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Saturday’s CSExtra features of roundup of stories on space. Two spacecraft undergo preparations for upcoming missions to the International Space Station. A Mars mission encounters a temporary setback. Sally Ride, America’s first female astronaut, speaks out on the importance of math and science.
1. From Florida Today: The shuttle Discovery will roll to the launch pad on Monday at 8 p.m., EDT. The launching of Discovery on its final schedule mission is set for Nov. 1. The shuttle and a crew of six astronauts will deliver a storage module and Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot, to the International Space Station. The final roll out will unfold under the spot lights.
http://space.flatoday.net/2010/09/discovery-on-track-for-final-rollout-to.html
A. From Spaceflightnow.com: The European Space Agency’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, christened Johannes Kepler, is readied for a December launch to the International Space Station with supplies.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1009/17atv/
2. From Space.com: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is temporarily sidelined by a computer glitch. Mission managers are confident they can get the eagle-eyed spacecraft back in action soon.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/scienceastronomy/computer-glitch-nasa-mars-probe-100917.html
3. From The Coalition for Space Exploration: Physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, participates in a White House sponsored question and answer session with students from the Denver School of Science and Technology. The program is archived at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/09/17/what-you-missed-open-questions-with-dr-sally-ride
4. From the Associated Press through the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and other publications: Why is Jupiter so bright in the eastern sky after sunset? The Earth and Jupiter are the closest they have been since 1963. Jupiter should be at its brightest on Monday night.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-us-sci-jupiters-approach,0,1234196.story
5. From New Scientist: New simulations suggest the planet Uranus once resided between Jupiter and Saturn before it was flung by gravity deeper into the solar system
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727785.300-did-jupiter-and-saturn-play-pinball-with-uranus.html
6. From the Mainichi Daily News of Japan: Japan plans upgrades to its H2 rocket to make the launcher a stronger competitor for commercial satellite launches.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20100917p2a00m0na017000c.html
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