of 2003.

Hollywood's Ground-Breaking Space Shuttle Mission (Video)

A dedicated team of filmmaker documented the historic arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in Los Angeles. Videos they captured are now playing at the California Science Center, and a feature documentary is planned.

hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 17 days ago)

VIDEO: Space Symposium big business for city, hotel

Staging the National Space Symposium each year in Colorado Springs isn’t nearly as complex as, say, sending a space shuttle into orbit. Still, the year-long preparation that goes into the annual, four-day symposium that began Monday at The...

gazette.com (1 month and 12 days ago)

PHOTOS: 10 Hidden Gems From Space Shuttle Endeavour

This story comes courtesy of Discover Los Angeles. NASA's Space Shuttle program, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the U.S. government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011. The Space Shuttle is the only winged manned spacecraft to have achieved orbit and land, and the only reusable space vehicle that has ever made multiple flights...

huffingtonpost.com (2 months ago)

PICS: Space Shuttle Wrapped In Plastic

Nasa's Space Shuttle Atlantis is apparently wrapped in plastic ahead of its June unveiling to the public. The Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be the shuttle's final resting place. The giant space plane will sit atop a huge set of steel struts, positioning the craft in a dramatic 43.21 degree lean, allowing visitors to get closer to the craft that ever before. Universe...

huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

Did 'Star Trek' Give Rise to the Space Shuttle?

'Star Trek Into Darkness' warped into theaters Thursday, May 16. Is there a link between Starfleet and NASA's shuttle fleet?

discovery.com (6 days ago)

10 Things You May Have Missed At The Endeavour Exhibit

huffingtonpost.com (2 months ago)

Snooki Meets Social Enterprise?

Reality TV and social enterprise. Seem like strange bed fellows. But there's a new incubator/accelerator/boot camp called VentureCamp trying to mix the two.

forbes.com (12 days ago)

City Room: A Huge Parking Bill, but It’s Also a Huge Space

The world’s largest yacht, the Eclipse, has been docked at a city-owned terminal since mid-February, at a charge of $2,000 a day.

nytimes.com (1 month and 19 days ago)

HotelsCombined.com: Exploring the Strangest Hotel Destinations in the World

By Jacqueline Lunn, HotelsCombined.com In a bid to capture the patronage of bored billionaires, the Russians plan to have a four-room hotel in space by 2016, 350 km (217 miles) outside of Earth's orbit. Despite initial estimates of a five-night stay in the hotel costing more than $150,000 (the trip alone on a space shuttle will set you back around $800,000), accommodation in...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 13 days ago)

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