From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
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/
INTERACTIVE iPAD GUIDE TO CURIOSITY ROVER MISSION
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Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now have created an interactive iPad guide to the Curiosity rover mission. Learn more about the mission, explore the rover's components and preview Europe's plans for the next Mars rover destined to visit the Red Planet. Now updated with a timeline of the triumphs and disasters of Mars exploration.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mission-to-mars-astronomy/id548931049?mt=8
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