Ares test flight expected to go on / A look back at successful Delta 2

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OFFICIALS EXPECT NEXT MONTH'S ARES TEST LAUNCH TO PROCESS
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With one month left before NASA takes the new Ares 1 rocket on an early
test run, a senior official says he is "pretty confident" engineers will
be allowed to launch the booster despite swirling questions about the
program's future.

http://spaceflightnow.com/ares1x/090927update/


NASA PROBE SET FOR CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH MERCURY
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The MESSENGER probe is rapidly closing in on Mercury for a fleeting pass
just 142 miles over its jagged surface Tuesday, a maneuver that will
simultaneously serve scientific goals and bend the spacecraft's trajectory
for its 2011 return to the innermost planet.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/28messenger/


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DELTA 2 ROCKET LAUNCHES MISSILE DEFENSE SATELLITES
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A Delta 2 rocket powered two experimental missile-tracking satellites into
orbit Friday to test advanced technologies for the nation's defense
against enemy attacks.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/status.html

HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO:
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/hd/d344/

STANDARD DEFINITION VIDEO:
http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=d344&s=date


SPECTACULAR DELTA 2 LAUNCH CAPTURED IN PHOTO GALLERY
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Check out this collection of photographs taken during the Delta 2 rocket's
Friday morning blastoff with the tandem STSS Demo satellites for the
Missile Defense Agency.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/gallery/


SMART-1'S SNAP OF LCROSS CRASH SCENE
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The European Space Agency's SMART-1 team has released an image of next
week's impact site of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing
Satellite, LCROSS.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n0909/28smart/


STATION ASTRONAUTS COMPLETE THREE DAYS OF ROBOTICS WORK
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An empty pallet that delivered two Earth science experiments to the
International Space Station was returned Friday to its housing inside a
Japanese cargo ship.

http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/status.html

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