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Friday 8 October 2010

New launch dates for shuttle, ATV and Glory missions

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GLORY'S LAUNCH DELAYED BY SPACECRAFT, ROCKET REVIEWS
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A problem with the Glory satellite's solar array system and continued
engineering work to clear the Taurus launcher for flight are delaying the
start of a $424 million NASA mission to investigate climate change.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/02glory/


LAST SHUTTLE LAUNCH SLIPS ONE DAY, MAKING ROOM FOR ATV
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After commercial interests pushed its launch into next year, Europe's next
orbital cargo freighter will attempt to reach the International Space
Station in a narrow docking window in February, pushing back the final
planned space shuttle flight by one day.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/01atvdelay/


SPACE STATION'S NEW MODULE HEADED FOR LAUNCH PAD
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The Permanent Multipurpose Module was plucked from the scaffold-like
workstand and stowed within the payload transporter early this morning for
the journey to launch pad 39A.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/status.html


MILKY WAY SIDELINED IN GALACTIC TUG OF WAR
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Gas formations and streams between and around the Magellanic Clouds
originally attributed to the Milky Way's gravity are now proposed to be
due to interactions between the Clouds themselves.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n1010/01milkyway/


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