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A crowd watches Thursday as ATK and NASA test a solid rocket motor at the ATK facility in Box Elder County. This test was the third, and possibly last, of a new generation of solid-fuel motors for space shuttles.

USU students on the cutting edge of rocket science

Last updated Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 11:30pm

PROMONTORY — Eight students from Utah State University were standing around ATK’s latest solid rocket booster motor Thursday morning, waiting for its test and comparing it to the smaller rocket they launched earlier this year.

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Report warns: Space missions injure astronauts, need more in corps

Mark K. Matthews Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 9:19pm

WASHINGTON — Like a veteran NFL team, NASA’s aging astronauts are piling up injuries — raising concern that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its 61-member corps will have enough healthy astronauts available for rigorous six-month shifts aboard the International Space Station, according to a new report.

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(Standard-Examiner file photo) Odyssey Elementary School in Ogden is the only school in Utah with a life-size space shuttle poking out over the front door.

Principal: Odyssey magnet school exceeds expectations, is out of this world

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:53am

OGDEN -- Odyssey Elementary Principal Dale Wilkinson shifted easily between Spanish and English as he discussed one child's work with his mother, congratulated a second for getting his testing done, and commiserated with a third who looked quite green and said he was sick in class. It is fortunate Wilkinson is bilingual.

Odyssey Elementary, built to be a magnet school for science education for students throughout the Ogden School District, has turned out to be primarily a community school in a part of Ogden that is mostly Hispanic.

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Edwin Roland Wallace

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, August 12, 2011 - 11:00pm

Capt. Edwin Roland Wallace SC, U.S. Navy (retired), died Thursday, August 11, 2011. Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, August 15, at St. Florence Catholic Church, 6461 E. Highway 39, Huntsville. Friends may visit family from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Rosary will be held at 8 p.m. Interment, Lindquist’s Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road, S. Ogden. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Columbia shuttle debris found in Texas lake

Stephen Ceasar Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 5:10pm

NASA officials confirmed Tuesday that debris revealed by the receding waters of a drought-stricken Texas lake is from the space shuttle Columbia.

The object was found by fishermen last week in Nacogdoches after severe drought in the state caused water levels at Lake Nacogdoches to drop, said Sgt. Greg Sowell of the Nacogdoches Police Department.

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Space station faces steady threat from orbiting space junk

Scott Powers The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Friday, July 29, 2011 - 2:27pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Now that the space shuttle is retired, NASA and space agencies around the world will focus on the International Space Station for the rest of this decade -- and cross their fingers that it lasts that long.

The station, with its crew of six international astronauts, orbits Earth at an altitude of about 220 miles, a neighborhood that is increasingly cluttered by space junk, mainly parts of old rockets and satellites that were either abandoned or destroyed in orbit.

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Space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, July 21, 2011. The landing of Atlantis brings the space shuttle program to an end. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Final space shuttle returns home

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 2:22pm

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The STS- 135 crew stand next space shuttle Atlantis shortly after landing at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Thursday, July 21, 2011. From right to left: commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley, and mission specialists Sandra Mangus and Rex Walheim. The landing of Atlantis marks the end of NASA's 30 year space shuttle program. (AP Photo/Scott Audette, Pool)

Space shuttle comes to 'final stop' after 30 years

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 11:44am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph Thursday, bringing an end to NASA's 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and tears.

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In an image made from NASA TV, the Atlantis is docked to the Internatonal Space Station early Tuesday July 18, 2011 with the Earth behind it. Atlantis is scheduled to undock Tuesday as the final space shuttle mission returns to Florida. (AP Photo/NASA)

Space shuttle leaves space station for last time

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 10:13am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A space shuttle left the International Space Station for the very last time Tuesday, heading home to end the 30-year run of a vessel that kept U.S. astronauts flying to and from orbit longer than any other rocketship.

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(PAT SULLIVAN/The Associated Press) Shuttle mission specialist Sandra Magnus (left) and commander Christopher Ferguson train in a shuttle flight simulator at Johnson Space Center in Houston in June.

Astronauts packing for home aboard ISS

Marcia Dunn The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:04am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The astronauts making NASA's last shuttle flight gave up their off-duty time Sunday and finished packing up their gigantic suitcase for the ride home.

The 10 space travelers cheered as they put the final items in Raffaello, the Italian-made cargo canister that's the size of a bus.

More than 5,600 pounds of old space station equipment, packing foam and other trash will return to Earth this week inside Raffaello. Everything is neatly packed and stacked, even if it is junk.

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In this image provided by NASA, Great Salt Lake serves as a striking visual marker for the STS-135 astronauts orbiting over North America in the space shuttle Atlantis on Saturday. A sharp line across the lake’s center is caused by the restriction in water flow from the railroad causeway. The eye-catching colors of the lake stem from the fact that Great Salt Lake is hypersaline, which means it’s typically three to five times saltier than the ocean.

A view worth its salt

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 10:48pm

In this image provided by NASA, Great Salt Lake serves as a striking visual marker for the STS-135 astronauts orbiting over North America in the space shuttle Atlantis on Saturday. A sharp line across the lake’s center is caused by the restriction in water flow from the railroad causeway. The eye-catching colors of the lake stem from the fact that Great Salt Lake is hypersaline, which means it’s typically three to five times saltier than the ocean. Atlantis is the last of NASA’s three remaining shuttles to be retired, as the space agency turns its focus on expeditions to an asteroid and Mars. It will remain at Kennedy Space Center upon its return and be put on public display.

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In this photo provided by NASA, space shuttle Atlantis and its payload is shown while in orbit Sunday, July 10, 2011. Seen at the rear of the cargo bay is the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, packed with supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station. Atlantis is delivering more than 4 tons of food, clothes and other space station provisions — an entire year's worth, in fact, to keep the complex going in the looming post-shuttle era. Atlantis' journey marks the final shuttle mission by NASA. (AP Photo/NASA)

Astronauts get busy with space station stockpiling

Marcia Dunn The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 11, 2011 - 9:52am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The astronauts on NASA's final space shuttle flight got cracking Monday on all their supply delivery work, successfully hoisting a giant trunk out of Atlantis and attaching it to the International Space Station.

The 21-foot canister holds more than 4 tons of food, clothes and other provisions -- enough to keep the orbiting outpost and its residents in business for at least another year.

Shuttle astronauts Sandra Magnus and Douglas Hurley used the space station's hulking robot arm to hoist the Italian-built chamber, named Raffaello, out of Atlantis' payload bay first thing Monday morning. They moved it into position on the station and bolted it down, accomplishing the job an hour ahead of schedule.

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Thousands gather in the surf and on the beach in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Friday to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on STS-135. It was NASA’s last shuttle to to thunder into orbit.

Shuttle lifts off for last flight

Marcia Dunn The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 8, 2011 - 11:47pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With a cry from its commander to "light this fire one more time," the last shuttle thundered into orbit Friday on a cargo run that will close out three decades of both triumph and tragedy for NASA and usher in a period of uncertainty for America's space program.

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The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA. (AP Photo/Tim Donnelly)

NASA's last space shuttle, Atlantis, launches

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 8, 2011 - 1:50pm

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NASA's last space shuttle blasts into history

Marcia Dunn The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 8, 2011 - 10:54am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis and four astronauts thundered into orbit Friday on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, writing the final chapter in a 30-year story of dazzling triumphs, shattering tragedy and, ultimately, unfulfilled expectations.

After days of gloomy forecasts full of rain and heavy cloud cover, the spaceship lifted off at 11:29 a.m. — just 2 1/2 minutes late — and embarked on the 135th shuttle mission. The crowd of spectators was estimated at nearly 1 million.

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