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Monday 14 November 2011

Fwd: LIVE: Three men will fly their Soyuz capsule to space tonight

NEWSALERT: Sunday, November 13, 2011 @ 1757 GMT
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  The latest news from Spaceflight Now

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THREE MEN READY TO FLY THEIR SOYUZ CAPSULE TO SPACE TONIGHT
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After exhaustive work to recover from a dramatic August launch failure, a
Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut was
poised for blastoff late Sunday on a delayed flight to the International
Space Station, the program's first manned launching since the U.S. shuttle
was retired.

LAUNCH UPDATES AND STREAMING VIDEO:
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp29/status.html

ROLLOUT PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp29/111111rollout/

ARCHIVED VIDEO COVERAGE:
http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php

HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO:
http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/hd/exp29/


PHOBOS-GRUNT MARS PROBE REMAINS SILENT IN EARTH ORBIT
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Russia officially remained silent on the status of its beleaguered
Phobos-Grunt Mars probe Friday as concerns grew that the toxic fuel-laden
spacecraft could crash back to Earth by December.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/11phobosgrunt/

LAUNCH VIDEO REPLAY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/08phobosgrunt/launchvideo.html


LOCKHEED MARTIN TO SELECT DELTA 4 ROCKET FOR ORION TEST
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NASA announced this week it has signed on to a long-sought proposal by
Lockheed Martin Corp. for a $370 million unmanned orbital test flight of
the Orion capsule in early 2014, clearing the way for final contract
negotiations for launch on a Delta 4-Heavy rocket.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/10orioneft1/


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