From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: May 2, 2013 5:10 PM
Subject: Delta 4-Heavy rocket rolled out / NASA's new deal with Soyuz
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LATEST INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW PATCHES
The Expeditions 37 and 38 official embroidered mission patches for the International Space Station crews are out!
http://spaceflightnowstore.com/
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DELTA 4-HEAVY ROCKET MOVED TO VANDENBERG LAUNCH PAD
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United Launch Alliance and the Air Force are readying the next Delta 4-Heavy rocket, the largest booster in the U.S. arsenal that is responsible for launching the nation's elite surveillance satellites.
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d364/rollout.html
ROLLOUT PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d364/rollout/
TELEVISION BROADCASTING SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY CHINA
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China launched a state-owned communications satellite into orbit Wednesday to beam television and data to commercial customers across Asia, Africa and Australia for the next 15 years.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1305/01longmarch/
NASA BUYS SIX MORE SEATS ON RUSSIAN SOYUZ CRAFT
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Uncertain when U.S. commercial spaceships will be ready for the job, NASA has signed a $424 million contract extension with the Russian space agency to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station through June 2017, the space agency announced Tuesday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1304/30soyuzcontract/
NASA SAYS SPACE STATION'S BATTERIES SAFER THAN 787'S
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NASA officials are confident lithium-ion batteries due to launch to the International Space Station in 2016 will not overheat like the batteries that grounded the Boeing 787 Dreamliner earlier this year.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1304/30issbattery/
HERSCHEL OBSERVATORY GOES DARK AFTER FOUR-YEAR MISSION
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The Herschel telescope ended a nearly four-year campaign watching the cosmos Monday, when the telescope lost its sharp infrared vision as the last of a reservoir of liquid helium coolant evaporated into space - an expected ending to Herschel's stellar mission.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1304/29herschel/
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
+++ FERRYFLIGHT SHUTTLE PATCH
"The Final Mission" - NASA emblem developed for the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft crew and their support teams to deliver the orbiters to their final destinations at museums.http://www.spaceflightnowstore.com/ +++
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