Plasma rocket revolution? / Station trio returning to Earth tonight

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Celebrate the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductees!

The highly anticipated U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Gala is set
for June 4, 2010 to honor this year's class of inductees! Reserve your
SPACE now at http://www.astronautscholarship.org/2010ahof_induction.html
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PLASMA ROCKET COULD REVOLUTIONIZE SPACE TRAVEL
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Inside an unsuspecting warehouse in suburban Houston, hidden behind a
streetcorner strip mall, a team of elite engineers and enterprising
physicists is busy developing a high-tech plasma rocket designed to carry
humanity to the stars.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/01vasimr/


STATION CREW EXCHANGE BEGINS WITH TONIGHT'S LANDING
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The International Space Station's current Russian commander, a NASA
astronaut and their Japanese crewmate will return to Earth tonight,
capping a half-year in orbit by landing in a parachute-equipped Soyuz
descent capsule.

***LIVE COVERAGE of undocking at 8:04 p.m. and landing at 11:24 p.m. EDT.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp23/status2.html


HAYABUSA ON TRACK FOR LANDING IN TWO WEEKS
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Two weeks before its scheduled return to Earth, Japan's Hayabusa asteroid
explorer is halfway through a series of unprecedented ion engine burns to
aim the probe for a narrow re-entry corridor toward Australia.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/30hayabusa/


WEATHER OUTLOOK 60% FAVORABLE FOR FALCON
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The Air Force has issued the first weather forecast for Friday's scheduled
launch attempt of the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral.

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


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Colin James Watling
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