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Wednesday 27 October 2010

Shuttle Discovery cleared for blastoff next Monday

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SHUTTLE DISCOVERY CLEARED FOR BLASTOFF NEXT MONDAY
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After reviewing normal processing and weekend work to fix a small fuel
leak, NASA managers Monday cleared the shuttle Discovery for an
election-eve launch November 1 to begin a space station resupply mission,
the orbiter's 39th and final flight.
 
 
 
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SWEDISH SATELLITES ACCOMPLISH CLOSE APPROACH
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Sweden's Prisma satellite mission is nearly halfway through a 10-month
mission testing European technologies that could enable future
formation-flying and robotic servicing projects.
 
 
 
LUNAR IMPACTOR SCOOPED UP MORE THAN JUST WATER
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Astronauts exploring the moon's south pole should bring a shovel. NASA's
robotic mission to plunge an empty rocket stage into a lunar crater last
year confirmed the presence of large quantities of water ice and hydrogen,
but it also found traces of silver and mercury, scientists said Thursday.
 
 
 
UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS FORMED MARTIAN LAKES
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A study of martian terrain in the northern lowlands suggests that water
discharged from underground reservoirs slowly over time, rather than in
catastrophic flooding events.
 
 
 
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