Monday’s CSExtra produced these headlines: In Australia, scientists scramble to find Hayabusa, the Japanese space probe that descended into the outback on Sunday after a long and troubled journey to an asteroid. The latest edition of This Week in Space examines the Japanese mission and other developments on the space front, including failed efforts in South Korea to launch a domestic rocket and infighting between the White House and Congress over the future of NASA’s Constellation back-to-the-moon Program.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: Hayabusa descends to Earth after the second fastest re-entry of a man made object from space. On Monday, scientist locate and rush to recover the probe, which may contain samples from an asteroid, on Monday.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/13hayabusaentry/
A. From Discovery.com: NASA aircraft provides airborne video of Hayabusa’s fiery re-entry on Sunday.
http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-aircraft-videos-hayabusa-re-entry.html
B. From the AP via the Orlando Sentinel: Scientists search the Australian outback for Hayabusa, the Japanese space probe that landed in remote Australia on Sunday. The probe may contain samples from an asteroid.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-australia-space-landing,0,1422763.story
C. From CNET.com: Hayabusa was launched in 2003, reached an asteroid two years later. Hayabusa was the first mission to land on an asteroid and return to Earth.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20007555-1.html
D. From Space.com: Hayabusa descends Sunday around 10 a.m., EDT.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/missionlaunches/japan-hayabusa-asteroid-probe-landing-100613.html
2. From This Week In Space with Miles O’Brien: The latest episode of the weekly space news cast features updates on Hayabusa, a failed attempt by South Korea to launch a rocket last week, and an update on NASA’s Constellation Program.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/twis/
3. From Florida Today: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will receive a near $2 billion facelift as part of President Obama’s space policy. The expenditure will create up to 1,000 construction jobs in Central Florida. However, the high tech work of launching rockets would have to wait. http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106130312
A. From the Times of London: An op-ed suggesting U.S. prestige will suffer if the White House succeeds in canceling NASA’s Constellation Program. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7149544.ece
B. From the Huntsville Times: In an op-ed, former Alabama Congressman Bud Cramer urges lawmakers to get behind NASA’s Constellation Program, which is facing cancellation. Cramer reminds readers the International Space Station faced a similar fate in 1993, and it took an all out effort by supporters to save what is now NASA’s centerpiece human spaceflight program by one vote.
http://blog.al.com/times-views/2010/06/op-ed_constellation_funding_up.html
C. From NASAwatch.com: Editor Keith Cowing ponders the question of why there is so little media discussion about the future of the American space program.
http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/06/why-isnt-the-re.html
4. From Florida Today: Moving the space shuttle, even a few inches, requires professional focus. Florida Today explores what it’s like to be a shuttle move director.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100614/NEWS02/6140309/-Move-directors-a-crucial-part-of-preparing-shuttle-for-flight
A. In Central Florida, the state announces job fairs and workshops to assist NASA shuttle workers faced with the retirement of the space shuttle program.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100614/NEWS02/6140304/1086/Events+to+aid+shuttle+workers
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