Universe Today - August 19, 1999

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August 19th, 1999 - Issue #84
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-- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY --

* Cassini Flyby Successful
* Astronomers Don't Know the Cause of Mysterious Light
* Tape Caused Titan Launch Failure


CASSINI FLYBY SUCCESSFUL
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On its long trip to Saturn, Cassini made its successful flyby of Earth and
used the gravitational slingshot to pick up extra speed. It passed only 728
miles above the eastern South Pacific, which was of great concern to protestors
who feared the spacecraft could lose control and crash into the Earth with
its plutonium fuel.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/cassini_past990818.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_423000/423414.stm
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9908/18/cassini.flyby.02/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/081899/cassini.sml
http://www.msnbc.com/news/301531.asp
http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/space/astronomy/cassini/
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/cassini-99c.html
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/08/18a.html


ASTRONOMERS DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
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Three years ago astronomers from Caltech discovered a mysterious light
in the constellation of Serpens. Strangely, they're unable to discern what
the object is, as its spectrum doesn't conform to any known patterns.

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9908/18/spacemystery.ap/index.html
http://explorezone.com/snapshots/1999/08_18_mystery_light.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/081899/strangelight.sml


TAPE CAUSED TITAN LAUNCH FAILURE
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Investigators have finally determined why the military satellite launched
April 9th was stuck in a useless orbit. It appears that a connector between
the two stages of the Inertial Upper Stage failed to separate as planned.

http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/titan-99e.html
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/08/18b.html


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