First glide test of Dream Chaser spacecraft successful, but ends in a flip — www.gizmag.com — Readability

First glide test of Dream Chaser spacecraft successful, but ends in a flip — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) carried out the first gliding approach and landing test of their Dream Chaser spacecraft at Edwards Air Force Base on October 26. The vehicle dropped from its carrier aircraft at 11:10 am, and carried out gliding and landing maneuvers flawlessly. However, the left landing gear flap did not function, causing the test spacecraft to flip on landing."

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MAVEN Mars orbiter to make launch window to study Martian atmosphere — www.gizmag.com — Readability

MAVEN Mars orbiter to make launch window to study Martian atmosphere — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "On Monday, NASA confirmed the launch date of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission (MAVEN). According to the space agency, MAVEN will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 1:28 PM EST on November 18 on the first leg of its mission to study the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet."

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Launch! Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims — www.rushlimbaugh.com — Readability

Launch! Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims — www.rushlimbaugh.com — Readability: "RUSH:  And greetings to you, music lovers, thrill-seekers, and book buyers, and book readers all across the fruited plain, Rush Limbaugh, the Excellence in Broadcasting Network.  And unlike Nancy Pelosi, ladies and gentlemen, I didn't have to read my book to find out what's in it.  I wrote it.  I know what's in it.  Happy to have you here.  Telephone number, if you want to be on the program is 800-282-2882.  The e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com. "

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