<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kennedy Space Center: News &amp; Videos about Kennedy Space Center - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kennedy_Space_Center</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kennedy Space Center from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:05:09 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Kennedy Space Center: News &amp; Videos about Kennedy Space Center - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kennedy_Space_Center</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kennedy Space Center from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Atlantis blasts off towards space 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EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discovery launch put off until late Friday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/08/28/space.shuttle.delay/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/08/28/space.shuttle.delay/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NASA has reset the launch of space shuttle Discovery for just before midnight Friday after engineers determined a hydrogen fuel valve that raised concerns earlier this week was working properly.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/31/space.shuttle.endeavour/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/31/space.shuttle.endeavour/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour returned to earth on Friday morning after spending 16 days in space.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuttle launch scrubbed for second straight day</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/12/space.shuttle.endeavour/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/12/space.shuttle.endeavour/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NASA on Sunday postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for the second straight day due to concerns over weather.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Space shuttle launch scrubbed again over gas leak</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/06/17/space.shuttle.launch/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/06/17/space.shuttle.launch/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour early Wednesday because of a liquid hydrogen leak.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>California landing ends shuttle's Hubble trip</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/05/24/space.shuttle.return/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/05/24/space.shuttle.return/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Space shuttle Atlantis landed Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base after rainy weather in Florida precluded a landing at Kennedy Space Center.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 17:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA looks to Sunday shuttle landing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/23/space.shuttle.return/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/23/space.shuttle.return/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NASA postponed the landing of space shuttle Atlantis until Sunday because of weather concerns.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Space shuttle suffered 'minor' damage at 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The employees working on the shuttle fleet speak their own language -- a language made up of acronyms.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>To boldly grow where no one has grown before</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/20/ceac.wheeler/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/20/ceac.wheeler/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Neil Armstrong took one small step onto the moon in 1969, it seemed only a matter of time before the advent of thriving space colonies and summer vacations on distant planets. But after an initial flurry of moon landings, manned lunar expeditions dwindled: the last time an astronaut left his footprints on the moon was in 1972.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuttle Endeavour lands at California air base</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/30/space.shuttle/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/30/space.shuttle/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Sunday afternoon at California's Edwards Air Force Base after NASA waved off two opportunities for a Florida landing because of poor weather.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Endeavour on its way to space station</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/14/shuttle.endeavor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/14/shuttle.endeavor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Riding a brilliant tower of flame into the night sky, the space shuttle Endeavour left Earth on Friday, carrying seven astronauts on a 15-day mission to the international space station.</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mission to fix Hubble Telescope postponed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/31/hubble.delayed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/31/hubble.delayed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NASA's plans to fly a fifth and final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope have suffered another set-back.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Job Cuts Loom For Space Program?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1727630,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1727630,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More than 8,000 NASA contractor jobs in the nation's manned space program could be eliminated after the space shuttle program is shut down in 2010, the agency said Tuesday</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Student News One-Sheet: Space Shuttle Facts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/07/one.sheet.space.shuttle/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/07/one.sheet.space.shuttle/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Use this explainer to help students understand the history of the space shuttle program, a topic relevant to current news.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Florida probes how small mishaps caused massive outages</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/27/florida.power/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/27/florida.power/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Florida authorities are investigating how a small fire and a switch failure at an electrical substation outside Miami triggered a power failure that affected millions of people.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>On-the-fritz sensor grounds Atlantis until next year</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/09/space.shuttle/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/09/space.shuttle/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NASA scrubbed space shuttle Atlantis' planned Sunday launch after a cut-off sensor designed to gauge the fuel level of the external liquid hydrogen tank failed another test, a space agency spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Space shuttle launch delayed until Sunday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/07/shuttle.launch/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/07/shuttle.launch/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>NASA mission managers decided Friday to push the space shuttle Atlantis' scheduled Saturday launch to Sunday afternoon.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Newsquiz: Week of November 5</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/11/08/sn.newsquiz/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/11/08/sn.newsquiz/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Where in the world? -- You've heard many different places mentioned this week on CNN Student News. Show you know your news by identifying the place described in each clue. 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NASA said it will try again Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuttle team shoos away vultures</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/30/shuttle.vultures/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/30/shuttle.vultures/index.html</guid><description>Vultures and space shuttles do not fly together well.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>July 1 set as date for shuttle launch</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/17/shuttle.launch/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/17/shuttle.launch/index.html</guid><description>NASA managers have set July 1 as the date the space shuttle Discovery will rocket into space, the agency's first manned space flight in nearly a year.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA: No 'show-stoppers' for launch</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/05/31/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/05/31/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>The space shuttle Discovery is all but ready for launch in July, NASA officials said Wednesday following a review of the hazards posed by falling foam during liftoff.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 19:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA aiming for May launch window</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/28/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/28/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>NASA officials are hoping that the launch of the shuttle Discovery can take place in May, but still-vexing problems with foam breaking away during launch have not been resolved.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: 'Moment I'll never forget'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/01/28/feedback.challenger/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/01/28/feedback.challenger/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked readers to share their most vivid memories of the day of the Challenger disaster. That day, millions watching the shuttle take off realized, at the same moment, something had gone terribly wrong. Here is a sampling of those responses, some of which have been edited:</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Remembering Challenger</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/01/27/challengers.emails/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/01/27/challengers.emails/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com users share their memories and experiences from the day of the Challenger tragedy, January 28, 1986.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Discovery returns home to Florida</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/21/discovery/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/21/discovery/index.html</guid><description>Space shuttle Discovery returned to Florida's Kennedy Space Center atop a NASA 747 on Sunday, 12 days after it was detoured from Earth orbit to California.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discovery flying back to Florida</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/19/shuttle.return/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/19/shuttle.return/index.html</guid><description>The space shuttle Discovery took off again on Friday on the first leg of its flight back to Florida.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Then &amp;amp; Now: Grace Corrigan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/08/15/cnn25.grace.corrigan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/08/15/cnn25.grace.corrigan/index.html</guid><description>In 1986, Grace Corrigan watched along with the rest of the stricken nation as the space shuttle Challenger, carrying her daughter, Christa McAuliffe, and six other crew members, exploded in the blue skies over Cape Canaveral, Florida. Today, Corrigan keeps her daughter's dream of being the first teacher in space alive through her work at the McAuliffe Center.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Space Shuttle Facts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/11/extra.space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/11/extra.space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>Use this explainer to help students understand the history of the space shuttle program, a topic relevant to current news.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Discovery is home'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/09/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/09/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>The space shuttle Discovery touched down Tuesday morning, completing NASA's first shuttle mission since Columbia broke apart during re-entry in February 2003.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discovery undocks, heads for home</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/06/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/06/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the international space station early Saturday, the first step in its journey back to Earth.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2005 08:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discovery crew packs up to leave station</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/05/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/05/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>Discovery astronauts prepared to leave the international space station Friday as they began to wrap up work in advance of next week's return to Earth.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 13:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Small plane enters shuttle no-fly zone</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/28/shuttle.plane/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/28/shuttle.plane/index.html</guid><description>The pilot of a small plane that penetrated the no-fly zone around Kennedy Space Center shortly before the space shuttle's launch Tuesday disappeared after being forced to land, Air Force officials said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuttle launch delayed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/15/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/15/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>The first space shuttle launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster will not take place until late this week at the earliest, NASA spokesman Mike Rein said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Space fans gather to celebrate Discovery launch</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/13/discovery.fans/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/13/discovery.fans/index.html</guid><description>Thousands of space junkies from all over the nation are here to witness the launch of the shuttle Discovery.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discovering the men and women of Discovery</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/11/shuttle.crew/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/11/shuttle.crew/index.html</guid><description>They are parents, as well as sons and daughters; triathletes, nature-lovers and rock 'n' rollers; pilots, scholars and engineers; seasoned space explorers and first-timers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Panel: NASA falls short on safety points</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/27/discovery.launch/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/27/discovery.launch/index.html</guid><description>A panel chartered to oversee NASA's return-to-flight program said Monday the agency failed to fully meet three of the 15 return-to-flight recommendations laid out after the Columbia accident.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA on track for July launch of space shuttle Discovery</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/25/discovery.launch/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/25/discovery.launch/index.html</guid><description>NASA is a step closer to a July launch of space shuttle Discovery on the agency's maiden return-to-flight mission -- the first since Columbia broke up upon re-entry in 2003, shuttle program managers said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2005 07:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA: Shuttle's retirement may affect ISS construction</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/12/space.station/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/12/space.station/index.html</guid><description>NASA's looming deadline to retire its space shuttle fleet by 2010 may complicate plans to complete the international space station (ISS), according to the agency's top official.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mixing up the family vacation</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/25/pf/saving/willis_tips/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/25/pf/saving/willis_tips/index.htm</guid><description>So you're snoring bored with the same old family vacation. Jumping in the car, heading to the usual old Alabama beach or Tahoe cabin.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA hoping for May 15 shuttle launch</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/03/22/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/03/22/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>Managers of the space shuttle Discovery said Tuesday they are leaving the door open for a slide in the scheduled May 15 "return to flight" launch, though NASA continues to work toward that date in the wake of the 2003 Columbia disaster.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuttle commander confident in mission's safety</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/24/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/24/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>Discovery commander Eileen Collins says the next shuttle mission will set a new standard for safety.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NASA plans Discovery launch May 15 </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/18/space.shuttle/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/18/space.shuttle/index.html</guid><description>More than two years after losing the space shuttle Columbia and its seven crew, NASA said Friday it has set May 15 as its target date for once again launching shuttles into space.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuttle return to flight delayed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/02/shuttle.delay/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/02/shuttle.delay/index.html</guid><description>Blaming the busy hurricane season, NASA announced Friday that it will delay the space shuttle's return to space from March or April to a launch in May or July.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2004 04:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Frances tears panels from NASA shuttle hangar</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/06/nasa.frances.cnn/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/06/nasa.frances.cnn/index.html</guid><description>NASA managers worried Monday about the prospect of Hurricane Ivan after Hurricane Frances ripped about 1,000 4-by-10-foot aluminum panels off one side of its massive Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Center director Jim Kennedy said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Daily Blog Roundup: Monday, July 26, 2004</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/27/mon.blog.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/27/mon.blog.roundup/index.html</guid><description>This year, for the first time, webloggers were credentialed to cover a national political convention. In addition to the bloggers posting from Boston at the Democratic National Convention, there were dozens of other voices -- on all sides of the political spectrum -- blogging on what they heard and saw in Boston.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2004 06:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Best Places To Vacation Secluded beaches, fabulous skiing, a desert retreat, estates from the Gilded Age art new and old, space </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/11/01/352264/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/11/01/352264/index.htm</guid><description>WHAT'S THAT CREAKING NOISE? The days are dark and cold, and everything and everybody seems worn down--that's the sound of midwinter. </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Paul Thomarios PRESIDENT--THE APOSTOLOS GROUP</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/06/01/324576/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/06/01/324576/index.htm</guid><description>INCORPORATED 1995 </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>