[FPSPACE] FW: Shuttle Endeavour's launch countdown begins / Ariane 5 launch tonight

[LARRY KLAES]

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>Subject: Shuttle Endeavour's launch countdown begins / Ariane 5 launch 
>tonight
>Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:53:55 -0500
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>        NEWSALERT: Saturday, March 8, 2008 @ 1556 GMT
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>SOGGY ARRIVAL FOR CREW AS SHUTTLE COUNTDOWN BEGINS
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>A heavy, drenching rain at the Kennedy Space Center greeted space shuttle
>Endeavour's astronauts overnight as the seven-man crew arrived from
>Houston to begin final preparations for Tuesday's blastoff. The launch
>team then started the countdown as scheduled.
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>http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts123/status.html
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>ARIANE 5 ROCKET POISED FOR LAUNCH OF JULES VERNE
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>The Ariane 5 rocket rolled to the launch pad under a blanket of gray
>clouds Friday afternoon, achieving one of the final steps before tonight's
>scheduled launch of the first European cargo ship to the international
>space station.
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>http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/status.html
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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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>COUNTDOWN TIMELINE:
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>LAUNCH TIMELINE:
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>ARRIVAL FOR CREW AS SHUTTLE COUNTDOWN BEGINS</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v181/status.html">ARIANE 5 ROCKET 
>POISED FOR LAUNCH OF JULES VERNE</a>
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>FREIGHTER PREPARES FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE</a>
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>VIDEO PREVIEW</a>
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