New launch dates proposed for final space shuttle missions

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NASA BEGINS REVIEW OF SHUTTLE LAUNCH DATE CHANGES
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NASA managers Tuesday asked shuttle engineers to assess retargeting the
final two space shuttle missions, moving launch of a mid-September flight
with Discovery to Oct. 29 and a late November flight by Endeavour to Feb.
28. The changes would give engineers more time to optimize payloads bound
for the International Space Station and avoid launch conflicts with other
flights to the lab complex.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/100622dates/


NASA GIVES TAURUS ANOTHER CHANCE TO LAUNCH OCO CRAFT
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NASA is again turning to the Taurus rocket to loft a replacement
carbon-sniffing observatory after a mishap doomed the first try to launch
the crucial environmental satellite. The second Orbiting Carbon
Observatory mission could launch as early as February 2013.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/23oco2/

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NEW ISRAELI SPY SATELLITE BLASTS OFF INTO THE NIGHT
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Israel successfully launched a top secret spy satellite into low Earth
orbit Tuesday from an air base along the Mediterranean coast, according to
the Israeli Defense Ministry.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/22ofeq9/


NEW INSIGHT INTO MILKY WAY FORMATION
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Research by a team of astronomers led by Professor Dr. Pavel Kroupa of the
Argelander Institute for Astronomy at Bonn University has led to important
breakthroughs in the exploration of the earliest evolutionary history of
our Galaxy.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n1006/23milkyway/


ARIANE 5 SET TO LAUNCH ARAB AND SOUTH KOREAN SATELLITES
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The next Ariane 5 rocket was rolled to the launch pad Tuesday at the
Guiana Space Center in South America for this evening's planned blastoff
carrying a pair of satellites for diverse purposes. Liftoff time is
scheduled for 2141 GMT (5:41 p.m. EDT).

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v195/preview.html

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