Wednesday, March 27, 2013
SpaceX capsule parachutes back to Earth / Proton returns to flight
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Date: Mar 27, 2013 8:01 AM
Subject: SpaceX capsule parachutes back to Earth / Proton returns to flight
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Charity Gala Celebrates Stellar Astronauts
Join the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation celebrating the new class of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees at the 2013 Induction Gala, April 19 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex! Secure your tickets for this red carpet affair online now. Corporate tables are also available.
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DRAGON COMMERCIAL CARGO CRAFT RETURNS TO EARTH
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SpaceX's commercially-developed Dragon spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Tuesday on the way back to Earth with nearly 2,700 pounds of experiment samples and equipment no longer needed on the complex. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean occurred at 12:34 p.m. EDT (1634 GMT).
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/005/130326splashdown/
OUR MISSION STATUS CENTER:
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/005/status.html
PROTON/BREEZE M BLASTS OFF WITH MEXICAN SATELLITE
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Russia's Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage returned to flight Tuesday with a Mexican communications satellite, launching for the first time since the expendable rocket put a payload in the wrong orbit on a flight in December. Liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan occurred at 3:06 p.m. EDT (1906 GMT), beginning a 9-hour mission to deliver the Satmex 8 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/satmex8/status.html
GALLERIES CAPTURE SPLENDID VIEWS OF ATLAS LAUNCH
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Relive last week's spectacular liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, leaving Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 atop 860,000 pounds of thrust carrying the second Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite, or SBIRS GEO 2, for the U.S. military's network of missile early-warning detection spacecraft.
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/remotes/
BIONETICS PHOTO SERVICES GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/bionetics/
PLANCK REVEALS BIG BANG'S FIREBALL IN HI-DEF
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The cosmic microwave background - the cooling fireball of the big bang - has been observed in greater detail than ever before by the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft.
http://astronomynow.com/news/n1303/21planck/
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Planck spacecraft’s map of ‘almost perfect’ universe could point to new physics
Full story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/21/planck-spacecrafts-map-of-almost-perfect-universe-could-point-to-new-physics/
Atlas 5 sails right on time / U.S. lab starting up plutonium production
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Date: Mar 20, 2013 5:02 PM
Subject: Atlas 5 sails right on time / U.S. lab starting up plutonium production
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OMEGA Watch Raffle Benefits Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
Tickets to participate in the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's annual OMEGA Watch Raffle are available online. The contest features a pair of extraordinary watches—a Gents' Speedmaster Titanium Chronograph Edition ($9,800 value) and a Ladies' Constellation Polished Quartz Edition ($7,000 value)—courtesy of OMEGA, popularly recognized as the first watch brand to be worn on the moon. Tickets are offered at $20 each, $60 for five, $100 for 12 and 30 for $200. A random drawing to determine the winners of each watch will be held on the evening of April 19, 2013. Ticket holders need not be present to win. Contributions are voluntary and not a requirement to win. Limit 30 tickets per person.
http://www.astronautscholarship.org/2013-omega-watch-raffle/
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UNPRECEDENTED FOURTH LAUNCH IN FOUR MONTHS FOR ATLAS 5
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Launching. Just launching. That's been the mantra for the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket program, which successfully completed its fourth flight in four months on Tuesday by boosting a surveillance satellite into orbit for the Pentagon.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/
OUR COUNTDOWN AND LAUNCH JOURNAL:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/status.html
PREVIEW STORY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/preview.html
LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/launch/
U.S. LABORATORY PRODUCES FIRST PLUTONIUM IN 25 YEARS
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For the first time in 25 years, the United States is producing plutonium fuel to power spacecraft on missions beyond Earth, replenishing a dwindling stockpile to supply NASA's next Mars rover and other proposed probes.
http://astronomynow.com/news/n1303/20pu238/
NASA CONQUERS CURIOSITY COMPUTER CONCERNS
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Sidelined by computer glitches since late February, NASA's Curiosity rover is on track to resume research on Mars after exiting a science-halting safe mode, officials said Tuesday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/130319safemode/
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
LIVE COVERAGE of today's Atlas 5 rocket launch
From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Mar 19, 2013 3:16 PM
Subject: LIVE COVERAGE of today's Atlas 5 rocket launch
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CLOCKS TICKING FOR TODAY'S ATLAS 5 ROCKET LAUNCH
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The countdown is underway for today's launch of the Atlas 5 rocket to deploy the Air Force's second next-generation Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite. The surveillance system provides the U.S. and its allies with early-warning of incoming missile launches, giving warfighters the necessary alert to intercept the weapon. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral is scheduled for 5:21 p.m. EDT (2121 GMT).
LIVE UPDATES AND STREAMING VIDEO:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/status.html
PREVIEW STORY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/preview.html
PHOTOS OF ROCKET ROLLOUT AND ULA TWEETUP:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/rollout/
PHOTOS OF SATELLITE PREPARATIONS:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/payload/
EXOMARS AGREEMENT SIGNED BY ESA AND RUSSIA
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Ending more than a year of negotiations and formalities, top space officials from Russia and Europe signed an agreement Thursday to partner on a pair of robotic probes to Mars set to launch in 2016 and 2018.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1303/16exomars/
FIRST LAUNCH OF ANTARES ROCKET SET FOR APRIL
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Officials have set April 16 as the earliest possible launch date for the first flight of the privately-developed Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Va. Orbital Sciences Corp. designed the Antares launcher to supply cargo to the International Space Station.
http://spaceflightnow.com/antares/demo/status.html
SOYUZ LANDS WITH THREE-MAN SPACE STATION CREW
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft streaked through the atmosphere, descended through thick fog under a parachute, and landed on the snowy steppes of Central Asia on Friday night, returning a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts home after 144 days in space.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp34/status2.html
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Space station trio flying home tonight, weather permitting
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Date: Mar 14, 2013 11:41 AM
Subject: Space station trio flying home tonight, weather permitting
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ADVENTURES WITH ASTRONAUTS
Register today for a chance to bid on one of the once-in-a-lifetime Astronaut Experiences offered in the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's (ASF) Spring Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia. Seven Astronaut Experiences are up for auction, including a snorkel adventure with Buzz Aldrin and a mountain climbing expedition with Scott Parazynski! Preview all the lots and register to bid now!
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SPACE STATION TRIO FLYING HOME TONIGHT, WEATHER PERMITTING
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After turning command of the International Space Station to a Canadian astronaut for the first time, an American and two Russian crewmates will complete their five-month mission aboard the complex Thursday and return to Earth in a parachute-equipped Soyuz descent capsule.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp34/status2.html
MARS ROVER FINDS HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT IN DISTANT PAST
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Analyzing powdered samples drilled from the interior of a sedimentary rock, the Curiosity Mars rover has detected traces of the chemicals and compounds necessary for a habitable environment in the red planet's distant past, scientists report.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/msl/130312life/
INFRARED SURVEY REVEALS THIRD-CLOSEST STAR SYSTEM
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A pair of newly-found brown dwarf stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun and the closest star discovered since 1916. The stars lie about 6.5 light years from our solar system.
http://astronomynow.com/news/n1303/13browndwarfs/
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
SpaceX's reusable rocket testbed takes highest hop yet
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Date: Mar 12, 2013 11:51 AM
Subject: SpaceX's reusable rocket testbed takes highest hop yet
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SPRING SPACE AUCTION ANNOUNCES NEW WAY TO WIN
Now through 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, every bid's a chance to win in the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's Spring Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia. Every bid placed during this time will earn its bidder a complimentary "virtual raffle ticket" in a drawing to win an autographed print of Gemini and Apollo astronaut Richard Gordon! The auction features seven unique Astronaut Experiences and 36 lots of remarkable memorabilia, all up for grabs until 10 p.m. EDT Friday, March 15. Join the auction action today and claim your SPACE before it's all gone!
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GRASSHOPPER'S LATEST TEST REACHED 24 STORIES HIGH
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SpaceX's reusable rocket testbed completed another brief hop at a Texas test facility last week, rising 24 stories into the air and landing on its launch pad.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1303/11grasshopper/
ATLAS 5 FITTED WITH SATELLITE PAYLOAD FOR NEXT LAUNCH
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An Air Force surveillance satellite and its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster were joined together Thursday as the duo targets a March 19 blastoff from Cape Canaveral.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av037/payload.html
MARS PREDICTED TO GET CLOSE CALL FROM COMET IN 2014
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A newly-discovered comet is predicted to make a close flyby of Mars in October 2014, perhaps zipping just 31,000 miles from the red planet's surface.
http://astronomynow.com/news/n1303/05sidingspring/
A WINDOW INTO EUROPA'S OCEAN RIGHT AT THE SURFACE
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If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath. A new paper details the strongest evidence yet that salty water from the vast liquid ocean beneath Europa's frozen exterior actually makes its way to the surface.
http://astronomynow.com/news/n1303/05europa/
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