From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Dec 15 2003 - 17:05:08 PST
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Subject: Atlas 3 rocket launches tonight / Astrobiologists look to Saturn moon
NEWSALERT: Monday, December 15, 2003 @ 2014 GMT
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The latest news from Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now
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U.S. NAVY SATELLITE TO LAUNCH ABOARD ATLAS 3 ROCKET
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The last in a long line of communications satellites for the U.S. Navy
heads for space tonight aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas 3B rocket. Launch
from Cape Canaveral is scheduled for 9:38 p.m. EST (0238 GMT). Check our
Mission Status Center for live coverage of the countdown and launch:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac203/status.html
WHY ASTROBIOLOGISTS LOOK TO SATURN'S MOON TITAN
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Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is the best place in the solar system to
study primordial soup -- the stuff from which life emerged. In January
2005, planetary scientists will get a closer look at Titan's version of
soup when the European Space Agency's Huygens probe floats to the surface
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/12titan/
PLANET RINGS MAY LIVE LONGER BY RECYCLING
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Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are
relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of
orbiting debris can lengthen the lifetime of such rings, according to
University of Colorado researchers.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/14rings/
DELTA 4-HEAVY EXPOSED
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The mobile service tower at Cape Canaveral's pad 37B was rolled away from
the newly-erected Boeing Delta 4-Heavy rocket for a brief time December
11. This provided the first clear view of the 170-foot tall rocket
standing fully exposed on the launch pad. See a new photo gallery:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/14delta4heavy/01.html
A GIANT COCOON DISCOVERED AROUND MASSIVE YOUNG STAR
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Astronomers have discovered a giant envelope or disk of glowing gas more
than half a light year across, illuminated by shockwaves caused by winds
travelling at up to 220,000 miles/hour. The disk is orbiting a massive
star 20,000 light years from Earth. This is the first time such a disk has
been found emitting its own light.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/12cocoon/
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<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac203/status.html">U.S. NAVY SATELLITE TO LAUNCH ABOARD ATLAS 3 ROCKET</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/12titan/">WHY ASTROBIOLOGISTS LOOK TO SATURN'S MOON TITAN</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/14rings/">PLANET RINGS MAY LIVE LONGER BY RECYCLING</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/14delta4heavy/01.html">DELTA 4-HEAVY EXPOSED</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/12cocoon/">A GIANT COCOON DISCOVERED AROUND MASSIVE YOUNG STAR</a>
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