From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Sep 10, 2013 6:15 PM
Subject: Three-man space station crew returns to Earth tonight
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The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the place to be this fall! The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's 2013 Astronaut Autograph & Memorabilia Show will be touching down on the Space Coast November 9-10. More than 30 legendary astronauts and other space celebrities will gather to sign autographs, pose for pictures and share their stories. Purchase your tickets today at http://www.AstronautScholarship.org/aams!
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THREE-MAN SPACE STATION CREW RETURNS TO EARTH TONIGHT
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Two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut packed up and readied their Soyuz spacecraft for undocking from the International Space Station overnight Tuesday, setting up a fiery plunge back to Earth to close out a 166-day stay in orbit.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp36/130910prelanding/
MISSION STATUS CENTER:
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp36/status2.html
SPACE STATION CAMERAS RECORD HTV'S DESTRUCTION
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Japan's HTV cargo craft plunged back to Earth and burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean last weekend, leaving a brilliant trail of fire visible from the International Space Station.
http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv4/130910entryphotos/
LOCKHEED MARTIN LANDS COMMERCIAL ATLAS 5 CONTRACT
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A communications satellite for the Mexican government will launch on an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida in 2015, a rare win for the workhorse booster in the commercial launch market dominated by rockets from Europe, Russia and newcomer SpaceX.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1309/09morelos/
MINOTAUR 5'S DAZZLING NIGHTTIME LAUNCH IN PHOTOS
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Observers up and down the U.S. East coast got a spectacular light show Friday night as NASA's LADEE moon mission rocketed into space from Virginia aboard a Minotaur 5 rocket. We present photos of the launch submitted from readers and imagery captured by remote cameras near the launch pad.
VIEWS FROM NEW YORK CITY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ladee/longexposures/
REMOTE LAUNCH PAD CAMERAS:
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ladee/remotes/
EPSILON ROCKET'S MAIDEN LAUNCH RESET FOR SATURDAY
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The next launch attempt for Japan's new Epsilon rocket is scheduled for no earlier than Sept. 14 after a last-minute hold in the launcher's first countdown in late August, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
http://spaceflightnow.com/epsilon/sprinta/status.html
MOON MISSION BLASTS OFF, OVERCOMES POINTING PROBLEM
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NASA's latest moon mission, a $280 million project to study the lunar atmosphere, soared to space aboard a Minotaur 5 rocket Friday in a brilliant late-night launch from Virginia that lit up skies all along the U.S. East Coast.
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ladee/130907launch/
MISSION STATUS CENTER:
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ladee/status.html
GUIDE TO THE PLANETS FOR iPAD
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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.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets-astronomy-now-guide/id633956878?ls=1&mt=8
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