LIVE: Ares 1-X rollout to pad 39B tonight / Atlas 5 success

    NEWSALERT: Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 1958 GMT
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ARES 1-X TEAM CONTINUES TO TARGET ROLLOUT TONIGHT
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The Ares 1-X test rocket is scheduled to make an overnight journey from
Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B. The
trip will begin at midnight EDT and take 8 to 10 hours to complete. Live
updates and streaming video will be available:

http://spaceflightnow.com/ares1x/status.html


NASA CHANGES PLANS AND LAUNCH DATE FOR ATLANTIS
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Space shuttle Atlantis' six astronauts jetted into the Kennedy Space
Center today for an abbreviated training session instead of the three days
of drills and a countdown dress rehearsal originally planned. At the same
time, NASA officials moved the target launch date to November 16.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts129/status.html


U.S. MILITARY'S NEW WEATHER SATELLITE GETS FOGGY SENDOFF
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An Atlas 5 rocket escaped the heavy blanket of fog smothering its launch
pad Sunday morning and successfully powered to space to deploy a new
global weather observatory for America's military.

http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av017/status.html


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NASA LOOKS TO RELIEVE SPACE STATION TRAFFIC BOTTLENECKS
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In an attempt to alleviate tightly stacked space missions, managers are
re-evaluating a long-standing policy banning other spacecraft from
arriving or leaving the International Space Station while the space
shuttle is docked to the complex.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts129/091016visiting/


IRAN READIES SAFIR LAUNCH WITH ICBM IMPLICATIONS
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U.S. reconnaissance spacecraft are watching Iran's Semnan launch site for
evidence that Iran is readying launch of its second satellite on a Safir-2
booster. The mission to launch the Mesbah communications satellite is
designed as much to test the long range ballistic missile capabilities of
the booster as it is to perform a space mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0910/18iran/


CARGO SHIP ARRIVES AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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The International Space Station has received a new load of supplies from
the latest Russian-built cargo freighter, which successfully docked to the
outpost Saturday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0910/17progress35p/

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