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Tuesday 31 August 2010

Station astronauts get station's cooling system running again

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STATION CREW RECAPS REPAIRS AS COOLANT SYSTEM RESTARTS
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The International Space Station's coolant system is back up and running
normally after a three-spacewalk repair job, the astronauts said Thursday,
allowing the crew to power up science equipment and other systems that had
to be shut down when an ammonia pump shorted out July 31.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/100819cbs/

MISSION STATUS CENTER COVERAGE OF THE SPACEWALKS:
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/status2.html

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IRIDIUM MERGES SCIENCE WITH COMMUNICATIONS MISSION
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Working under a U.S. government grant, researchers are calling upon the
Iridium satellite constellation for the first real-time global space
weather observations from low Earth orbit.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1008/18iridium/


TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS GRANTS TO AID SPACE COAST
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A presidential task force released its recommendations Tuesday on how to
best invest $40 million in aid for Florida's Space Coast workforce as the
space shuttle program is retired next year.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1008/17spacecoast/


CHINESE MINI-STATION MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO LIFTOFF
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China has finished building an unmanned module that will be the
centerpiece of the country's first space laboratory, state media reported
Tuesday. The Tiangong 1 spacecraft is scheduled to launch in 2011.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1008/18tiangong/


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