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Official in Apollo program dies at 80
Aug 31 2006 10:06PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rocco Petrone, who was director of launch operations at Kennedy Space Center in the 1960s and played a key role in the Apollo program that landed men on the moon, has died. He was 80.
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Montserrat volcano spews ash and steam
Aug 31 2006 9:49PM (CT)
OLVESTON, Montserrat (AP) - Montserrat's Soufriere Hills volcano blasted ash and steam into the air on Thursday, and authorities warned the Caribbean island could see heightened activity in coming days.
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Lockheed Martin wins NASA moon contract
Aug 31 2006 5:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA on Thursday gave a multibillion-dollar contract to build a manned lunar spaceship to Lockheed Martin Corp., the aerospace leader that usually builds unmanned rockets.
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USAF planes to check typhoon damage
Aug 31 2006 11:57AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The Air Force plans to fly planes over Wake Island after Typhoon Ioke passes, to see how much damage the storm inflicted on the mid-Pacific U.S. military refueling outpost.
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NASA to try to launch shuttle next week
Aug 31 2006 11:21AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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Russia postpones space-station launch
Aug 31 2006 9:00AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian space agency on Thursday postponed by four days its launch next month of a Soyuz capsule carrying an American who is the first female space tourist to the international space station, a spokesman said.
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Russia postpones launch to space station
Aug 31 2006 8:49AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian space agency on Thursday postponed by four days its launch next month of a Soyuz capsule carrying an American who is the first female space tourist to the international space station, a spokesman said.
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Mammoth $200M wind farm proposed in Iowa
Aug 31 2006 6:34AM (CT)
HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) - Northern Iowa could have one of the nation's largest wind farms by 2008. Iowa Winds LLC wants to build a 200- to 300-megawatt farm covering about 40,000 acres in Franklin County.
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