Delta 4 rocket launched GPS / Mulling shuttle future

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DELTA 4 ROCKET TO LAUNCH NEXT GPS SATELLITE TONIGHT
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Now that the space shuttle Atlantis mission has successfully concluded,
full attention turns to Cape Canaveral's Complex 37 launch pad where a
Delta 4 rocket will try again tonight to get into orbit and deploy an
advanced Global Positioning System satellite. Liftoff time is 11:00 p.m.
EDT (0300 GMT).

LIVE COVERAGE:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/status.html

 

29/5/2010: Safely launched and put into orbit
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CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE MULL EXTRA SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT
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A key NASA supporter in Congress is beginning a formal push for an extra
space shuttle flight, as NASA officials prepare to present options to top
Obama administration officials next month.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/27nelsonsts135/


ATLANTIS RETURNS TO EARTH WHERE IT COULD STAY FOREVER
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Space shuttle Atlantis safely returned to the homeport Wednesday after the
final planned voyage in its quarter-century of spaceflight. The vehicle's
rich history included 294 days in space, 4,648 orbits of the planet and
120 million miles traveled during 32 flights. Whether NASA gives Atlantis
one more mission next year remains unknown, meaning this landing could
have been the orbiter's last before retirement.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/status.html

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AIR FORCE SAYS WAVERIDER SCRAMJET TEST IS SUCCESSFUL
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The first of four X-51 Waverider scramjet test flights was an "unqualified
success" Wednesday, shattering the previous endurance record for scramjet
engine operations, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/27waverider/


HOW DOES NASA TRAIN PILOTS TO LAND THE SPACE SHUTTLE?
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Landing the space shuttle is the pinnacle of the piloting profession.
Commanders go to great lengths to practice for their five minutes of
glory, when astronauts take over manual control of the unpowered shuttle
and perform a one-shot approach and landing with a dead stick.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/100525landing/


REVIEWS SHOVE FALCON 9 ROCKET DEBUT TO JUNE
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The earliest the Falcon 9 rocket could blast off from Cape Canaveral is
June 2, as the Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration continue
reviewing the vehicle's flight termination destruct system.

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/001/status.html


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