Three men launch to the space station today

NEWSALERT: Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 2023 GMT
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THREE MEN PREPARE FOR BLASTOFF TO THE SPACE STATION
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Russian engineers are readying an upgraded Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft for
launch this evening from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to ferry a
veteran shuttle commander and two cosmonauts to the International Space
Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. EDT (2310 GMT).

LIVE UPDATES AND STREAMING VIDEO OF LAUNCH:
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp25/status.html

PREVIEW STORY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp25/101007preview/


ROOMY ADDITION FOR SPACE STATION READY TO LAUNCH
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An Italian-made module that will give the International Space Station a
float-in closet and help ease the outpost's storage woes arrived at the
launch pad this morning for loading aboard space shuttle Discovery.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/101007payloads/

MISSION STATUS CENTER:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/status.html


ORBITAL INSPECTOR OPERATING SMOOTHLY FOLLOWING LAUNCH
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The U.S. military's new space surveillance observatory has begun
maneuvering toward its operational perch to track orbital objects without
the hindrances imposed on ground-based monitors.

http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/sbss/101006update.html

EARLIER LAUNCH COVERAGE:
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/sbss/status.html


WMAP FINISHES NINE-YEAR PROBE OF INFANT UNIVERSE
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The WMAP satellite devoted to studying the genesis of the universe has
finished nine years of observations, but NASA will continue funding the
mission for two more years so researchers can extract every bit of science
from its ground-breaking observations.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/06wmap/


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