Debris prompts space station crew to seek shelter
March 24, 2012
| Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A passing piece of potentially dangerous space debris forced astronauts at the International Space Station to temporarily seek refuge in...
Space tourism set for takeoff by 2014, FAA says
March 20, 2012
| Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the...
1st commercial cargo run to space station April 30
March 19, 2012
| AP
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The International Space Station should be getting its first commercial cargo shipment in early May. Space Exploration Technologies Corp....
Show time for commercial spaceflight at hand
March 13, 2012
| Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The first privately owned passenger spaceship is on track for a test flight beyond the atmosphere this year, and nearly 500 people have...
Rocket lifts off with 3G military communications
February 27, 2012
| Reuters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying the first satellite in a new military...
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Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River. It is part of a region known as the Space Coast, and is the site of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Since many U.S. spacecraft are launched from both the station and the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, the terms "Cape Canaveral," "Canaveral" or even "The Cape" have become metonyms that refer to both as the launch site of...
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