Spacewalker give station new batteries / Falcon 9 slips further

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SPACEWALKERS REPLACING STATION'S AGING POWER PACKS
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Astronauts Steve Bowen and Mike Good took a seven-hour spacewalk today,
the first of two devoted to replacing six of the International Space
Station's oldest solar array batteries. They also untangled a cable on
Atlantis' inspection boom sensor and finished deploying the station's new
Ku-band communications antenna.

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

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LAUNCH OF FALCON 9 ROCKET WILL WAIT ANOTHER WEEK
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Air Force officials say SpaceX will launch its first Falcon 9 rocket no
earlier than May 27, but the planned landing of the shuttle Atlantis next
week will likely push the long-awaited blastoff to at least May 28. Safety
officials continue reviewing the private booster's destruct mechanism.

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


NEW MODULE SUPPORTS SCIENCE AND SPACECRAFT
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The International Space Station expanded Tuesday when the shuttle
Atlantis' astronauts successfully installed Rassvet, a new module doubling
as a docking compartment for receiving Russian spacecraft and a mini
laboratory for science. The robotic arm plugged the 18,000-pound payload
into the Zarya module at 8:19 a.m. and the docking mechanism permanently
secured Rassvet at 8:30 a.m. EDT.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/status7.html


SES WILL SHUFFLE SATELLITES TO AVOID ZOMBIE SPACECRAFT
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A wayward out-of-control Intelsat broadcasting satellite is forcing a
rival operator to change the position of two spacecraft to ensure U.S.
television viewers continue receiving high-definition programming in late
May and early June.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/18interference/


WEATHER CAUSES SCRUB OF JAPANESE ROCKET LAUNCH
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Bad weather at the Tanegashima Space Center forced the Japanese space
agency to postpone Monday's scheduled launch of the Akatsuki orbiter to
Venus. Liftoff has been rescheduled for Thursday (U.S. time).

http://spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/status.html


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