From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Apr 1, 2014 7:33 AM
Subject: Military weather satellite finally set to launch / Shuttle mix-up revealed
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Charity Gala Honors Hall of Fame Heroes
Celebrate the new class of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductees at the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s 2014 Induction Gala, May 2 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex! Secure your tickets to this prestigious event online now at: http://astronautscholarship.org/programs-and-events/ahof-induction-weekend/
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A BLAST FROM THE PAST: MILITARY WEATHER SATELLITE FINALLY SET TO LAUNCH
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A $518 million military weather satellite that has been waiting 15 years to shine will be launched into orbit Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket from the western spaceport in California.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av044/preview.html
NASA OFFICIALS TO DISCLOSE SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER MIX-UP
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NASA will later today admit to an embarrassing paperwork error in the 1990s that led the agency to fly two of its space shuttle orbiters with the wrong names for almost two decades.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1404/01shuttle/
FLORIDA LAUNCHES GROUNDED FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS
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Rocket launches from Cape Canaveral are grounded until at least mid-April after an electrical short damaged an Air Force radar at the Kennedy Space Center, officials said Friday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/30range/
LONG MARCH ROCKET BOOSTS CHINESE SATELLITE TO ORBIT
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China launched an experimental satellite Monday aboard a Long March 2C rocket from the Jiuquan space base in northwest China, according to official media reports.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/31longmarch/
Soyuz crew arrives at the International Space Station
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut glided to a smooth linkup with the International Space Station Thursday, two days after a technical snag blocked a fast-track rendezvous and docking shortly after launch Tuesday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp39/140327docking/
GUIDE TO THE PLANETS FOR iPAD
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From tiny Mercury to distant Neptune and Pluto, this interactive guide to the planets from Astronomy Now magazine takes you on a tour of our Solar System and beyond.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets-astronomy-now-guide/id633956878?ls=1&mt=8
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