Former shuttle commanders in leading roles for commercial space

    NEWSALERT: Thursday, January 14, 2009 @ 2133 GMT
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VETERAN ASTRONAUTS FIND NEW ROLES IN COMMERCIAL SECTOR
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Two former space shuttle and space station commanders are now competitors
in the nascent world of commercial human spaceflight, a start-up industry
still in its infancy but likely close to receiving a major boost from the
White House.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/14commercialcrew/


SPACEWALKERS READY NEW RUSSIAN DOCKING PORT
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Space station cosmonauts Maxim Suraev and Oleg Kotov completed a
successful five-hour 44-minute spacewalk today, completing work to outfit
a new Russian docking module. The International Space Station now boasts
four ports for visiting Soyuz crew ferry craft and unmanned Progress
supply ships, a requirement for expanded crews of up to six astronauts and
cosmonauts.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp22/100114evaend.html

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http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp22/100114eva.html


LANDSAT FLEET HANGING ON, WAITING FOR REINFORCEMENTS
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The nearly 26-year-old Landsat 5 remote sensing satellite has cheated
death once again, but Earth scientists will have to wait three more years
for a fresh spacecraft to meet all their research needs.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/13landsat/


SPACE SHUTTLE CREWS REVIEW THIS MISSION HIGHLIGHTS
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The post-flight mission films narrated by the space shuttle STS-127, -128
and -129 crews are posted for our Spaceflight Now+Plus subscribers to
download and enjoy. Check them out!

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