NEWSALERT: Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 1527 GMT
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The latest news from Spaceflight Now
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JAPANESE SPACE STATION MISSION HOLDS MANY FIRSTS
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Japan is planning to launch its most ambitious space mission Thursday, a
flight that will not only usher in a new era for the country's domestic
space program but also inaugurate an important new capability for the
International Space Station. Liftoff of the maiden HTV cargo ship aboard
the new H-2B rocket is scheduled for 1:01 p.m. EDT (1701 GMT).
http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/status.html
PREVIEW STORY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/090909preview/
CREW GETS DISCOVERY READY FOR TODAY'S LANDING
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With flight controllers keeping tabs on threatening weather, the Discovery
astronauts packed up Wednesday and tested the shuttle's re-entry systems
in preparation for landing Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center, weather
permitting, to close out a successful space station resupply mission.
Follow the landing with live updates and streaming video:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts128/status.html
NEW PICTURES SHOW HEALTHY HUBBLE IS BACK IN ACTION
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NASA scientists showed off spectacular new pictures from the Hubble Space
Telescope Wednesday, a stunning gallery of remote galaxies, an enormous
globular cluster packed with countless pinpoint stars and a dying sun
blowing off its outer atmosphere in butterfly-like wings of debris.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/09hubble/
ATLAS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES ITS SECRET PAYLOAD
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A mysterious spacecraft whose mission is cloaked in secrecy left Cape
Canaveral atop the hard-to-miss roar of its Atlas 5 rocket and then
revealed a major clue about itself while cruising above a
satellite-tracking hobbyist a short time later.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av018/status.html
AUGUSTINE PANEL PRESENTS FIVE MANNED SPACE OPTIONS
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A presidential panel assessing U.S. manned space flight presented five
options to the White House Tuesday, ranging from NASA's current plan to
build outposts on the moon to a "flexible path" approach to explore a
variety of targets in the inner solar system.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/09augustine/
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Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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The latest news from Spaceflight Now
++++
Astronauts Host Charity Auction - Launch Your Bids Today
Space fans, climb aboard the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's
Semi-Annual SPACE Auction, online Sept. 4-12!
Bid on 30 extraordinary auction lots from legendary Astronauts:
http://www.AstronautScholarship.org/auction.pl
++++
JAPANESE SPACE STATION MISSION HOLDS MANY FIRSTS
------------------------------------------------
Japan is planning to launch its most ambitious space mission Thursday, a
flight that will not only usher in a new era for the country's domestic
space program but also inaugurate an important new capability for the
International Space Station. Liftoff of the maiden HTV cargo ship aboard
the new H-2B rocket is scheduled for 1:01 p.m. EDT (1701 GMT).
http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/status.html
PREVIEW STORY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/090909preview/
CREW GETS DISCOVERY READY FOR TODAY'S LANDING
---------------------------------------------
With flight controllers keeping tabs on threatening weather, the Discovery
astronauts packed up Wednesday and tested the shuttle's re-entry systems
in preparation for landing Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center, weather
permitting, to close out a successful space station resupply mission.
Follow the landing with live updates and streaming video:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts128/status.html
NEW PICTURES SHOW HEALTHY HUBBLE IS BACK IN ACTION
--------------------------------------------------
NASA scientists showed off spectacular new pictures from the Hubble Space
Telescope Wednesday, a stunning gallery of remote galaxies, an enormous
globular cluster packed with countless pinpoint stars and a dying sun
blowing off its outer atmosphere in butterfly-like wings of debris.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/09hubble/
ATLAS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES ITS SECRET PAYLOAD
-----------------------------------------------------
A mysterious spacecraft whose mission is cloaked in secrecy left Cape
Canaveral atop the hard-to-miss roar of its Atlas 5 rocket and then
revealed a major clue about itself while cruising above a
satellite-tracking hobbyist a short time later.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av018/status.html
AUGUSTINE PANEL PRESENTS FIVE MANNED SPACE OPTIONS
--------------------------------------------------
A presidential panel assessing U.S. manned space flight presented five
options to the White House Tuesday, ranging from NASA's current plan to
build outposts on the moon to a "flexible path" approach to explore a
variety of targets in the inner solar system.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/09augustine/
--
Good Clear Skies
--
Astrocomet
--
Colin James Watling
--
Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator of the Stars (Fieldwork)
--
Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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