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Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on space activities. Russia launches a new Progress supply ship to the International Space Station. Finding a place in Florida to watch the shuttle Discovery lift off Nov. 1 on its last NASA mission. Astronomers make a pair of deep space discoveries. More on NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s trip to China. New Mexico’s visionary Spaceport America emerges from an unlikely alliance.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: A Russian Progress cargo capsule embarks Wednesday on a three-day journey to the International Space Station. Saturday’s docking will deliver more than 5,300 pounds of fuel, water, compressed air, food, clothing and other supplies to the six astronauts.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp25/101027prog40p/
2. From Space.com: A primer on how to watch the Nov. 1 launching of the shuttle Discovery, as the 26-year-old orbiter starts her final mission. Record crowds are expected at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here are some suggestions on other viewing sites.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/missionlaunches/how-to-watch-space-shuttle-launch-101027.html
3. From the Associated Press via the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel and others: Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists find evidence for widespread distribution of a soccer ball shaped carbon molecule called “bucky balls.” These small resilient structures may have helped to seed life on Earth, researchers believe.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102705999.html
4. From Science News: Astronomers find a neutron star with a mass twice that of the sun. J1614-2230 lurks 3,000 light years from the Earth. The finding suggests neutron stars are comprised of ordinary matter, rather than something more exotic.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/64769/title/Neutron_star_breaks_mass_record
5. From the Coalition for Space Exploration: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s recent trip to China furnished new insight into China’s emerging human space program. The first pieces of China’s planned space station are slated for launching next year. China’s latest lunar probe, Chang’E-2, settles into its working orbit.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/nasa%e2%80%99s-bolden-tours-china-space-progress-noted
6. From the Associated Press via the Orlando Sentinel and others: Spaceport America takes shape in New Mexico, where high tech meets rustic. A look at how the visions of British tycoon Richard Branson and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson came together to create a place where commercial passengers may soon launch to and return from space.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/sns-ap-us-space-tourism,0,2781584.story
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