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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest developments in space-related activities from around the globe. In Earth orbit, a Russian, U. S. and Japanese crew docks with the International Space Station. In California, an Earth observing satellite collaboration between Argentina and the U. S. awaits lift off on Friday. NASA’s long lived Voyager satellites find magnetic bubbles at the borders of the solar system. Scientists puzzle over a gigantic solar explosion earlier this week. President Obama expresses support for the human exploration of deep space, and Mars in particular, in a Cleveland television interview. China’s Chang’e-2 lunar explorer leaves the moon’s orbit and heads into deep space. In China, the last man to walk on the lunar surface predicts an international collaboration to return to the moon and explore Mars.
1. From Florida Today: A new crew of U. S., Russian and Japanese astronauts docks with the International Space Station. Mike Fossum, Sergey Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa begin five month tour of duty with preparations to greet NASA’s final shuttle mission crew in July.
http://space.flatoday.net/2011/06/soyuz-docks-safely-at-space-station.html
2. From the Associated Press via the Washington Post: United Launch Alliance prepares for the launching on Friday of the Aquarius/SAC-D Earth observing satellite developed by Argentina with multinational collaboration. NASA’s Aquarius instrument was designed to measure ocean salinity levels and spot signs of climate change.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/international-ocean-science-satellite-set-to-launch-from-california-after-delay/2011/06/10/AGdGcPOH_story.html
A. From Spaceflightnow.com: A software issue that prevented launching of the Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., with the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite on Thursday has been resolved. Lift off is scheduled for Friday at 10:20 a.m., EDT. See SFN for updates.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d354/status.html
3. From National Geographic News: NASA’s long-lived Voyager spacecraft finds magnetic bubbles at the edge of the solar system.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110609-magnetic-bubbles-solar-system-nasa-space-science/
4. From Space.com: A gigantic solar explosion and Coronal Mass Ejection has experts reaching for the record books. Much of Tuesday’s solar outburst rained back on the sun rather than flowing out into space. Experts are studying the phenomenon using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/11919-solar-flare-june-7-solar-weather-coronal-mass-ejections.html
5. From Spacepolitics.com: President Obama expresses support for NASA, especially future research, in an interview with a Cleveland, Ohio television station. “…we want to find what are those next technological leaps that will take us not just to the Moon, but take us to Mars and beyond,” the President remarks.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/06/09/president-obama-i-believe-in-the-space-program/
A. From the Huntsville Times: In an editorial, the newspaper urges policy makers to chart a course for human space exploration in response to the space shuttle’s retirement.
http://blog.al.com/times-views/2011/06/editorial_shuttle_end_means_it.html
6. From the Coalition for Space Exploration: China’s Chang’e-2 maneuvers out of lunar orbit and heads for deep space. Chinese space officials announced they are undertaking additional research using reserve fuel in the spacecraft.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/chinas-moon-orbiter-headed-for-new-destination
A. From the China Daily: Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, visits China, where he predicts international crews of astronauts will return to the moon and explore Mars.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-06/09/content_12661482.htm
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