From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: May 20, 2014 12:42 PM
Subject: With questions swirling, ULA hastens Delta 4 production
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WITH QUESTIONS SWIRLING, ULA HASTENS DELTA 4 PRODUCTION
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United Launch Alliance chief executive Michael Gass said Monday the rocket builder is accelerating production of the Delta 4 launcher to ensure U.S. national security satellites can get to space in case imports of Russian rocket engines are halted.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1405/19delta4/
ATLAS 5 ROCKET SET FOR LAUNCH AMID CLOUD OF CONTROVERSY
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Under siege in recent weeks by critics of its main engine and pricing, an Atlas 5 rocket plans to persevere Thursday with a mid-morning blastoff carrying a classified intelligence cargo into orbit.
MISSION PREVIEW:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av046/preview.html
MISSION STATUS CENTER:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av046/status.html
SPITZER IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF BUDGET-CONSTRAINED NASA
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Challenged by a lean budget withered by the development of the multibillion-dollar James Webb Space Telescope, NASA will likely have to shut down the infrared Spitzer telescope, one of the agency's famed Great Observatories, after an independent panel of scientists concluded there was not enough money to extend the mission.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1405/19spitzer/
SPITZER IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF BUDGET-CONSTRAINED NASA
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Challenged by a lean budget withered by the development of the multibillion-dollar James Webb Space Telescope, NASA will likely have to shut down the infrared Spitzer telescope, one of the agency's famed Great Observatories, after an independent panel of scientists concluded there was not enough money to extend the mission.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1405/19spitzer/
DRAGON MISSION ENDS WITH SPLASHDOWN IN PACIFIC OCEAN
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Packed with refrigerated science samples, spacesuit hardware and other gear from the International Space Station, a commercial Dragon cargo craft owned and operated by SpaceX concluded a 30-day mission Sunday with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140518return/
ROCKETS LEAP INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH GPS UPGRADE
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Signaling a new chapter in the long-sought modernization of the U.S. Air Force's launch ranges, Friday night's flight of a Delta 4 rocket was tracked via satellite instead of by radar in a move officials say is a money-saving upgrade to the military's aging range infrastructure.
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d366/140518tracking/
NEW GPS SATELLITE HEADED TO UPGRADE NAVIGATION NETWORK
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A replacement Global Positioning System spacecraft for the world's best-known satellite constellation ascended into orbit Friday night aboard a Delta 4 rocket in a spectacular sendoff at sunset.
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d366/
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