From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Oct 25 2007 - 13:56:52 PDT
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>Subject: Discovery docks to station / Comet visible to naked eye
>Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:45:08 -0400
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> NEWSALERT: Thursday, October 25, 2007 @ 1940 GMT
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>DISCOVERY ARRIVES AT SPACE STATION WITH SMOOTH DOCKING
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>Commander Pam Melroy deftly guided the shuttle Discovery to a
>"picture-perfect" docking with the international space station today,
>setting the stage for the first of five spacewalks Friday to install a new
>module, move a huge solar array truss and test a potentially valuable heat
>shield repair technique.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/071025fd3/index2.html
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>VIDEO: STS-120 MISSION COVERAGE
> http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php
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>IMAGES: LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY
> http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/071023gallery/
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>'OUTSTANDING' PERFORMANCE FROM DISCOVERY'S FUEL TANK
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>The shuttle Discovery's foam-covered external fuel tank performed well
>during launch, NASA officials said Wednesday, shedding only a half-dozen
>pieces of insulation - all well after the period when such debris can pose
>an impact hazard - with no signs of damage to the orbiter's heat shield.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/071024fd2/index3.html
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>COMET BRIGHTENS A MILLION TIMES, VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE
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>A comet in the direction of the constellation Perseus has unexpectedly
>brightened by a million times in the past 24 hours. The comet is visible
>to the naked eye, having brightened yesterday to magnitude 2.7.
>
> http://www.astronomynow.com/news/071025holmes/
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>
>CHINESE LAUNCH SPACECRAFT TO EXPLORE THE MOON
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>China's burgeoning space program achieved another historic milestone
>during Wednesday's successful launch of the nation's first deep space
>probe on a one-year mission to study the moon from lunar orbit.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0710/24chinamoon/
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>ARRIVES AT SPACE STATION WITH SMOOTH DOCKING</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php">VIDEO: STS-120 MISSION
>COVERAGE</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/071023gallery/">IMAGES:
>LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY</a>
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>href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/071024fd2/index3.html">'OUTSTANDING'
>PERFORMANCE FROM DISCOVERY'S FUEL TANK</a>
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><a href="http://www.astronomynow.com/news/071025holmes/">COMET BRIGHTENS A
>MILLION TIMES, VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0710/24chinamoon/">CHINESE LAUNCH
>SPACECRAFT TO EXPLORE THE MOON</a>
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