From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Aug 08 2003 - 14:34:12 PDT
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SHUTTLE RETURN-TO-FLIGHT TASK GROUP OUTLINES PLANS
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The co-chairman of a panel charged with assessing how well NASA meets the
intent of recommendations from the Columbia Accident Investigation Board
said Thursday he's not sure the agency will have time to implement
critical management changes before shuttle flights resume next year.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030807taskgroup/
SOURCE FOR MAJOR TYPE OF SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS FOUND
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Astronomers have finally identified the progenitor star system of a Type
Ia supernova. The culprit that triggered the stellar explosion is a
surprisingly normal star just a few times more massive than the Sun.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/06supernova/
SEA LAUNCH ROCKET LOFTS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE
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The tenth Sea Launch mission lifted off from the central Pacific Ocean
Thursday night, successfully delivering into space a "combo"
communications satellite that will be shared by two different companies.
http://spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/echostar9/status.html
REPLACEMENT SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED FOR XM RADIO
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XM Satellite Radio announced Thursday that it plans to launch a third
satellite into its fleet, in addition to a decision to order a fourth
satellite to serve as a ground spare to be sent into orbit as needed.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/07xmradio/
DELTA 4 LAUNCH LIKELY PUSHED BACK TO LATE-AUGUST
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Unless the Eastern Range schedule at Cape Canaveral has an unexpected
opening in the coming days, launch of Boeing's Delta 4 rocket carrying the
last Air Force DSCS communications satellite will be delayed until August
28, the company said Thursday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d300/status.html
ASTEROIDS DEDICATED TO FALLEN COLUMBIA ASTRONAUTS
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The final crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia was memorialized in the
cosmos as seven asteroids orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter were
named in their honor Wednesday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030806asteroids/
FIRST SHAPE MEASUREMENT OF AN EXPLODING WHITE DWARF
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Scientists have established that the extraordinarily bright and remarkably
similar astronomical "standard candles" known as Type Ia supernovae do not
explode in a perfectly spherical manner.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/06supernovashape/
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<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030807taskgroup/">SHUTTLE RETURN-TO-FLIGHT TASK GROUP OUTLINES PLANS</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/06supernova/">SOURCE FOR MAJOR TYPE OF SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS FOUND</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/echostar9/status.html">SEA LAUNCH ROCKET LOFTS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/07xmradio/">REPLACEMENT SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED FOR XM RADIO</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d300/status.html">DELTA 4 LAUNCH LIKELY PUSHED BACK TO LATE-AUGUST</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/030806asteroids/">ASTEROIDS DEDICATED TO FALLEN COLUMBIA ASTRONAUTS</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/06supernovashape/">FIRST SHAPE MEASUREMENT OF AN EXPLODING WHITE DWARF</a>
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