Shuttle Endeavour cleared for launch / Crew runs through practice count

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SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR CLEARED FOR LAUNCH NEXT WEEK
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While the shuttle Endeavour's crew reviewed emergency procedures at the
launch pad Wednesday, NASA managers held an executive-level flight
readiness review and cleared the ship for blastoff June 13, at 7:17 a.m.
EDT, on a complex space station assembly mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts127/090603frr/


ENDEAVOUR ASTRONAUTS COMPLETE COUNTDOWN PRACTICE RUN
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Despite cloudy and raining weather that would have scrubbed a real space
shuttle launch attempt, Endeavour's seven astronauts climbed aboard their
spacecraft at pad 39A for a practice countdown this morning.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts127/status.html


MYSTERIOUS SUPERNOVA MAY HAVE HAD CARBON ORIGINS
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A weird explosion in space that confounded astronomers in 2006 may have
been the destruction of a rare star with an unusual amount of carbon dust
surrounding it, according to research carried out by scientists at the
University of Warwick.

http://astronomynow.com/090602Mysterioussupernovamayhavehadcarbonorigins.html