NEWSALERT: Monday, October 11, 2010 @ 1450 GMT
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COMMERCIAL ROCKETPLANE TAKES FIRST GLIDING FLIGHT TEST
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Virgin Galactic conducted the first piloted gliding flight of its
commercial sub-orbital spaceship, the VSS Enterprise, Sunday, releasing
the winged rocketplane from the WhiteKnightTwo mothership at an altitude
of 45,000 feet above the Mojave Desert.
DIGITAL SOYUZ ARRIVES AT THE SPACE STATION
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Flying an automated approach to successfully dock with the International
Space Station, the new Russian Soyuz TMA-01M capsule delivered a three-man
crew to the outpost Saturday night.
DOCKING STORY:
MISSION STATUS CENTER:
VIDEO ARCHIVE:
THREE MEN LAUNCHED INTO SPACE FOR HALF-YEAR VOYAGE
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Russia's upgraded Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft launched Thursday evening from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying a veteran shuttle commander
and two cosmonauts toward a Saturday linkup with the International Space
Station.
GROUND RADIO TRANSMITTERS INTERFERING WITH SATELLITE
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Radio signals on Earth are proving troublesome for scientists attempting
to use data from a European Space Agency satellite to measure soil
moisture and ocean salinity.
WISE WARMS UP TO NEW MISSION PHASE
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NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) may have reached the end
of its infrared mapping phase, but it now embarks on a warmer mission to
track nearby comets, asteroids and brown dwarfs.
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SHUTTLE PROGRAM COMMEMORATIVE PATCH ON SALE!
A special commemorative patch to mark the end of the space shuttle program
is now available from our store.
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Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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