NEWSALERT: Friday, February 1, 2013 @ 2040 GMT
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The latest news from Spaceflight Now
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NEW! MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PATCH!This commemorative patch celebrates NASA's Curiosity rover mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in search of clues whether the Red Planet was once hospitable to life.http://www.spaceflightnowstore.com/
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SEA LAUNCH ROCKET, INTELSAT SATELLITE FALL INTO PACIFIC
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A commercial Zenit 3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch fell into the equatorial Pacific Ocean moments after lifting off from a mobile platform Friday, destroying the Ukrainian booster and an Intelsat communications satellite.
http://spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/is27/130201failure/
REMEMBERING COLUMBIA
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As some might reckon it, the beginning of the end for NASA's space shuttle program came 10 years ago Friday, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/130201anniversary//
ATLAS 5 PUTS SCIENCE-RELAY SATELLITE INTO ORBIT FOR NASA
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Advancing from the days of ground stations providing sporadic coverage of man's early exploits in space to the creation of an orbiting satellite network for constant communications, the third generation of NASA's tracking stations in the sky roared off the launch pad Wednesday night.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/index.html
Our launch journal:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/status.html PHOTOS: Launch picture gallery:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/launch/
LOCKHEED MARTIN JOINS DREAM CHASER PROGRAM
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Lockheed Martin has joined Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser team, officials announced Wednesday. The aerospace giant will manufacture the Dream Chaser's composite structure and assist with safety certification.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1301/31dreamchaser/
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
+++ FERRYFLIGHT SHUTTLE PATCH
"The Final Mission" - NASA emblem developed for the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft crew and their support teams to deliver the orbiters to their final destinations at museums.http://www.spaceflightnowstore.com/ +++
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The latest news from Spaceflight Now
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
NEW! MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PATCH!This commemorative patch celebrates NASA's Curiosity rover mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in search of clues whether the Red Planet was once hospitable to life.http://www.spaceflightnowstore.com/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SEA LAUNCH ROCKET, INTELSAT SATELLITE FALL INTO PACIFIC
-------------------------------------------------------
A commercial Zenit 3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch fell into the equatorial Pacific Ocean moments after lifting off from a mobile platform Friday, destroying the Ukrainian booster and an Intelsat communications satellite.
http://spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/is27/130201failure/
REMEMBERING COLUMBIA
--------------------
As some might reckon it, the beginning of the end for NASA's space shuttle program came 10 years ago Friday, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/130201anniversary//
ATLAS 5 PUTS SCIENCE-RELAY SATELLITE INTO ORBIT FOR NASA
--------------------------------------------------------
Advancing from the days of ground stations providing sporadic coverage of man's early exploits in space to the creation of an orbiting satellite network for constant communications, the third generation of NASA's tracking stations in the sky roared off the launch pad Wednesday night.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/index.html
Our launch journal:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/status.html PHOTOS: Launch picture gallery:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/launch/
LOCKHEED MARTIN JOINS DREAM CHASER PROGRAM
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Lockheed Martin has joined Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser team, officials announced Wednesday. The aerospace giant will manufacture the Dream Chaser's composite structure and assist with safety certification.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1301/31dreamchaser/
INTERACTIVE iPAD GUIDE TO CURIOSITY ROVER MISSION
-------------------------------------------------
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
+++ FERRYFLIGHT SHUTTLE PATCH
"The Final Mission" - NASA emblem developed for the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft crew and their support teams to deliver the orbiters to their final destinations at museums.http://www.spaceflightnowstore.com/ +++
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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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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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