[FPSPACE] FW: NASA identifies object seen floating away from shuttle today

[LARRY KLAES]

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>Subject: NASA identifies object seen floating away from shuttle today
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:23:56 -0400
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>OBJECT SEEN FLOATING AWAY FROM SHUTTLE; NASA SAYS NOT A CONCERN
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>Engineers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston believe a flashing bit of
>debris spotted floating away from the shuttle Discovery this morning was a
>clip used to secure thermal insulation in the ship's rudder/speed brake to
>protect against heating during ascent. Flight controllers told the
>astronauts the lost clip poses no threat to a safe re-entry.
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>  http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/status.html
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>NASA SAYS HUBBLE PLANS NOT THREATENED BY PAD REPAIRS
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>Serious damage to the "flame trench" at launch pad 39A during the shuttle
>Discovery's May 31 takeoff will require extensive repairs, officials said
>Thursday, but engineers believe the work can be completed in time to
>support the planned Oct. 8 launch of shuttle Atlantis on a long-awaited
>flight to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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>  http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/080612pad/
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>ARIANE 5 REACHES MILESTONE 25TH STRAIGHT SUCCESS
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>The Ariane 5 booster rocketed into space from a French Guiana launch pad
>minutes after sunset Thursday, painting a colorful spectacle in the sky en
>route to space with a British military communications satellite and a
>Turkish broadcasting spacecraft.
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>A NEW TYPE OF COMET DUST MINERAL FOUND
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>NASA researchers have found a new mineral in a material that likely
>originated from comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup, which orbits the Sun once
>every five years.
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>  http://astronomynow.com/080613Anewtypeofcometdustmineral.html
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>PLUTO ASSIGNED 'PLUTOID' TAG IN NEW CLASSIFICATION
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>Almost two years after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) caused a
>worldwide furore by stripping Pluto of its former status as a 'proper'
>planet to a dwarf planet, the term 'plutoid' has been introduced to
>describe "Pluto-like transneptunian dwarf planets."
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>OVEN FULL OF MARS
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>After several attempts, Phoenix has finally succeeded in filling one of
>its ovens with Martian soil, ready to sniff out and assess its
>ingredients, such as water.
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>SUCCESSFUL FIRST TEST OF HIGH SPEED MOON PENETRATOR
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>High speed penetrators that could one day be used to breach the surface of
>planets, moons and asteroids have successfully passed their first test in
>the UK, accelerating to over 1000 kilometres per hour and 20,000 gee at
>the point of impact.
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