NEWSALERT: Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 1732 GMT
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CLASSIFIED SATELLITE CLIMBS INTO SPACE ON MINOTAUR ROCKET
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A trailblazing payload for the National Reconnaissance Office successfully
rocketed into orbit on a Minotaur 1 booster Sunday, beginning a secret
mission testing new ways to collect intelligence from space. Liftoff was
at 4:26 a.m. PST (7:26 a.m. EST; 1226 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calif.
LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY:
ROCKET STREAKS INTO THE SKY:
SPACE STATION ROBOTICS SHINE IN CARGO TRANSFER WORK
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Canadian robotics systems aboard the International Space Station retrieved
two cargo platforms from the Japanese HTV resupply freighter this week,
stockpiling the outpost with more spare parts and proving an adroit
mechanized handyman can perform operational duties in space.
HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO LISTING:
KELLY TO RESUME TRAINING FOR APRIL SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT
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Just one month after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in
Tucson, the Arizona Democrat's husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, announced
Friday that he will resume training Monday to command the shuttle
Endeavour during its final flight in April, saying his wife "would be very
comfortable with the decision I made."
NPP WEATHER SATELLITE NEARLY READY FOR CRUCIAL MISSION
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The oft-delayed NPOESS Preparatory Project, once a symbol of bureaucratic
mismanagement, is back on track for liftoff in October on an essential
mission to supply weather and climate data to meteorologists.
NPP SATELLITE IN TEST CHAMBER:
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NEW INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PATCHES!
Crew patches for Expeditions 26 and 27 are 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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