Long-lived Mars rover Opportunity embarks on 'whole new mission'

NEWSALERT: Friday, September 2, 2011 @ 1628 GMT
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ROVER BEGINS 'WHOLE NEW MISSION' AT MARTIAN CRATER
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Showing signs of wear after more than seven years driving across the
plains of Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover is investigating a broad impact
crater unlike any place ever visited on the Red Planet, effectively
beginning a new mission for the celebrated robot, scientists said
Thursday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1109/01opportunity/

DELTA 2 ROCKET GETTING PREPPED FOR MOON LAUNCH
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Storable hypergolic propellants are being loaded into the Delta 2 rocket's
second stage today in preparation for next Thursday's lunar launch
carrying the tandem GRAIL satellites.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d356/status.html

CLIMATE SATELLITE MOVES TO CALIFORNIA LAUNCH BASE
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An advanced polar-orbiting weather observatory took a 1,600-mile roadtrip
from Colorado to California this week, arriving at the satellite's
Vandenberg Air Force Base launch site after the 40-hour journey.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d357/110831arrival.html

MISSION EXTENDED FOR THREE SPACE STATION RESIDENTS
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Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut living aboard the
International Space Station are scheduled to return to Earth on Sept. 16,
leaving the outpost with a three-person crew until Russia can resume
crewed launches of the grounded Soyuz rocket.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp28/110901landing/


CANADIAN ROBOT COMPLETES FIRST MAINTENANCE TASK
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Dextre, the International Space Station's robotic handyman, replaced an
electrical switchboard outside the complex this week, the first time the
Canadian space robot has performed a maintenance task.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp28/110831dextre/


JUPITER-BOUND PROBE LOOKS BACK AT EARTH AND MOON
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NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this unique view of the Earth and the moon
Aug. 26 as the probe was about 6 million miles away.

http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av029/earth/

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