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U.S. MILITARY SPACECRAFT AID SEARCH FOR MISSING AIRBUS U.S. MILITARY SPACECRAFT AID SEARCH FOR MISSING AIRBUS - U.S. Air Force Defense Support Program (DSP) missile warning satellite data collected early June 1 over the central Atlantic, is being examined to see if it captured a possibly fiery breakup or impact of the Air France Airbus A330 that disappeared enroute to Paris from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The objective is to help locate the position of the aircraft when it went down and also provide insight into what may have caused the accident. Air France flight 447 was carrying 228 passengers and crew when it vanished.    More
(Source: SpaceFlightNow.com - Jun 2)


SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BEING FLOWN BACK TO FLORIDA SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BEING FLOWN BACK TO FLORIDA - Space shuttle Atlantis headed home Monday morning, riding piggyback atop a Boeing 747 for the trip from Edwards Air Force Base in Californina to the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA had earlier postponed the journey due to bad weather. Thunderstorms and high winds prevented plans to begin flying Atlantis back home early Sunday.   More
(Source: Fox News - Jun 2)


SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD FOR JUNE MISSION SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD FOR JUNE MISSION - The space shuttle Endeavour rolled from one Florida launch pad to another on Sunday in preparation for a complicated June construction flight to the International Space Station. NASA parked Endeavour atop the seaside Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral., Fla., at 11:42 a.m. EDT (1542 GMT) after a more than eight-hour trek from its previous perch. Endeavour is scheduled to blast off on June 13 to deliver a porch-like experiment platform to the space station that will complete the outpost's Japanese Kibo laboratory.    More
(Source: Space.com - Jun 1)


NASA: NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH MAY BE DELAYED NASA: NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH MAY BE DELAYED - Fresh on the heels of a successful flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA is again gearing up to launch a space shuttle into orbit, but bad weather could delay the June spaceflight, mission managers said Thursday. NASA hopes to launch the shuttle Endeavour on June 13 to deliver the last piece of Japan's massive Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station during a marathon 16-day construction flight. The hopes to build on the momentum from the recent Hubble service call, which ended last Sunday when the shuttle Atlantis landed in California.    More
(Source: Space.com - May 29)


SOYUZ TMA-15 LAUNCHES FOR GROWING ISS - UPA/SPDM UPDATES SOYUZ TMA-15 LAUNCHES FOR GROWING ISS - UPA/SPDM UPDATES - ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 10:34 GMT on Wednesday, with their Soyuz TMA-15 scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) at 12:36 GMT on Friday 29 May - marking the start of six crew operations on the orbital outpost. The trio join Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, with De Winne becoming Flight Engineer as a member of the Expedition 20 crew, reporting to Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka.    More
(Source: NASASpaceflight.com - May 28)


ILS TO LAUNCH SECOND SKYTERRA SATELLITE - International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that it will launch the SkyTerra 2 satellite. This is the second of two satellite launches that ILS has been awarded from SkyTerra, following the selection of ILS in May 2007 to launch SkyTerra 1 on an ILS Proton launch vehicle. SkyTerra 2 is a Boeing 702 satellite, weighing 5.4 metric tons and is under construction by Boeing Satellite Systems, in El Segundo, California. ILS and Khrunichev are implementing a schedule to support a launch in late 2010.   More
(Source: Space Daily - May 25)


ATLANTIS LANDS IN CALIFORNIA ATLANTIS LANDS IN CALIFORNIA - Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards AFB at 11:39 EDT, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. A post-landing news conference with managers at Kennedy is expected in approx. 30 minutes. The participants will be Ed Weiler, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Mike Moses, launch integration manager, and Mike Leinbach, space shuttle launch director. A crew news conference is tentative and will be announced later. The ceremony to welcome the astronauts back will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Houston's Ellington Field.    More
(Source: NASA - May 24)


ALANTIS GIVEN "GO" FOR EDWARDS - Mission Control has decided to target Edwards for today's landing since the weather at Kennedy is unstable. The deorbit burn is timelined to begin at 10:24 a.m. EDT for an 11:39 a.m. landing at Edwards. The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Atlantis enough to begin its descent.   More
(Source: NASA - May 24)


ARIANESPACE LAUNCHES RUSSIAN SATELLITE ON SOYUZ - rianespace successfully launched a Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian governmental satellite, the company announced May 22. Arianespace said that the satellite was accurately placed on the target orbit. The successful launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia took place at 1:53 local Moscow time on May 21 and was the fifth Soyuz family mission in 2009 for Arianespace.   More
(Source: Satellite Today - May 23)


SATURDAY LANDING OPPORTUNITIES WAVED OFF - STS-125 Entry Flight Director Norm Knight has waved off today's landing opportunities. Capcom Greg Johnson explained to the crew the weather did not permit a Kennedy landing today. Johnson said, "There's a chance for a landing at Kennedy tomorrow, and we're going to keep that option open. Edwards remains good for tomorrow and Monday, if needed." Tomorrow (May 24) the first landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center is at 10:11 a.m. EDT.    More
(Source: NASA - May 23)

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