From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Aug 31, 2012 10:21 AM
Subject: Atlas launches NASA satellites / Spacewalk runs into major snag
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ATLAS LAUNCHES MISSION 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING
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A mission to answer questions as old as the space age launched from Cape Canaveral Thursday morning as two armored satellites were sent into hellish orbits that submerge the craft in Earth's punishing radiation belts.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av032/
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SPACEWALKERS RUN INTO MAJOR SNAG REPLACING POWER UNIT
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The failure to install a replacement electrical distribution box during a marathon spacewalk Thursday has temporarily left the International Space Station unable to take in power from two of its eight solar array wings. But mission managers said jumpers installed before the excursion will allow near-normal operations while engineers study possible spacewalk repair options.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1208/30mbsu/
NASA ASKING FOR IDEAS ABOUT ASTEROID DETECTORS
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NASA is studying the placement of an instrument on a commercial or U.S. government communications satellite to detect and track asteroids near Earth for potential human visits.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1208/28asteroids/
NUCLEAR-POWERED CRAFT NOT PICKED IN LATEST COMPETITION
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NASA officials last week passed up a chance to test an advanced nuclear generator in space, likely delaying the first flight demonstration of the plutonium power source until after 2020.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1208/24asrg/
CURIOSITY SENDS STUNNING VIEWS OF MOUNT SHARP
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NASA's Curiosity rover, giving earthlings a glimpse of its ultimate target, has beamed back spectacular high-resolution photos of the rugged foothills of Mount Sharp, showing a khaki-colored landscape marked by towering hills, gaping canyons and sand dunes reminiscent of the American southwest, scientists said Monday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/120827color/
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MARS CRAFT BRING WEATHER STATIONS TO THE RED PLANET
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Amid its rock-zapping duties and choreographed test drives, the Curiosity rover's weather station is logging sharp temperature swings, wind gusts and pressure changes to create an enduring record of Martian climate.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/120827weather/
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