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NASA DEVELOPS PLAN TO AVOID SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH DELAY
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NASA managers decided Tuesday to modify existing space station ammonia
coolant hoses by welding shorter sections together to replace a longer
hose design that failed a recent ground pressure test. If the work goes
well - and the schedule is tight - NASA hopes to launch the shuttle
Endeavour on Feb. 7 as planned to deliver a new module to the orbiting
lab complex.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts130/100112connectors/
ASTRONAUTS PREP FOR BUSY STRETCH ON SPACE STATION
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Using a robotic arm and a high-tech railcar, astronauts aboard the
International Space Station finished moving a storage platform Tuesday,
beginning a busy two weeks aboard the complex that include a spacewalk and
relocations of a Soyuz lifeboat and a docking adapter.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp22/100112station/
FIRST DIRECT SPECTRUM OF AN EXOPLANET CAPTURED
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By studying a triple planetary system that resembles a scaled-up version
of our own Sun's family of planets, astronomers have been able to obtain
the first direct spectrum -- the "chemical fingerprint" -- of a planet
orbiting a distant star.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/13exoplanet/
UNPRECEDENTED DETAILS SEEN ON THE SURFACE OF BETELGEUSE
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Using interferometry, an international team led by an astronomer of Paris
Observatory obtained an unprecedented image of the surface of the red
supergiant Betelgeuse, in the constellation of Orion.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/12betelgeuse/
SCIENTISTS USE MIRROR EFFECT TO REPRODUCE IBEX OBSERVATION
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Ever since NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, mission
scientists released the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system's
edge in particles, solar physicists have been busy revising their models
to account for the discovery of a narrow "ribbon" of bright emission that
was completely unexpected and not predicted by any model at the time.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/12ibex/
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Astrocomet
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Real 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 (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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The latest news from Spaceflight Now
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NOW AVAILABLE! The next space shuttle crew patch for STS-130!
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++++
NASA DEVELOPS PLAN TO AVOID SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH DELAY
------------------------------------------------------
NASA managers decided Tuesday to modify existing space station ammonia
coolant hoses by welding shorter sections together to replace a longer
hose design that failed a recent ground pressure test. If the work goes
well - and the schedule is tight - NASA hopes to launch the shuttle
Endeavour on Feb. 7 as planned to deliver a new module to the orbiting
lab complex.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts130/100112connectors/
ASTRONAUTS PREP FOR BUSY STRETCH ON SPACE STATION
-------------------------------------------------
Using a robotic arm and a high-tech railcar, astronauts aboard the
International Space Station finished moving a storage platform Tuesday,
beginning a busy two weeks aboard the complex that include a spacewalk and
relocations of a Soyuz lifeboat and a docking adapter.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp22/100112station/
FIRST DIRECT SPECTRUM OF AN EXOPLANET CAPTURED
----------------------------------------------
By studying a triple planetary system that resembles a scaled-up version
of our own Sun's family of planets, astronomers have been able to obtain
the first direct spectrum -- the "chemical fingerprint" -- of a planet
orbiting a distant star.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/13exoplanet/
UNPRECEDENTED DETAILS SEEN ON THE SURFACE OF BETELGEUSE
-------------------------------------------------------
Using interferometry, an international team led by an astronomer of Paris
Observatory obtained an unprecedented image of the surface of the red
supergiant Betelgeuse, in the constellation of Orion.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/12betelgeuse/
SCIENTISTS USE MIRROR EFFECT TO REPRODUCE IBEX OBSERVATION
----------------------------------------------------------
Ever since NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, mission
scientists released the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system's
edge in particles, solar physicists have been busy revising their models
to account for the discovery of a narrow "ribbon" of bright emission that
was completely unexpected and not predicted by any model at the time.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/12ibex/
--
Good Clear Skies
--
Astrocomet
--
Colin James Watling
--
Real 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 (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
--
Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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