Ares rocket passes milestone amid growing uncertainty

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ARES ROCKET PASSES MILESTONE AMID GROWING UNCERTAINTY
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Engineers added the final piece to NASA's skyscraping Ares 1 test rocket
overnight Thursday, topping off the 327-foot-tall demo booster as senior
White House officials deliberate whether the agency's moonbound program is
still viable.

http://spaceflightnow.com/ares1x/090814stacking/


DELTA 2 ROCKET SET FOR HISTORIC LAUNCH MONDAY
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After 20 years and over 50 launches for the U.S. military, the respected
Delta 2 rocket will make one last flight for the Air Force at dawn Monday
carrying the final spacecraft in the current generation of Global
Positioning System satellites.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d343/status.html


SHUTTLE LAUNCH HINGES ON DATA FROM FOAM TESTS
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NASA is pressing ahead with preparations to launch the shuttle Discovery
Aug. 24 on a space station resupply mission, but Program Manager John
Shannon said Thursday a final decision to proceed will depend on the
results of last-minute testing this weekend to verify the integrity of
external tank foam insulation.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts128/090813foam/


JAPANESE CARGO SHIP FUELED FOR SPACE STATION VOYAGE
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Technicians finished loading propellant into a Japanese cargo ship this
week, achieving a critical milestone before the first-of-a-kind spacecraft
launches to the space station next month.

http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/090814fueling/