Preview of next week's Delta 4 launch / Moon mission extended

   NEWSALERT: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 @ 2051 GMT
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DELTA 4 SET FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MISSION NEXT WEEK
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Within the enclosed confines of the massive Space Launch Complex 6 pad at
the southern end of California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, a site once
envisioned to fly the space shuttle, a Delta 4 rocket and its classified
satellite cargo are undergoing final preps for blastoff next week.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d359/preview.html


GRAIL LUNAR GRAVITY MISSION EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER
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NASA has granted an extension of the GRAIL moon mission until December,
allowing scientists to complete a more definitive map of the lunar gravity
field from a lower orbit, according to agency officials and researchers.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1203/21grail/


ROLLOUT OF ARIANE 5 LAUNCHER EXPECTED TODAY
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Engineers have convened and approved plans to launch a 22-ton resupply
ship to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the European Automated
Transfer Vehicle is set for Friday, and its Ariane 5 booster will move to
the launch pad in French Guiana this morning.

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va205/status.html


ESCAPE BASKETS FOR SHUTTLE CREWS REMOVED FROM PAD
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A small but visible sign of the times occurred Saturday at Kennedy Space
Center's launch pad 39A when technicians removed the seven slidewire
baskets that were part of the emergency escape system for space shuttle
astronauts.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1203/19baskets/


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