Satellite could help climate treaty / New problem dims hope for Mars rover

    NEWSALERT: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 @ 2055 GMT
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SECOND WHEEL PROBLEM DIMS HOPE FOR STUCK SPIRIT ROVER
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Problems with a second wheel on the Mars rover Spirit's right side have
decreased the already slim possibility that the rover can free itself from
a sand trap and return to roving operations.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0912/09spirit/


CHINESE ROCKET LAUNCHES WITH TOP SECRET SPY SATELLITE
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A Chinese remote sensing mission, believed to be a military reconnaissance
satellite, lifted off from a desert launch pad on a Long March rocket on
Wednesday, state media reported.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0912/09longmarch/


WEATHER OUTLOOK IFFY FOR NASA TELESCOPE LAUNCH
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Rocket specialists prepping a Delta booster for blastoff from California
and the team behind a new NASA space observatory awaiting its trek to
orbit Friday morning will gather for a final round of readiness reviews
Wednesday, but a gloomy weather forecast is tempering hopes for an on-time
launch.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d347/status.html


VIRGIN GALACTIC UNVEILS COMMERICAL SPACESHIPTWO
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Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and legendary aircraft designer
Burt Rutan, whose SpaceShipOne took the $10 million Ansari X Prize in
2004, unveiled SpaceShipTwo Monday, a sleek commercial rocket plane that
represents the ultimate thrill ride for well-heeled space tourists and
amateur astronauts.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0912/07spaceshiptwo/

PHOTO GALLERY FROM UNVEILING EVENT:
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