[FPSPACE] FW: Europe's space freighter prepares for maiden voyage

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>Subject: Europe's space freighter prepares for maiden voyage
>Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:47:53 -0500
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>EUROPE'S SPACE FREIGHTER PREPARES FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE
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>Lauded as the most advanced spaceship ever built by Europeans, a robotic
>orbital freighter named Jules Verne will blast off from the Atlantic coast
>of South America this weekend to begin a three-week chase of the
>international space station.
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>http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/preview.html
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>SOPHISTICATED ATV BOOSTS EUROPE'S SPACE PROGRAMS
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>This weekend's launch of Europe's Jules Verne cargo ship and last month's
>addition of the Columbus laboratory module to the international space
>station are cornerstone achievements in the continent's growth in space,
>according to senior officials.
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>http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/program.html
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>HUBBLE REVEALS THE LAST CONFESSIONS OF A DYING STAR
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>Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's
>Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of previously unseen structures.
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>http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0803/04dyingstar/
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>Observations from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer have revealed that
>the youngest known pulsing neutron star has thrown a temper tantrum. The
>collapsed star occasionally unleashes powerful bursts of X-rays, which are
>forcing astronomers to rethink the life cycle of neutron stars.
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>http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0803/04rxte/
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>GLAST ARRIVES IN FLORIDA TO PREPARE FOR LAUNCH
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>NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has arrived at the
>Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to
>begin final preparations for launch. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta 2
>rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16.
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>http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0803/04glast/
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/preview.html">EUROPE'S SPACE 
>FREIGHTER PREPARES FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE</a>
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><a href="http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=atvpreflight">ATV 
>VIDEO PREVIEW</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/countdown.html">COUNTDOWN 
>TIMELINE</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/launchtimeline.html">LAUNCH 
>TIMELINE</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/mission.html">MISSION 
>TIMELINE</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/program.html">SOPHISTICATED 
>ATV BOOSTS EUROPE'S SPACE PROGRAMS</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0803/04dyingstar/">HUBBLE REVEALS 
>THE LAST CONFESSIONS OF A DYING STAR</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0803/04rxte/">POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS 
>SUGGEST MISSING LINK</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0803/04glast/">GLAST ARRIVES IN 
>FLORIDA TO PREPARE FOR LAUNCH</a>
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