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Wednesday 27 July 2011

Special video look at Atlantis' launch / Hubble's latest discovery

NEWSALERT: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1710 GMT
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AWE-INSPIRING ONBOARD VIDEO VIEWS OF ATLANTIS' LAUNCH
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Take a ride on the final space shuttle launch with remarkable footage
captured from cameras mounted on the solid rocket boosters, external fuel
tank and even inside Atlantis' cockpit looking back at the astronauts.
Check out these amazing videos of the spacecraft soaring to orbit, which
are presented here for Spaceflight Now+Plus users with launch audio.

http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php

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HUBBLE DISCOVERS PLUTO'S FOURTH MOON
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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to look for potential rings
around dwarf planet Pluto have instead uncovered a fourth moon orbiting
the distant icy world.

http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1107/20pluto/


ASTRONAUTS READY ATLANTIS FOR THURSDAY'S LANDING
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The crew of the shuttle Atlantis, working through one of the busiest days
of their mission, tested the orbiter's re-entry systems Wednesday and
packed up for landing Thursday to close out NASA's 135th and final shuttle
mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/status.html


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