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Holidaychatter – Shuttle Shuffle: One Heading Home, Another Ready To Go

TravelFan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:42:54 +0000

Discovery To Land Saturday; Atlantis Moves To Launch Pad Tuesday Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 31… three days after its sister ship Discovery is scheduled to land at KSC following completion of its STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.

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2009-03-27 20:42:54

Holidaychatter – Gulfstream Brings Back Price-Matching On Parts Through July

webguysi — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:27:35 +0000

‘Meet The Quote’ Valid On Most Popular Exchange Components Gulfstream Aerospace recently reinstituted its “Meet the Quote” spare parts price-matching program, which was initially launched in March 2004.

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2009-03-26 11:27:35

Holidaychatter – Station/Shuttle Steers Clear Of Debris

TravelFan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:36:15 +0000

The two big spacecraft lowered their orbit to evade a threatening piece of Chinese space junk passing by March 23.

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2009-03-23 16:36:15

Holidaychatter – Republic Takes 50% Stake In Mokulele

Undercover — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:06:43 +0000

Republic Airways Holdings is taking a 50% stake in Mokulele and is putting an executive in charge.

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2009-03-23 14:06:43

Holidaychatter – Boeing Begins Work On DARPA DiscRotor

johnegg — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:35:49 +0000

The Convertiplane concept promises helicopter-like hover efficiency, speeds in excess of 350 knots in fixed-wing mode

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2009-03-23 13:35:49

Holidaychatter – NASA Debuts Unique Movie About ‘Frozen’ Earth

CruiseFan — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:01:52 +0000

Part Of ‘Science On A Sphere’ Project NASA has created a unique “spherical” movie about Earth’s changing ice and snow cover as captured by NASA spacecraft. “Frozen,” a 12-minute, narrated film, premieres at science centers and museums March 27.

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2009-03-21 13:01:52

Holidaychatter – Atlas V Rolling Back From Pad After Scrub

Undercover — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:27:27 +0000

United Launch Alliance acts after upper-stage liquid oxygen leak resulted in scrub of a planned Tuesday, March 17 launch.

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2009-03-18 19:27:27

Holidaychatter – Discovery To Dock With Space Station

webguysi — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:21:30 +0000

The docking is set for March 17 after inspection of the orbiter’s thermal protection system found no obvious damage.

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2009-03-17 15:21:30

Holidaychatter – One For The Breakers

johnegg — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:54:11 +0000

The US Airways A320 that landed in the Hudson River won’t be repaired, but it could have been if…

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Holidaychatter – Lufthansa Considers Reduced Work Week

CruiseFan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:56:50 +0000

Lufthansa is considering reducing work hours for some Germany-based staff in order to offset a sharp drop in demand.

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2009-03-17 13:56:50