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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary of space developments from around the world. NASA will replace fuel line seals on the shuttle Discovery to stop a small leak of toxic fuel, with a goal of holding a Nov. 1 launch date for the orbiter’s final flight, an 11-day voyage to the International Space Station. Russia ships a spare Soyuz descent module to the Baikonur Cosmodrome as a possible replacement for a module damaged in shipment. The decision is part of a bid to hold a Dec. 13 launch date for the next space station crew.
1. From Florida Today: At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, shuttle managers decide to replace fuel line seals on shuttle Discovery’s Orbital Maneuvering System rockets. The repairs are intended to stop a small leak of toxic hydrazine in time to hold a Nov. 1 launch date for the final mission of NASA’s oldest orbiter. Tuesday’s decision to change the seals, followed an earlier decision to wait until torque settings on the seal fitting could be checked in an effort to launch “as is.”
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101020/NEWS02/10200331/Shuttle+set+for+fuel+line+repairs
2. From Spaceflightnow.com: Russia ships a potential replacement Soyuz descent capsule to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The new capsule may replace a similar piece of hardware damaged during shipment to the Russian launch complex. The swap is part of a bid to hold Dec. 13 as the launch date for a U.S., European and Russian crew headed to the International Space Station. The descent compartment holds the crew during their trip to and from the station.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/19soyuztma20/
3. From NASA Watch.com: The website finds NASA Administrator Charles Bolden “missing in action” this week as he visits China to discuss potential future cooperation in human space exploration.
http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/10/bolden-drops-of.html
A. From the Economic Times of India: Lockheed Martin explores ties with India for the launching of small satellites. They also speak of possible cooperation in the launching of future human missions.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/US-may-outsource-lightweight-satellite-launches-to-India/articleshow/6763608.cms
4. From Spaceflightnow.com: Russia launches a six U.S. Global Star mobile communications satellites from Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/19globalstar/
5. From Space.com: Bigelow Aerospace, the Las Vegas, NV, based enterprise that is developing commercial space stations using inflatable module technologies reports success this year in signing up foreign governments and private research groups as customers. The modules are based on a NASA design.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/businesstechnology/private-space-station-first-clients-101019.html
6. From the Associated Press via the Washington Post: Surgical procedures carried out with check lists and teamwork to ensure the operations are being conducted in the right place and with the correct instruments is a life saver, according to a new three-year study of Veterans Affairs hospitals. The lead author is a physician and former NASA astronaut, Jim Bagian.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101905242.html
7. From the Washington Post: The Israel Antiquities Authority and Google announce plans to digitize and place the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet. The project was made possible with the use of multi-spectral photography techniques developed by NASA.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101905268.html
8. From Space.com: An update on NASA’s controversial plans to engage squirrel monkeys in radiation studies to assess the hazards faced by astronauts on deep space missions. Based on materials from an animal rights’ organizations and other reporting, it appears NASA has not yet made a decision on whether to proceed.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/news/nasa-monkey-space-radiation-experiment-101019.html
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