Finish line for shuttle tanks / Taurus 2 could launch from Florida

  NEWSALERT: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1558 GMT
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FUEL TANK FOR FINAL SHUTTLE WELCOMED AT SPACEPORT
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The external fuel tank for the final scheduled space shuttle launch has
arrived at the Kennedy Space Center after a five-day, 900-mile barge ride
from Louisiana to the Cape.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/100714tank/


TAURUS 2 COULD LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS FROM FLORIDA
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Orbital Sciences Corp. could reevaluate moving some of its Taurus 2 rocket
missions from Virgina to Florida if the company wins a contract to launch
astronauts or stacks its backlog with satellite launches, a senior company
official said Tuesday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/14orbital/


NASA HOPES TO LAUNCH HIGH-TECH DEMOS EARLY AND OFTEN
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NASA's new space technology development program is taking a page from
Google. The innovative Internet firm's mantra of launching products early
and often could be the tagline for NASA's consolidated initiative to
develop revolutionary space capabilities, according to the agency's chief
technologist.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/13nasatech/


BANKRUPT SEA LAUNCH SIGNS CONTRACT WITH ASIASAT
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Sea Launch netted a contract last week to send an unspecified AsiaSat
communications satellite to orbit between 2012 and 2014, strengthening the
company's backlog as it hopes to emerge from bankruptcy later this year.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/12sealaunch/


"THIS WEEK IN SPACE:" THREATS TO EARTH
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This Week: The search for hazards from unknown near-Earth asteroids, the
last shuttle fuel tank leaves factory, next round of workforce layoffs and
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden's Muslim comment.

http://spaceflightnow.com/twis/


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