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Wednesday’s space news scan offers the latest reporting on space related activities from around the world. NASA’s Atlantis astronauts train for the final shuttle mission at the Kennedy Space Center. Veteran shuttle commander Mark Kelly announces his retirement from NASA to support the recovery of his wife, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, from a gunshot wound. Russia launches a cargo capsule to the International Space Station. NASA and ESA struggle over terms to cooperate on a Mars mission. A NASA astronaut tells of her long mission to the space station. Private spaceflight pioneer Burt Rutan reflects on the future of commercial travel. China builds a monster radio telescope.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: The Atlantis astronauts undergo safety training for NASA’s final space shuttle mission. The lift off of Atlantis on a 12-day supply mission to the International Space Station is tentatively set for July 8. The training at the Kennedy Space Center includes learning to make a hasty retreat from the launch pad in an armored personnel carrier. http://www.spaceflightnow.com./shuttle/sts135/110621tank/
A. From Florida Today: The cost of tickets to watch the launching of shuttle Atlantis climbs on the Internet re-sale market. Some who purchased tickets from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex report asking prices of $5,000.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110622/NEWS02/106220341/Online-prices-soar-Atlantis-launch-tickets?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home
2. From Fox News: Veteran NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, who commanded the final flight of shuttle Endeavour in May, says he will retire from NASA and the Navy on Oct. 1, ending 25 years of public service. Kelly says he will assist his wife, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in her recovery. Giffords was critically wounded when a shooting spree erupted at a Jan. 8th a legislative gathering for constituents in Tucson.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/21/commander-mark-kelly-announces-retirement-from-nasa-navy/
A. From the Associated Press via the Wall Street Journal: Giffords and Kelly will pen a memoir.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP9fd2c038010a428f87f19984311d50de.html?KEYWORDS=NASA
3. From CBS.com: A Russian Progress cargo capsule launches Tuesday and heads for a docking with the International Space Station on Thursday. http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/f7dca06b6b9005e9d42da4fdc91f9d48-282.html
4. From Space News: U.S. and European cooperation in future robotic Mars missions is thrown in doubt as the French seek further definition of a rover mission planned for 2018.
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110621-french-concerns-exomars-plan-doubt.html
5. From Space.com: NASA astronaut Catherine “Cady” Coleman discusses her recently concluded 159-day mission to the International Space Station.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/12029-nasa-astronaut-cady-coleman-space-station-mission.html
6. From MSNBC.com: Burt Rutan, whose creation SpaceShipOne took flight seven years ago, reflects on the pace of commercial human spaceflight. The development pace is slower than he imagined, says Rutan. A larger version of his handiwork, SpaceShipTwo, is expected to begin flying passengers into suborbital space soon.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/21/6908768-private-sector-space-age-turns-7
7. From Discovery.com: China develops the largest radio telescope, a huge dish that could join the search for signals from an intelligent extra-terrestrial civilization.
http://news.discovery.com/space/monster-chinese-telescope-the-next-et-hunter-110621.html
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