Lead spacewalker for next shuttle mission hurt in accident

            NEWSALERT: Saturday, January 15, 2011

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SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S LEAD SPACEWALKER HURT IN ACCIDENT
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Space station veteran Timothy Kopra, scheduled for launch Feb. 24 aboard
the shuttle Discovery, was injured in a bicycle accident Saturday, a NASA
official said. The injury was not life threatening and the NASA official,
citing medical privacy issues, provided no additional details. But
multiple sources said Kopra may have broken his hip, raising the prospect
of a significant impact to the already-delayed mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/110115kopra/


NASA SAYS NEW ROCKET NOT FEASIBLE IN CURRENT BUDGET
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Even using shuttle-derived hardware, established contractors and
long-standing engineering expertise, NASA's projected budget will not
cover the costs of developing a congressionally mandated heavy-lift
booster and a manned capsule for deep space exploration by 2016 as
ordered, agency officials informed lawmakers this week.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1101/14heavylift/


VIASAT PUSHES BACK LAUNCH TO REPAIR DAMAGED SATELLITE
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The launch of ViaSat's first high-capacity broadband communications
satellite will be delayed several months after receiving damage while
being moved inside a factory in California, the company announced
Thursday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1101/14viasat/


BUILD-UP OF STATIC ELECTRICITY TURNED SATELLITE INTO ZOMBIE
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In a remarkable reversal of fortune, Intelsat is on the verge of returning
a crippled communications satellite to service over North America, company
officials said Thursday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1101/14galaxy15/


DELTA 4-HEAVY SET FOR FIRST CALIFORNIA MISSION
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The excitement is building at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base for
Thursday's launch of the biggest rocket ever from the West Coast -- the
Delta 4-Heavy. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:08 p.m. PST (4:08 p.m. EST; 2108
GMT) to deploy a critical national security satellite into space.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d352/status.html

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