Sep 22nd, 2012 at 5:00PM:
This Photo of the Day, "Endeavour in SF - see you in LA!" comes from Gadling Flickr pool member jrodmanjr and is taken with a Canon EOS 7D.
In 19 years of service, Endeavour went on 25 missions, carried 133 astronauts, spent 299 days in space and traveled 122,883,151 miles. Captured here by jrodmanjr is the shuttle's last journey, which began Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: Endeavour In San Francisco
Sep 22nd, 2012 at 5:00PM:
This Photo of the Day, "Endeavour in SF - see you in LA!" comes from Gadling Flickr pool member jrodmanjr and is taken with a Canon EOS 7D.
In 19 years of service, Endeavour went on 25 missions, carried 133 astronauts, spent 299 days in space and traveled 122,883,151 miles. Captured here by jrodmanjr is the shuttle's last journey, which began Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and ...Space Center Adds Up-Close Tours
Jul 21st, 2012 at 4:00PM:
While Kennedy Space Center will not be launching space shuttles anymore, the 39-acre complex in Florida has not shut down for lack of anything to do. In addition to ongoing space programs, travelers visiting the Space Coast of Florida have some new options with up-close tours, some that were never before possible in the 50 year history of the facility.
"You're going to be close to where ...From the Gadling Archives: Travel smarter in 1982
Mar 24th, 2012 at 10:00AM: The following post was uncovered while we were researching our Travel Smarter 2012 series. Deep in our archives, we discovered this article, titled "Travel smarter in 1982," which was published in the spring 1982 edition of "The Illustrated Gadling Quarterly." We are republishing it here as a reminder that, though a great deal has changed in 30 years, travel is still pretty tubular. We have ...The Final Shuttle Launch and the Future of the Space Coast
Jul 27th, 2011 at 8:00AM:
About 12 hours before STS-135 was set to blast off for low Earth orbit, my friend Rob and I were driving toward Titusville, Florida with a car full of camping supplies and our fingers crossed. The weather was foul, and the chances of a launch were just 30 percent. But we were in Central Florida to see a blast off, and so to the Space Coast we were headed. ...Second-to-last Space Shuttle launch is big tourism draw
Apr 28th, 2011 at 8:30AM:
Tomorrow's launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour has turned into a major tourist event, the Associated Press reports. NASA estimates half a million people will show up for their second-to-last chance to see a shuttle launch. Other estimates vary from 250,000 to a whopping 700,000. That could rival the crowds that came to see the first Moon mission.
Hotels are sold out and homeowners near ...Space shuttle workers may have short trip to new jobs
Apr 24th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
When the U.S. space shuttle program finally shuts down and the final launch is complete, space workers are going to need a job and they may not have to travel far to find one. Some may end up working in a related field, maybe building the next generation of flight vehicles with a private contractor. But for many workers at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the future had been uncertain at best ...The Kennedy Space Center outlines new plans for a space shuttle exhibit
Dec 19th, 2010 at 10:00AM:
With the NASA's Space Shuttle Program coming to a close, there are a number of museums scrambling to get a retired shuttle. In hopes to be selected, NASA's Kennedy Space Center has designed new plans for their Visitor Complex. The centerpiece of the plans is a $100 million retired space shuttle exhibit. The overarching goal of the plans is to show guests the connection between NASA and their ...NASA red-faced after Space Shuttle hangar cocaine find
Jan 16th, 2010 at 10:30AM: Finding contraband is usually reserved for the airport, but this week, NASA is dealing with its own aviation incident. NASA officials are scrambling to discover the source of a small bag of cocaine found in a Space Shuttle hangar.
The bag was found by one of the 200 people holding a permit to be inside the area, which obviously narrows down the number of people on the list of suspects.
The ...Watch the shuttle launch!
Jan 17th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Space Shuttle Discovery will leave the Earth behind on February 12, 2009. If you want to be there to witness it, pick some tickets for the launch. Guests will be able to watch the commencement of mission STS-119 from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, which is as close as you can get. This mission will take the shuttle from Florida (and you, if you're at the visitor complex) to the ...John F. Kennedy's Birthday and Locations with his Name
May 29th, 2007 at 11:43PM: I was looking through my calendar to see what events I may have missed in May. Here's one I caught just in time. Today is John F. Kennedy's birthday. Born May 29, 1917 he became the 35th US president in 1961. This would be his 90th birthday if he were still alive.
In honor of the occassion, here's a list of just some of the places you can go that are named after him. From an airport to a highway ...
