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Professor, wife indicted on fraud, money charges

AP News 8 days ago

University of Florida professor, wife indicted on wire fraud and money laundering charges A University of Florida professor and his wife have been arrested and accused of receiving fraudulent government contracts from NASA and other government agencies and moving the funds to ...

Prof, wife accused of receiving bogus contracts

AP News 8 days ago

Fla. professor, wife accused of receiving $3.7M in bogus contracts from NASA, other agencies A University of Florida professor and his wife are accused in a federal indictment of receiving some $3.7 million in bogus contracts from NASA and other government agencies. ...

NASA set for Atlantis launch November 16

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

NASA has given the green light for the space shuttle Atlantis mission to launch on November 16 carrying six astronauts to the International Space Station. Liftoff is set for 2:28 pm (1928 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida, ...

NASA rocket launch advances Moon mission dream

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

NASA successfully launched the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020. The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket in the world, blasted off at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) from Cape Canaveral ...

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

AP News 9 days ago

Russian space chief says future nuclear spaceship could fly humans to Mars, other planets Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday. Anatoly Perminov first proposed building the ...

Lift-off for new NASA rocket

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

NASA took a major step forward Wednesday in its plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 with the successful launch of a next generation space rocket. After several delays, the Ares I-X, the tallest rocket ever built, blasted off at ...

Second Attempt Successful For NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Launch

Getty Images 10 days ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - OCTOBER 28: NASA Ares I-X mission managers watch as NASA's Ares I-X rocket launches from pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center October 28, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA has designed the Ares to be the replacement ...

NASA successfully tests new tall moon rocket

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 10 days ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned NASA rocket designed to help develop a new space taxi service to the moon streaked through the sky on Wednesday on a successful two-minute test flight. The 327-foot (100-meter) Ares 1-X rocket, the world's tallest, ...

APTOPIX Moon Rocket Test

AP News 10 days ago

In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 photo provided by NASA, NASA Ares I-X mission managers watch as NASA's Ares I-X rocket launches from pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The flight test will provide NASA with an ...

NASA launches world's tallest rocket

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

NASA launched Wednesday a new rocket it hopes will one day return astronauts to the Moon on a two-minute test flight. The Ares I-X rocket blasted off at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida after a series of delays ...

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