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Mercury Seven Survivors Say Goodbye To One Of Their Own

At the height of the space race, as the US and USSR competed for all sorts of world records, Gordon Cooper had fishing on his mind.

It's Where And How Fast That Are The Variables

by ANN Senior Correspondent Kevin "Hognose" O'Brien NASA's stalled manned space program now has a new rival in efficiency: unmanned probes that were assembled wrong by Lockheed Martin (Genesis), boosters where measurements were programmed in English instead of metric units by Lockheed Martin (Mars Climate Orbiter), or got slam-dunked a yard (which is a little less than a meter) by careless goons at -- take a guess -- Lockheed Martin (NOAA Prime-2).

Deep Impact Arrives In Florida To Prepare For Launch

Set To Go Comet-Hunting December 30th

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has arrived in Florida to begin final preparations for a launch on December 30th. The spacecraft was shipped from Ball Aerospace & Technologies in Boulder (CO), to the Astrotech Space Operations facility located near the Kennedy Space Center.

NASA To Host Educator Workshop At Marshall

Firming Up The Connection Between Exploration And Education

Thirty educators who applied in 2003-2004 to join NASA's Astronaut Corps will visit NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville (AL) Oct. 22-24, to participate in a workshop celebrating the unique connection between space exploration and the American classroom.