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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BIDS FINAL FAREWELL TO ENDEAVOUR
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Bound for Southern California where America's space shuttle fleet was born, the retired spaceship Endeavour left her homeport Wednesday morning atop a modified 747 carrier jet to become a tool of inspiration at a children's science museum in Los Angeles.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/120919depart/
PHOTOS: ENDEAVOUR OVER COCOA BEACH:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/120919beach/
ENDEAVOUR HEADS ON WESTWARD TREK INTO RETIREMENT
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The space shuttle Endeavour began her hopscotching trek across the southern United States on a ferryflight into retirement Wednesday, departing Kennedy Space Center at sunrise on a four-leg trek to reach the busy Los Angeles International Airport at noon Friday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/120916preview/index2.html
ANOTHER ATLAS 5 READIED TO LAUNCH MINI SPACE SHUTTLE
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United Launch Alliance's Atlas-Centaur rocket has been put together for deploying the Air Force's third Orbital Test Vehicle flight, a mission that will demonstrate the reusability of the X-37B spaceplane when it blasts off Oct. 25.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av034/stacking.html
LONG MARCH ORBITS CHINESE NAVIGATION SATELLITES
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Two satellites for China's Beidou navigation system lifted off on top of a Long March rocket Tuesday, adding new spacecraft to the growing network to provide more accurate positioning services to military and civil users.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1209/18longmarch/
INTERACTIVE iPAD GUIDE TO CURIOSITY ROVER MISSION
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Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now have created an interactive iPad guide to the Curiosity rover mission. Learn more about the mission, explore the rover's components and preview Europe's plans for the next Mars rover destined to visit the Red Planet. Now updated with a timeline of the triumphs and disasters of Mars exploration.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mission-to-mars-astronomy/id548931049?mt=8
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Colin James Watling
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Colin James Watling
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Various Voluntary work-Litter Picking for Parish Council (Daytime) and also a friend of Kessingland Beach (Watchman)
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Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
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Lyra Website: https://sites.google.com/site/lyrasociety/
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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