NASA's next budget plan unveiled / Probe to encounter comet tonight

NEWSALERT: Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 1831 GMT
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REUSED SPACE PROBE AIMS FOR COMET ENCOUNTER TONIGHT
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Twelve years after launch and seven years after it collected dust from the
tail of comet Wild 2, NASA's Stardust probe is closing in for a bonus
flyby of comet Tempel 1 late Monday to find out how the icy body has
changed since it was visited by another NASA spacecraft back in 2005.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1102/14stardustnext/


SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S LONG-DELAYED LAUNCH IS NEARING
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The space shuttle Discovery's launch countdown begins a week from today
and final preps for picking up the clocks are underway at the Kennedy
Space Center.

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


NASA CONSIDERS PHOTO OP DURING DISCOVERY MISSION
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Space station officials are considering the possibility of staging what
might be considered the ultimate photo op during Discovery's mission to
deliver critical supplies and a final U.S. module to the International
Space Station. Meanwhile, NASA managers and contractors met Friday for a
program-level flight readiness review for the upcoming shuttle mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/110211flyaround/


SAFETY SYSTEM TESTED FOR ATLAS AND DELTA ROCKETS
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United Launch Alliance is seeking funding from NASA this year to finish
designing a key safety system for potential commercial crew launches on
its Atlas and Delta rocket fleet, officials said last week.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1102/13ulaccdev/


NASA STUDYING REQUEST TO COMBINE DRAGON TEST FLIGHTS
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NASA is reviewing data from SpaceX's historic December demo mission of the
Dragon capsule before approving the company's request to send its next
test flight all the way to the International Space Station.

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/110213cots2/


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