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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ASTRONOMY NOW BACK ISSUE SPECIAL
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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
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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