From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: May 23, 2014 5:08 PM
Subject: Japanese radar satellite set for launch / Atlas 5 launches
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SPACESHIPS SCALED TO FIT ON YOUR DESK
Beautifully crafted models of rockets and spaceships. The mighty Delta 4 Heavy and Atlas 5 rockets now available in two sizes.
http://www.spaceflightnowstore.com/us/catalog/index.php?cPath=51
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H-2A ROCKET SET FOR LAUNCH OF JAPANESE RADAR SATELLITE
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An advanced radar mapping satellite is on the launch pad awaiting liftoff Saturday aboard a Japanese H-2A rocket to begin at least a five-year mission collecting high-resolution all-weather images of Earth from nearly 400 miles up. Liftoff is set for 0305 GMT Saturday (11:05 p.m. EDT Friday) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.
http://spaceflightnow.com/h2a/f24/status.html
ANTARES ROCKET ENGINE DAMAGED IN TEST MISHAP
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A Russian-built rocket engine assigned to launch an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station in early 2015 was damaged Thursday during a test mishap at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1405/22aj26test/
ATLAS 5 LAUNCHES PAYLOAD FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
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Completing a pair of missions in one week's time, a feat also performed last month, United Launch Alliance sent an Atlas 5 rocket soaring Thursday morning.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av046/
MISSION STATUS CENTER:http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av046/status.html
LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av046/launch/
DRAGON CARGO CAPSULE ENCOUNTERS WATER SEEPAGE
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Sea water seeped into SpaceX's Dragon supply capsule when it parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, the second such occurrence since the cargo carrier began flying to the International Space Station in 2012, but a NASA space station manager said Wednesday there is no indication the incident damaged any of the sensitive research samples stowed inside.
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140521water/
PHOTOS - DRAGON RETURNS TO EARTH, PORT:
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140520photos/
TOP GENERAL SAYS RELIABILITY TRUMPS ROCKET COSTS
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The head of U.S. Air Force Space Command pushed back Tuesday against accusations the service was excluding SpaceX from competing for lucrative military satellite launches, saying the Air Force was committing $60 million and scores of engineers to certify the commercial rocket company to put critical and costly national security payloads into orbit.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1405/20f9certification/
SPACEX INVESTIGATING FALCON 9 FIRST STAGE HELIUM LEAK
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SpaceX and Orbcomm officials say they are targeting liftoff of the next Falcon 9 rocket for no sooner than June 11 to give more time for engineers to trace the cause of a helium leak that squandered a launch opportunity in early May.
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/010/140521helium/
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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