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• Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak pleads guilty

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Alaska, Nov 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak has been charged with attacking a romantic rival Colleen Shipman. She pleaded guilty on Tuesday to burglary and battery charges, but was sentenced very lightly, only to year probation and no additional jail time.Lisa Nowak was arrested on February 5, ...
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• Countdown for Atlantis Unfolding Smoothely, Weather Good for Monday Lift Off, NASA Says on Saturday

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  The countdown for the shuttle Atlantis continued to unfold smoothly on Saturday, and forecasters said the weather outlook for a lift off on Monday remains very favorable.   The launching of Atantis with six NASA astronauts from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is scheduled for Monday at 2:28 p.m., EST.   The ...
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• NASA on track for Monday space shuttle launch (AP)

  
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  AP – NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years’ worth of spare parts. Originally posted here:  (AP)"> (AP)">NASA on track for Monday space shuttle launch (AP)
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• Crew Prepares to Unpack Poisk

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 583
  The Expedition 21 crew of the International Space Station wrapped up a busy week Friday that saw the docking of a new research module and preparations for the arrival of space shuttle Atlantis.The hatches to the newly-arrived Russian Mini-Research Module 2, or Poisk, were opened at 7:17 a.m. EST, enabling Flight ...
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• STS-129 Launch Countdown Begins Today

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 583
  At today’s launch countdown status briefing held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. EST on Monday.NASA Test Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson reported everything is progressing on schedule for Atlantis’ ...
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• Students send microbe experiment on space shuttle Atlantis

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Washington, November 14 (ANI): An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.Undergraduate and graduate students at Texas Southern University in Houston developed the experiment that will fly as part of the STS-129 mission. The ...
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• Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

  
  The Daily Digest — Authority: 158
  An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis. Share and Enjoy:
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• Indy Transponder 14-NOV-09 0500z

  
  Indy Transponder — Authority: 141
  New Snowbird pilots welcomed to team - Moose Jaw Times-Herald Captain Jean-Francois Dupont (left) and Yanick Gregoire (right) are the new Snowbirds for the 2010 season. Rebecca Lawrence photograph Two new show pilots ... Aviation Nation Set for November 14th-15th at Nellis Air Force Base: Thunder ... - ...
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• Uh-oh: Space Station urine recycler breaks ahead of shuttle visit

  
  The Write Stuff — Authority: 537
  A potential hitch to the upcoming Atlantis space shuttle mission to the International Space Station has surfaced just days before launch: the outposts urine-recycling unit has gone on the fritz again, according to NASA officials. "The UPA (Urine Processing Assembly)...
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• Challenger Explosion Contrails

  
  Bydio — Authority: 120
  Nope, not some kooky conspiracy theory, I just saw some weird contrails in the sky on November 5th, 2009, and they looked like the Shuttle Challenger explosion. I included one pic of the shuttle going boom for comparison. So yeah, it’s weird, but no contrail conspiracies, sorry. :> I guess it’s a rocket ...
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• Nanotubes in Space

  
  Nanotechnology Law Report — Authority: 119
  Space, the final frontier. Captains James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard One of the most significant challenges facing NASA in the development of the next generation of vehicle to replace the aging Space Shuttles  and carry astronauts back to the Moon and the International Space Station  (and beyond) is weight. ...
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• Great Weather Awaits NASAs Attempt to Launch Space Shuttle Atlantis

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  Forecasters offered a very favorable weather outlook on Friday, as the countdown got under way at NASAs Kennedy Space Center for the launching of the shuttle Atlantis on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. Lift off for Atlantis and a crew of six astronauts is scheduled for Monday at 2:28 p.m., EST. ...
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• STS-129: Atlantis heads into countdown – no major issues for L-2 MMT

  
  NASASpaceFlight.com — Authority: 540
  T-43 hours and counting for the launch of Atlantis on her STS-129 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), as engineers begin a highly complex ballet of S0007 (Launch Countdown) operations. No issues are being worked at Pad 39A, while the clearance for launch is expected to receive a green light at next ...
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• A Problem of Pee on the Space Station

  
  Space Coalition Blog — Authority: 144
  From MSNBC A broken device that recycles astronaut urine into clean drinking water on the International Space Station may have a slight impact to life onboard next week when NASAs shuttle Atlantis arrives to boost the number of people there to 12. Any impact would likely pertain to things such as digging into ...
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• Space Shuttle On Track for Monday Launch (SPACE.com)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  SPACE.com – NASA is on track to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on Monday, but only if an unmanned rocket lifts off early Saturday as planned. Original post:  (SPACE.com)"> (SPACE.com)">Space Shuttle On Track for Monday Launch (SPACE.com)
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• Butterflies in Space?!?

  
  Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science — Authority: 133
   When the space shuttle Atlantis launches Monday it will have a few extra passengers aboard, namely, monarch and painted lady adult butterflies and larvae. The experiment is from the University of Colorado-Boulder and will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students.  The students will be able to study the effects ...
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• Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 583
  Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.The project, funded by the U.S. Air Force Multi University Research Initiative (MURI), seeks to test the performance of the new nanocomposites in orbit. Space Shuttle ...
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• Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 583
  An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.Undergraduate and graduate students at Texas Southern University in Houston developed the experiment that will fly as part of the STS-129 mission. The mission is scheduled to launch at ...
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• Nanotech in Space: Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit (Newswise)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 153
  Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. The project, funded by the U.S. Air Force Multi University Research Initiative (MURI), seeks to test the performance of the new nanocomposites in orbit. The materials ...
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