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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Astronomy community rallies behind ‘Zombie comet’ ISON | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/29/astronomy-community-rallies-behind-zombie-comet-ison/

Friday, November 29, 2013

NASA plans to grow turnips on the Moon by 2015 | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/29/nasa-plans-to-grow-turnips-on-the-moon-by-2015/

Engine trouble scrubs Falcon 9 launch / ISON baffles scientists

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ENGINE TROUBLE SCRUBS FALCON 9'S THANKSGIVING LAUNCH
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Topped with a television broadcasting satellite, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket fired its engines and was moments away from liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, but the commercial booster aborted the launch after computers detected the engines were too slow building up thrust.

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SCIENTISTS BAFFLED BY NEW PICTURES OF COMET ISON
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After a multi-million-year plunge from the frozen fringes of the solar system, Comet ISON may have broken apart and evaporated in the fierce heat and crushing gravity of the sun before or during a close flyby Thursday, presumably scotching long-held hopes for a dramatic sky show on Earth over the next few weeks. Or maybe not.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1311/28ison/

CHINESE MOON LANDER ON THE VERGE OF LAUNCH
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China has scheduled the launch of an ambitious robotic lunar rover as soon as Sunday on a quest to achieve the first soft landing on the moon in more than three decades.

http://spaceflightnow.com/china/change3/131127change3/

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving launch for Falcon 9 / Comet ISON meets the Sun

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FALCON 9 ON TRACK FOR LAUNCH OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITE
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Thanksgiving Day is launch day for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which is set to take off Thursday with a television broadcasting satellite on a landmark mission to prove the privately-developed launcher's commercial capabilities. Launch from Cape Canaveral is set for 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT).

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HOLIDAY TRAVELERS TRUMP SPACEX LAUNCH PLANS
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Concerned a rocket launch might add more congestion to the skies during Thanksgiving week, federal regulators blocked SpaceX's bid to launch a commercial broadcasting satellite Tuesday and Wednesday, two of the busiest travel days of the year.

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/131126faa/

COMET ISON CLOSES IN ON FLYBY OF THE SUN
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Astronomers around the world are closely monitoring Comet ISON's plunge through the inner solar system and awaiting data from a fleet of space telescopes to find out whether the enigmatic chunk of ice will survive a blistering kamikaze-like Thanksgiving Day flyby of the sun.

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