[FPSPACE] FW: Jules Verne Approaches the ISS--Double Flybys in the Offing

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
>To: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
>Subject: Jules Verne Approaches the ISS--Double Flybys in the Offing
>Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:54:03 -0600
>
>Space Weather News for March 29, 2008

>http://spaceweather.com
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>JULES VERNE APPROACHES THE ISS: The European Space Agency's unmanned Jules 
>Verne cargo carrier is maneuvering around the International Space Station 
>this weekend and the two spacecraft are drawing very close together in the 
>night sky. Maneuvers ending on March 29th will leave Jules Verne parked 
>only 16 km from the ISS.  Two nights later, on March 31st, Jules Verne will 
>come within a mere 11 meters of the station before backing away again.  If 
>these practice runs succeed, the cargo carrier will perform an actual, 
>automated docking on April 3rd.  European sky watchers can see these events 
>with their own eyes as the two spacecraft fly over their continent in the 
>evenings ahead; visit http://heavens-above.com for European flyby 
>timetables and check http://spaceweather.com for photos, movies and 
>updates.
>
>EARTH HOUR:   Do you love starry skies? Would you like to help the 
>environment? Tonight (March 29) at 8 p.m. local time, join millions of 
>people around the world in turning off your lights for Earth Hour 
>(http://www.earthhour.org), an event created by the World Wildlife Fund. 
>The best photos of urban skies during the event will be published on 
>http://spaceweather.com.
>