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Fla. athlete surgery center courts space tourists - Miami Herald


GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Olympians, NFL stars and golf legends often turn to renowned sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews to restore their otherworldly skills after being injured. Now Andrews, who has operated on athletes from Michael Jordan to Jack ...


4 Dec 2008

Space rock chunks draw busy crowds to quiet Alberta farm - Calgary Sun


Crowd control isn’t typically part of the farming life, save for homesteads rocketed by, literally, a meteoric rise to fame. Such is the case for Ian Mitchell, whose farm was inundated with meteorite hunters after fragments of a 10-tonne space rock ...


4 Dec 2008

Teddy bears blast off into space - Ananova


Four teddies have taken a giant leap for bear-kind after being blasted to the edge of space by university boffins. The cuddly toys were attached to a helium balloon and launched 30,000-metres into the atmosphere from Churchill College in Cambridge ...


4 Dec 2008

ATK and NASA Conduct Successful Test Fire of Space Shuttle Reusable ... - MSN MoneyCentral


MINNEAPOLIS , Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Utah desert was filled with the sound of a rocket as Alliant Techsystems ATK once again conducted a successful test firing of NASA's reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM). Data collected during the test ...


4 Dec 2008

Brazil flood victims begin returning home - MSNBC


SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian authorities said tens of thousands of flood victims have begun returning home in southern Brazil. Civil defense officials in the hard-hit southern state of Santa Catarina said more than half of 80,000 people have ...


4 Dec 2008

LeBron not distracted by New York talk - NBC Sports


Cleveland Cavaliers fans hold up signs about their star player LeBron James before the game with the Knicks on Wednesday. Nov. 21: NBA legend Magic Johnson discusses his transformation from athlete to empire-building businessman with MSNBC’s Willie ...


4 Dec 2008

Space agency aims for May 12 launch of space shuttle to refurbish, upgrade Hubble telescope (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)


YAHOO - Space agency aims for May 12 launch of space shuttle to refurbish, upgrade Hubble telescope (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)WASHINGTON - NASA has set a May date for its space shuttle mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time.


4 Dec 2008

Space shuttle lands smoothly in California (Canada.com)


YAHOO - Space shuttle lands smoothly in California (Canada.com)The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sunday, returning to Earth from a mission to expand and renovate the International Space Station.


4 Dec 2008

Out of this world: British teddy bears strapped to helium weather balloon reach the edge of space (Daily Mail: World News)


YAHOO - Out of this world: British teddy bears strapped to helium weather balloon reach the edge of space (Daily Mail: World News)It's not often that Britain can claim a win in the space race. But these teddy bears drifting nearly 20 miles above Earth have become the first soft toys at such an altitude.


4 Dec 2008

Space shuttle lands smoothly in California (Ottawa Citizen)


YAHOO - Space shuttle lands smoothly in California (Ottawa Citizen)Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour wrapped up a 16-day mission to prepare the International Space Station for its first six-member crew with a flawless touchdown at NASA’s backup landing site in California.


4 Dec 2008

Giant step for teddies as Britain rejoins space race (Times Online)


YAHOO - Giant step for teddies as Britain rejoins space race (Times Online)Britain’s space programme may have been in the doldrums since the disappearance of the Mars probe Beagle 2, but we are back in the race thanks to some soft-toy astronauts.


4 Dec 2008

China to send scientists into space (Boston Herald)


YAHOO - China to send scientists into space (Boston Herald)BEIJING - China's military-backed space program will send scientists on future manned missions as its demand for technical expertise rises, state media reported Friday. Plans...


4 Dec 2008

The Space Between, Short Story Fiction About Bridges by John Law ...


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4 Dec 2008

Is NATO Expansion Into The Former Soviet Space Dead?


GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable military news and military information, directed by John Pike.


4 Dec 2008

Iran to Launch Animals to Space | Universe Today


Iran is planning to launch animals into space. According to Mohammed Ebrahimi from Iran's Aerospace Research Institute, in the near future, the Kavoshgar-3.


4 Dec 2008

From Space Plants to Space Beer! WOOHOO! | Science Not Fiction ...


Space Flight | There's a saying among marine biologists I know: Never study anything you can't eat. It's a good rule of thumb, and one that leads to lobster and mussel dinners.


4 Dec 2008

Photos of teddy bears in space - Odd News | newslite.tv


Photos of teddy bears in space. December 4, 2008 6:17 PM. 200x190.jpg. It was one small step for bears, but a giant leap for teddy-kind when four teddies were blasted to the edge of space. The furry toys were launched 30000-metres into ...


4 Dec 2008

Teddy bears blast off into space - Liverpool Echo.co.uk


Four teddies have taken a giant leap for bear-kind after being blasted to the edge of space by university boffins.


4 Dec 2008