From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Sep 16, 2013 12:36 PM
Subject: Atlas 5 arrives at launch pad for Wednesday flight
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ATLAS 5 ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PAD FOR WEDNESDAY FLIGHT
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With its U.S. Air Force payload mounted on top, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolled to its oceanfront launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for a predawn blastoff Wednesday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av041/status.html
ANTARES LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION MOVED BACK A DAY
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Orbital Sciences Corp. announced Saturday the launch of its Antares rocket with the company's first functioning Cygnus cargo craft for the International Space Station will be delayed one day to change out a faulty cable. Liftoff from Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is now set for Wednesday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/antares/cots1/status.html
JAPAN'S 'AFFORDABLE' EPSILON ROCKET MAKES DEBUT LAUNCH
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A Japanese rocket designed to make launches cheaper and more efficient blasted off from southern Japan on Saturday, achieving success on its first flight with a compact telescope to peer at Mars, Venus and Jupiter and observe their response to blasts of solar wind.
http://spaceflightnow.com/epsilon/sprinta/130914launch/
MORE TESTING NEEDED BEFORE SPACEX'S NEXT LAUNCH
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SpaceX has scheduled a second static fire test of its Falcon 9 rocket for Wednesday, with liftoff of the upgraded launcher from the company's new California launch pad expected later in September.
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/006/status.html
PROTON'S RETURN-TO-FLIGHT MISSION DELAYED BY GLITCH
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Grounded since a startling launch failure in July, Russia's Proton rocket will have to wait at least another two weeks to resume flights due to a technical problem on the booster's first stage.
http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/astra2e/130913delay/
VOYAGER 1 CROSSES OVER INTO INTERSTELLAR SPACE
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Covering nearly a million miles a day, NASA's nuclear-powered Voyager 1 spacecraft, 36 years and 12 billion miles from Earth, has crossed the boundary between the sun's influence and interstellar space, sailing into the vast gulf between the stars to become humanity's first true starship, scientists announced Thursday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1309/12voyager/
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From tiny Mercury to distant Neptune and Pluto, this interactive guide to the planets from Astronomy Now magazine takes you on a tour of our Solar System and beyond.
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