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Space Shuttle Endeavour Carried Back To Kennedy On 747 Plane

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Monday, December 15th, 2008

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Space Shuttle Endeavour, having earlier completed a 16-day mission that improved the International Space Station, finally made it back home to Kennedy Space Center, riding piggyback atop a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Ordinarily, Endeavour would have returned directly to Kennedy on its own, coming through reentry and back to a landing as a giant unpowered glider. But bad weather at Kennedy forced the space shuttle orbiter vehicle to divert its landing to the Dryden center at Edwards Air Force…

Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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Congress

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Army

Army Taking ‘More Refined’ Approach On Push For Right To Repair Reforms, Obadal Says

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Unmanned Systems

Counter-Drone Needs Will Be Addressed In Next NDAA Based On Iran War Lessons, Banks Says

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