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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on space related activities from across the globe. China’s un-piloted Shenzhou 8 spacecraft descends to Earth following the nation’s first orbital docking demonstrations. NASA’s 2012 budget awaits a presidential signature. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, joined by the directors of the agency’s human space flight centers, appears before a Senate oversight panel. An impasse in U. S. budget deficit negotiations could trigger a major cut for military space program. The toxic fuel aboard Russia’s stranded Mars mission does not pose a hazard to Earth, according to a Chinese expert. Global warming was a factor in the extreme weather of 2012, according to NASA’s top climate researcher. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center plans to host a large crowd for the Nov. 25 Mars Science Laboratory mission launch.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: China’s Shenzhou 8 spacecraft descends to Earth on Thursday, following a pair of successful docking demonstrations with the Tiangong-1 space lab.
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2. From the Washington Post: NASA’s 2012 budget, part of a larger minibus spending measure, passes the House and Senate and goes to President Obama for signature. The larger measure includes $17.8 billion for NASA, lower than the original White House request of $18.7 billion. The larger measure includes a Continuing Resolution that extends all federal operations from this weekend until Dec. 16.
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3. From Space.com: NASA is making strides to resume the human exploration of deep space, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden tells the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space. Bolden appeared before the oversight panel with the directors of the Johnson, Marshall and Kennedy, the space centers most heavily involved in the agency’s Orion/Multipurpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System development.
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A. From the Houston Chronicle: NASA will not lean on the Orion and SLS programs for the funding to pay for commercial crew transportation services, Bolden promises a Texas lawmaker.
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B. From Florida Today: NASA’s efforts to foster commercial crew space transportation services face a possible delay until 2017 because of less than requested funding, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden tells the Senate subcommittee.
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C. From the Huntsville Times: NASA’s Johnson, Kennedy and Marshall space flight installations worked cooperatively to begin the development of a new crew vehicle and rocket system, Robert Lightfoot, the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center informs the Senate subcommittee.
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D. From the Orlando Sentinel: NASA’s 2012 spending plan includes $484 million for upgrades at the Kennedy Space Center that will improve launch facilities for science and commercial missions.
http://thesent.nl/uZ7nWo
4. From Space News: U. S. military space programs face major funding losses in one possible outcome — if the Congressional super committee spending and budget reduction talks fail to produce an agreement by Nov. 23, the trade publication reports.
http://bit.ly/rE1gNk
5. From China Daily: Russia’s stranded Mars probe is unlikely to pose a threat if it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere, according to a Chinese expert. The 25,000 pounds of toxic propellant on the satellite will burn up at high altitude, according to the expert’s calculations. The Russian spacecraft, locked in Earth orbit after it launched earlier this month, carries China’s first Mars bound spacecraft.
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A. From Discovery.com: Russia’s Phobos Grunt mission, stranded in Earth orbit since its launching last week, is mysteriously raising the altitude of its orbit.
http://bit.ly/vDC3rE
6. From the Washington Post: 2011 will be remembered as the year of extreme weather events. Global warming played a role, according to James Hansen, NASA’s chief climate scientist.
http://wapo.st/rBJ1sw
7. From the Orlando Sentinel: NASA’s Mars bound Mars Science Laboratory is scheduled for a Nov. 25 lift off from the Kennedy Space Center. Kennedy’s Visitor Complex offers public launch viewing, plus a discussion of the mission by Bill Nye, the science guy.
http://thesent.nl/sfWFLI
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