From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2014 9:49 AM
Subject: Gravitational waves back Big Bang theory / Orion test flight delay
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GRAVITATIONAL WAVES PROVIDE STRONG EVIDENCE FOR INFLATION
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The first direct evidence for not only the inflation of the universe when it was a mere fraction of a second old, but also the presence of gravitational waves rippling through space, has come to light following observations made by the BICEP2 telescope located at the South Pole.
http://astronomynow.com/news/n1403/17inflation/
PLANET LABS PLANS 100-SATELLITE EARTH IMAGING FLEET
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Fueled by venture capital financing, Planet Labs Inc. announced Monday it plans to launch 100 satellites in the next year from the United States and Russia, joining a growing fleet of miniature Earth imaging spacecraft to observe the entire planet every 24 hours.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/17planetlabs/
SEA LAUNCH CHIEF RESPONDS TO TALK OF RUSSIAN TAKEOVER
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With ground crews at Sea Launch's California home port preparing for liftoff of a Eutelsat communications spacecraft in April, the company's chief executive says he would be open to a Russian government takeover of Sea Launch if it yielded greater access to the market for launching Russian satellites.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/17sealaunch/
PROTON ROCKET BLASTS OFF WITH RUSSIAN EXPRESS SATELLITES
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A Proton rocket ascended into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday and delivered a pair of Russian broadcasting satellites to orbit nine hours later to begin a streak of Proton launches for the Russian government.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/16proton/
SWISS STARTUP CONSIDERING SPACE LAUNCHES FROM FLORIDA
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A Swiss aerospace company plans to begin zero gravity flights from the Kennedy Space Center next year and may use the spaceport's former space shuttle landing strip as a home base for small satellite launches beginning in 2018, officials announced Friday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/16s3florida/
LAUNCH SCHEDULE SHAKEUP DELAYS ORION TO DECEMBER
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The first test flight of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle has been delayed to early December to accommodate a U.S. military payload in United Launch Alliance's Delta 4 launch manifest, officials announced late Friday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/orion/eft1/140315delay/
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From tiny Mercury to distant Neptune and Pluto, this interactive guide to the planets from Astronomy Now magazine takes you on a tour of our Solar System and beyond.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets-astronomy-now-guide/id633956878?ls=1&mt=8
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