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Shuttle layoffs begin as program winds down - CNET News

Thursday, April 30th, 2009


Thaindian.com
Shuttle layoffs begin as program winds down
CNET News, CA - William Harwood
... cleared the shuttle Atlantis for launch May 11 on NASA's fifth and final mission to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The mission is the only flight left on NASA's shuttle manifest that does not go to the International Space Station. ...
Mandatory Shuttle Retirement Temporarily Postponed eWeek
Atlantis cleared for launch; shuttle layoffs to begin Spaceflight Now
Veteran space walker could find three-point line during Hubble ... University of Chicago Chronicle
Space Ref (press release) - The Write Stuff
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ASU researcher builds case for dynamic Mercury - Arizona State University

Thursday, April 30th, 2009


AFP
ASU researcher builds case for dynamic Mercury
Arizona State University, Tempe
In a recent article in Wired Science, titled "This Just in: Mercury More Exciting Than Mars", Lisa Grossman highlights research by postdoctoral research associate Brett Denevi in the School of Earth and Space Exploration in the College of Liberal Arts ...
Huge impact crater discovered on Mercury msnbc.com
Messenger Spacecraft Reveals a Very Dynamic Planet Mercury PR Newswire (press release)
The Evolution of Mercury's Crust: A Global Perspective from MESSENGER Science Magazine (subscription)
Science Daily (press release) - Science Magazine (subscription)
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Huge Impact Crater Discovered on Planet Mercury

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
New observations from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft reveal about 30 percent of the planet Mercury that has never been seen up close before.

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Shuttle Flight to Save Hubble Telescope to Launch May 11

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
NASA is officially targeting a May 11 shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Space Debris Risk Refined for Hubble Repair Flight

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
NASA has taken steps to reduce the heightened risk of space debris to its Hubble-bound astronauts.

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Russia Launches New Military Satellite

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Russia launched a new military satellite on Wednesday.

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New Resolution Could Delay Shuttle Retirement

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Lawmakers agreed Tuesday on a budget resolution that would eliminate a hard 2010 deadline for the retirement of NASA's shuttle fleet.

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Awesome Astronomy Websites for Kids - Examiner.com

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Examiner.com
Awesome Astronomy Websites for Kids
Examiner.com
Is it your kids dream of taking a ride aboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station? That may be possible in the future, but not at the present. But you can inspire them to be our future They astronauts.astronomy, our solar system, ...

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Mandatory Shuttle Retirement Wins Temporary Reprieve - eWeek

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

PhysOrg.com
Mandatory Shuttle Retirement Wins Temporary Reprieve
eWeek,  NY
Eight of the missions are to complete construction of the International Space Station while the ninth is a scheduled May 11 launch to the Hubble Space Telescope. In the interim between the end of the shuttle program and the first launch of the ...
NASA Sets Briefings For June Shuttle Mission To The Space Station Space Ref (press release)
Budget Authorizes $2.5 Billion for NASA Shuttle Fleet Wall Street Journal
Constellation versus everything else in NASA Orlando Sentinel
USA Today - Helsinki Times (subscription)
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NASA May Scrap Plans for a Permanent Moon Base - Discover Magazine

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Discover Magazine
NASA May Scrap Plans for a Permanent Moon Base
Discover Magazine, NY - Eliza Strickland
The “Vision for Space Exploration” set out by former president George W. Bush in 2004 called for sustained lunar exploration in order to test technologies, like habitation and life support systems, that would be used on a long mission to Mars. ...
The NASA Buzz: Shuttle Extension, Abandoning the Moon, and What ... Universe Today
NASA reconsiders outpost as 2020 Moon goal Flightglobal
YOUSAID: YES & NO. Orlando Sentinel
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