Fourth crack found on shuttle Discovery's external tank

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FOURTH CRACK FOUND ON SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S EXTERNAL TANK
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Engineers inspecting the shuttle Discovery's external tank have found a
fourth crack in the structural ribs, or stringers, making up the outer
skin of the compartment between the liquid oxygen and hydrogen sections.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/101115crack/


MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BROADBAND DREAM ROCKETS INTO REALITY
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Designed to beam broadband messages to smart phones from more than
22,000 miles in space, a massive spacecraft blasted off Sunday from the
plains of Kazakhstan on a Proton rocket in the first phase of deploying
a unique wireless communications network stretching across North
America. Officials declared the mission a total success.

http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/skyterra1/launch/


MINOTAUR ROCKET READIED FOR LIFTOFF FROM ALASKA THIS WEEK
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Seven satellites will share a ride to space on a Minotaur rocket Friday,
launching from the southern shore of Alaska to an orbital perch more than
400 miles above Earth with a legion of U.S. military, NASA and university
experiments.

http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/status.html


DELTA 4-HEAVY ROCKET TO FLY FROM FLORIDA ON THURSDAY
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The early weather projections for Thursday night's launch of the Delta
4-Heavy rocket carrying a clandestine spy satellite calls for good
conditions at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d351/status.html


ORBITAL ATTAINS ENGINE FEAT, TARGETS 2012 FOR CARGO FLIGHT
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Orbital Sciences Corp. this week successfully test fired the Russian
engine that will propel the Taurus 2 rocket from the launch pad next year,
but the accomplishment comes as the company says the first operational
flight of its space station cargo freighter is delayed until early 2012.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1011/12aj26test/


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