From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Oct 8, 2013 10:04 AM
Subject: India putting final touches on Mars-bound spacecraft
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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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INDIA PUTTING FINAL TOUCHES ON MARS-BOUND SPACECRAFT
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India's first Mars probe is preparing for launch in late October on a trial run to the red planet to lay the technological foundation for future Indian deep space missions.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1310/07isromars/
FIFTH WGS COMMUNICATIONS CRAFT ENTERS MILITARY SERVICE
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The U.S. Air Force has taken control of its fifth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite, and a sixth high-throughput WGS spacecraft is on track to join the Defense Department's most capable fleet of communications satellites by the end of 2013, prime contractor Boeing announced last week.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1310/07wgs/
LADEE ARRIVES AT THE MOON FOR LUNAR SCIENCE MISSION
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NASA's LADEE spacecraft slipped into orbit around the moon Sunday, beginning a feverish four-month campaign to demonstrate a next-generation laser communications system and answer long-standing questions about the nature and origin of the tenuous lunar atmosphere.
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ladee/131006loi/
SES 8 SATELLITE SHIPPED FOR NEXT FALCON 9 LAUNCH
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A communications satellite booked for the next launch of the Falcon 9 rocket was transported by truck from Virginia to Florida this week as SpaceX seeks to allay the worries of the payload's owner - the global commercial operator SES - and the insurance community after the Falcon 9's test flight Sunday encountered a second stage engine restart anomaly.
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/131005shipment/
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/
MAVEN GRANTED REPRIEVE FROM GOVERNMENT CLOSURE
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Engineers returned to work on NASA's next Mars mission at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday after receiving an emergency exception under federal law to continue launch preparations for a $671 million orbiter to probe the red planet's atmosphere.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/131003resumption/
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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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