Watch live coverage of Discovery crew arriving / Station resupplies launched

NEWSALERT: Thursday, October 28, 2010 @ 1515 GMT
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ASTRONAUTS ON THE AUCTION BLOCK

A whitewater rafting adventure with Apollo moonwalker Charlie Duke is one
of twelve astronaut experiences offered in the Astronaut Scholarship
Foundation's (ASF) 8th Annual Auction of Astronaut Experiences &
Memorabilia. Bidding opens October 29; preview all 65 lots and register to
bid at

http://www.astronautscholarship.org/auction
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DISCOVERY ASTRONAUTS TRAVELING TO THE CAPE TODAY
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The all-veteran astronaut crew for space shuttle Discovery's final mission
will travel from their homebase in Houston to the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida this afternoon to begin preps for Monday's launch. We will have
live streaming coverage of the arrival starting around 2:40 p.m. EDT (1840
GMT).

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


LIVE LAUNCH WEBCAST
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Join Miles O'Brien, David Waters and Leroy Chiao for our live webcast from
Kennedy Space Center of Discovery's liftoff starting at 12 noon EDT (1600
GMT) on Monday.

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


CARGO CRAFT BEGINS PURSUIT OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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Just a week before the shuttle Discovery arrives at the International
Space Station for its construction mission, a Russian resupply ship has
launched to deliver a load of equipment, fuel and provisions to the
orbiting science laboratory.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp25/101027prog40p/


SHUTTLE BOOSTERS SWAP ROOMS IN ASSEMBLY BUILDING
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The two solid rocket motors that will help boost the shuttle Endeavour to
space in February took a rare solo trip outdoors Wednesday, moving from
one bay of the massive Vehicle Assembly Building to another.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/101027srbmove/


CRYOSAT 2 PASSES IN-ORBIT TESTS WITH FLYING COLORS
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Europe's CryoSat 2 satellite sailed through a performance review last
week, confirming it is ready to map Earth's eroding polar ice caps for the
next three years.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/26cryosat/


NASA DELEGATION TO CHINA SETS STAGE FOR MORE TALKS
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Last week's trip by NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden to China did not
include talks on specific areas of cooperation between the two countries,
but it did "form the basis for further dialogue" on potential
collaboration, according to an agency statement.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/26boldenchina/


SPACEX RESCHEDULES NEXT FALCON 9 LAUNCH FOR NOV. 18
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SpaceX has reset the launch of a crucial test flight of the Dragon capsule
for no earlier than Nov. 18, giving engineers extra time to simulate the
ship's brief but ambitious mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/101026launchdate/


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