Interview with NASA's new leader / Live coverage of today's spacewalk

    NEWSALERT: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 @ 1551 GMT
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NASA'S NEW LEADER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT REVIEWS
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New NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a respected former shuttle
commander and retired Marine Corp major general, said Tuesday he's
confident an on-going presidential review of NASA's manned space program
will not result in changes that would lengthen the projected five-year gap
between the end of shuttle operations and the debut of a new rocket system
to replace it.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0907/21nasa/


CREW TO SWAP OUT BATTERIES IN SPACE STATION'S POWER GRID
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Astronauts Dave Wolf and Chris Cassidy have begun today's challenging
spacewalk to replace four aging batteries in the International Space
Station's oldest solar array power module on the far left end of the
complex's truss backbone. Follow the EVA with live updates and streaming
video in our Mission Status Center:

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


RELIVE ENDEAVOUR'S LAUNCH WITH ROCKET BOOSTER CAMERAS
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Onboard rocket camera footage always dazzles and the video from shuttle
Endeavour's solid boosters doesn't disappoint. The inspiring views of the
spacecraft rocketing toward orbit are presented here for Spaceflight
Now+Plus users with launch audio.

http://spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=STS-127


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