New launch dates proposed for final space shuttle missions

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NASA BEGINS REVIEW OF SHUTTLE LAUNCH DATE CHANGES
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NASA managers Tuesday asked shuttle engineers to assess retargeting the
final two space shuttle missions, moving launch of a mid-September flight
with Discovery to Oct. 29 and a late November flight by Endeavour to Feb.
28. The changes would give engineers more time to optimize payloads bound
for the International Space Station and avoid launch conflicts with other
flights to the lab complex.

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NASA GIVES TAURUS ANOTHER CHANCE TO LAUNCH OCO CRAFT
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NASA is again turning to the Taurus rocket to loft a replacement
carbon-sniffing observatory after a mishap doomed the first try to launch
the crucial environmental satellite. The second Orbiting Carbon
Observatory mission could launch as early as February 2013.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/23oco2/

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NEW ISRAELI SPY SATELLITE BLASTS OFF INTO THE NIGHT
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Israel successfully launched a top secret spy satellite into low Earth
orbit Tuesday from an air base along the Mediterranean coast, according to
the Israeli Defense Ministry.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/22ofeq9/


NEW INSIGHT INTO MILKY WAY FORMATION
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Research by a team of astronomers led by Professor Dr. Pavel Kroupa of the
Argelander Institute for Astronomy at Bonn University has led to important
breakthroughs in the exploration of the earliest evolutionary history of
our Galaxy.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n1006/23milkyway/


ARIANE 5 SET TO LAUNCH ARAB AND SOUTH KOREAN SATELLITES
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The next Ariane 5 rocket was rolled to the launch pad Tuesday at the
Guiana Space Center in South America for this evening's planned blastoff
carrying a pair of satellites for diverse purposes. Liftoff time is
scheduled for 2141 GMT (5:41 p.m. EDT).

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THIS WEEK IN SPACE
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Miles O'Brien has an exclusive interview with former NASA Administrator
Mike Griffin about SpaceX and the space program's new direction in the
latest episode of "This Week In Space."

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Charts-info Astrosite Groningen (June 24, 2010)

Dear comet observers,

 

We have prepared the following new charts for our homepage:

 

  

 *  C/2009 K5  (McNaught) : 

• two 3.0x4.0 degrees charts for the period 29 June - 19 July 2010.

 

These new charts can now be downloaded from the charts section of our mainpage:

http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro

Here you can also download charts from earlier updates....

 

Reinder Bouma/Edwin van Dijk.

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Comet McNaught

A picture of Comet 2009 R1 Mc Naught from Ron Larter

Please find attached an image of Comet McNaught I was able to catch in the early hours of 22 June. I was a little disappointed with the quality due to its low position and a stupid street light directly in front of my telescope pad. Mind you, I did manage to get its thin faint tail, which I guess could be claimed as a success considering the conditions. I would imagine Derek Buggs could get a better image with his larger scope.

Regards.

Ron.

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A Light in the Sky

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa spacecraft streaked across the sky like a saber of light through the clouds as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere over the Woomera Test Range in Australia. In Kingoonya, the spacecraft's re-entry was visible to the human eye for only 15 seconds.

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Space station to welcome new residents today / Mystery at Jupiter

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SPACE STATION TO WELCOME THREE NEW RESIDENTS TODAY
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The Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new residents for the International
Space Station is scheduled for docking this evening at 6:25 p.m. EDT (2225
GMT). Doug Wheelock, Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin will begin a
half-year mission aboard the complex.

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MYSTERIOUS FLASH ON JUPITER LEFT NO DEBRIS CLOUD
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An impact on Jupiter that was captured on camera by amateur astronomers
Anthony Wesley and Christopher Go was apparently nothing more than a giant
meteor, according to the latest Hubble Space Telescope observations of the
gas giant.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n1006/16jupiter/


DISCOVERY GETS THREE MAIN ENGINES FOR LAST LAUNCH
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Three main engines were attached to the shuttle Discovery earlier this
week to power the orbiter's last launch this fall. Spaceflight Now
captured these views of the task of installing the hydrogen-fueled engines
on the back of the shuttle.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/100616engines/


SPACEX WINS LION'S SHARE OF IRIDIUM LAUNCH SERVICES
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On the heels of its first Falcon 9 rocket flight less than two weeks ago,
SpaceX has inked a $492 million deal to launch a new fleet of Iridium
mobile communications satellites beginning in 2015.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/16iridium/


SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING ON TITAN
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New findings on Saturn's hydrocarbon-shrouded moon Titan reveal anomalies
that although are likely explained by chemical processes, still leave the
room open for the possibility of life.

http://astronomynow.com/news/n1006/10titan/



THIS WEEK IN SPACE
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Japan's robotic roundtrip mission to visit an asteroid beats the odds and
returns home, South Korea's new rocket has a bad day and Mars rover Spirit
produces another discovery.

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Three-person international crew launched into space

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THREE-PERSON INTERNATIONAL CREW LAUNCHED INTO SPACE
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft launched as scheduled Tuesday to ferry two NASA
astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station,
boosting the lab's crew from three to six. Liftoff occurred at 5:35 p.m.
EDT (2135 GMT) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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SPACE SENSOR COAXED TO LIFE FOLLOWING BLEAK TROUBLES
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Calling it a miracle recovery after early troubles left engineers
wondering if the instrument could ever be activated, scientists have
unveiled the first picture from the Solar X-ray Imager aboard the nation's
newest weather satellite.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d348/100615sxi/


DNEPR ROCKET LAUNCHES ON MISSION FOR FRANCE, SWEDEN
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A Soviet-era ballistic missile blasted off from southern Russia on Tuesday
with a French spacecraft to observe the sun and a Swedish experiment to
demonstrate orbital formation flying with two satellites.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/15dnepr/


RESEARCH SATELLITE ORBITED BY CHINESE LAUNCHER
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China successfully shot a scientific research satellite into orbit on a
Long March rocket Monday, marking the country's fourth space launch of the
year.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/15longmarch/


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Expedition 24 Heads to the Station

The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, carrying Expedition 24 NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched at 3:35 a.m Kazakhstan time, or 5:35 p.m EDT.

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Hubble Photographs Jupiter Impact Site

Space Weather News for June 16, 2010
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HUBBLE SEEKS DEBRIS, FINDS NONE: Even the Hubble Space Telescope cannot find any debris where a meteoroid apparently hit Jupiter on June 3rd. Today, researchers released new HST images of the impact site, which show nothing but uninterrupted clouds. The non-detection is consistent with a relatively small asteroid or comet fragment making a shallow strike in Jupiter's high atmosphere. Links to photos and more information may be found at http://spaceweather.com

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS:  Observers in Europe are reporting brightening displays of noctilucent clouds (NLCs).  That's to be expected.  Late spring and early summer often bring the strongest displays of these electric-blue clouds wafting across the top of Earth's atmosphere.  Visit today's edition of http://spaceweather.com for photos, observing tips--and a possible connection between NLCs and sunspots.

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[BAA 00501] Instruments and Imaging Section

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The Robotic Telescope Project allows members access to remote telescopes at
discounted rates - the primary instrument (at the moment) being the Sierra
Stars Observatory Network 61-cm f/10 Cassegrain in California. Details are
provided on the Instruments and Imaging Section website, which has now been
updated to include some of the results obtained by Peter Meadows (Robotic
Telescope Coordinator, robotscope@britastro.org), Nick James, and Guy Hurst:
http://www.britastro.org/iandi

On June 26 the Section will be represented at the Exhibition Meeting, during
which there will be two live sessions using the robotic Faulkes Telescopes
North and South, presented by Peter Meadows and Dr Richard Miles. For details
see the Exhibition Meeting website: http://www.britastro.org/exhibition/.

R.A. Marriott
Director

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[BAA 00500] Bob Mizon awarded MBE

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Our warmest congratulations to Bob Mizon who has been awarded an MBE in the
Queen's Birthday Honours List "For voluntary service to Astronomy and to the
Environment".

Bob has been a tireless campaigner for protection of the night time
environment and against the excesses of light pollution for many years and
this recognition of his efforts is very well deserved.

Well done Bob!

David Boyd
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