Stacking of final shuttle solid rocket boosters underway

NEWSALERT: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 1508 GMT

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STACKING OF FINAL SHUTTLE ROCKET BOOSTERS UNDERWAY

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The last-ever set of space shuttle solid-fuel rockets began taking shape

Tuesday evening as technicians started stacking the boosters that will

power Atlantis this summer.

 

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/110329srb/

 

JAPAN'S HTV CARGO FREIGHTER PROVES USEFUL TO THE END

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Japan's HTV cargo craft plunged back to Earth overnight Tuesday with a

unique sensor designed to record the heated death throes of the throwaway

garbage-filled spaceship.

 

http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv2/110329entry/

 

SHUTTLE CREW COMES TO TOWN FOR PRACTICE COUNTDOWN

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The six astronauts to fly Endeavour's final orbital voyage have jetted

into the Kennedy Space Center for this week's countdown dress rehearsal

with the space shuttle launch team.

 

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/110329tcdtarrive/

 

MISSION STATUS CENTER:

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/status.html

 

HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO COVERAGE:

http://spaceflightnowplus.com/hd/sts134/

 

ARIANE ROCKET TO LAUNCH TODAY

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Communications satellites for the Middle East and Africa are buttoned up

for blastoff Wednesday inside an Ariane 5 rocket. The 16-story booster is

scheduled to lift off at 2145 GMT (5:45 p.m. EDT) today from Kourou,

French Guiana.

 

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va201/preview/

 

OUR ARIANE ARCHIVE:

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/

 

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