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Sunday’s CSExtra features new reporting on efforts to dock a Russian Progress capsule with the International Space Station. Also, new commentary on NASA’s future and the recently released U.S. space policy. Plus a patriotic note about the American flag on this July 4th and a feature on the navigational savvy of the animal kingdom.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: Russia’s Mission Control will over see a second attempt to dock the Progress 38 re-supply craft with the International Space Station. The docking is scheduled for Sunday at 12:10 p.m., EDT. The first attempt to dock on Friday was aborted when the capsule’s automated rendezvous and docking system encountered electronic interference when a backup manual system was activated.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/100703progress38p/
2. From the American Thinker: An op-ed, “NASA = No Americans in Space Anymore,” in defense of NASA’s human exploration ambitions. Author Russ Allen defends the goals of the Constellation Program and worries Russia and China will fill a void created by the absence of a government space program.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/nasa_no_americans_in_space_any.html
A. From the Huntsville Times: The newspaper puts a face on recent contractor lay off prompted by the political debate over NASA’s future. Recently, NASA slowed funding on the Constellation Program to cover contract termination costs. “It’s like elephants fighting,” said Kristin Bigham whose contractor position was eliminated. “Right now, I’m just the grass under the elephant’s feet.”
http://blog.al.com/space-news/2010/07/laid-off_nasa_constellation_co.html
B. From Florida Today: Central Florida leaders plan to re-group on July 12 to offer advise to the federal government on how best to address worker lay offs accompanying the retirement of NASA’s shuttle program and the cancellation of the Constellation Program.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100703/NEWS02/7030311/%3CB%3ELeaders%3C/B%3E+%3CB%3Ereconvene%3C/B%3E+%3CB%3Eto+discuss%3C/B%3E+%3CB%3Ework+force%3C/B%3E
3. From the New York Times (July 2): An editorial on the new U.S. space policy: The New York Times offers praise for a policy it says has opened the door to arms control agreements that restrain the development of space weapons.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/opinion/04sun2.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=NASA&st=cse
4. From Space.com: Where are the most remote American flags this July 4th? They’re traveling aboard NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. Launched 33 years ago, Voyager 1 is more than 10.5 billion miles from Earth, while Voyager 2 is 8.6 billion miles. Both continue to explore.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/news/farthest-american-flag-voyager-solar-system-100703.html
5. From the Washington Post: Observing Venus, Mars and Saturn in the early evening sky during July.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/03/AR2010070303171.html
6. From Universe Today: How birds and others in the animal kingdom use cues like the Earth’s magnetic field, the sun and night time sky to guide their migrations and other travels.
http://www.universetoday.com/2010/07/03/astronomy-without-a-telescope-animal-astronomy/
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