Air Force launches its final Delta 2 rocket / NASA tests planetary reentry system

NEWSALERT: Monday, August 17, 2009 @ 1856 GMT
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BITTERSWEET LAUNCH ENDS SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF HISTORY
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As the day dawned at Cape Canaveral this morning, another Delta 2 rocket
darted into the sky on a satellite deployment mission. But this successful
launch was remarkably different. Instead of bringing joy, there was deep
sadness from the finality bought by the flight.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d343/status.html

LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d343/090817gallery/

HIGH-DEFINITION LAUNCH VIDEO:
http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/hd/d343/


SUBORBITAL TEST TO AID MARS REENTRY SYSTEM DESIGN
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NASA's Wallops Flight Facility launched a major sounding rocket test of an
inflatable ballutet planetary reentry system at 8:52 a.m. EDT today. A
Black Brant rocket was used to fire the mushroom-shaped experiment vehicle
high above Earth before falling back into the atmosphere.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0908/17wallops/

EARLIER PREVIEW STORY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0908/16wallops/


TINY FLARES HEAT SUN'S ATMOSPHERE
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The mystery of why temperatures in the Sun's atmosphere exceed those
nearer its surface has finally been explained by tiny bursts of heat and
energy called nanoflares.

http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0908/17sun/

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