Universe Today - October 21, 1999

Universe Today - October 21, 1999

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Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today

A Planetary Dust Bowl
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/extrasolar-99u.html

LockMart/Orbital Win Japan Mobile Sat Deal
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/nstar-c-99a.html

A Breakfast Fit For The Stars
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/extrasolar-99v.html

Planetary Dynamo On The Desk
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/earth-magnetic-99b.html

Polar Lander Burn Delayed
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-polar99-99b.html

Pacific Keeps Up The La Nina Dance
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/pacific-99c.html

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-- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY --

* Rotten Egg Nebula Captured by Hubble
* Orion 2 Satellite Launches on Ariane Rocket
* Radarsat Maps Antarctica
* Brazilian Satellite Goes Silent
* Russian Space Station Module Delayed Again
* China Sets Its Sights on the Moon and Mars


ROTTEN EGG NEBULA CAPTURED BY HUBBLE
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Nicknamed the "Rotten Egg Nebula" by astronomers, OH231.8+4.2 is
a bizarre-shaped nebula caused by the transformation of a giant
red star into a planetary nebula. The Hubble Space Telescope was
used recently to capture brilliant photos of the star.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/hubble991019.html
http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9910/19hubble/index.html
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9910/19/space.egg.reut/index.html
http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief3.html?ct=380f315f
http://explorezone.com/archives/99_10/19_hubble_rotten_egg.htm
http://www.msnbc.com/news/325105.asp
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/102199a.htm
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/10/20a.html


ORION 2 SATELLITE LAUNCHES ON ARIANE ROCKET
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The Space Systems/Loral-built Orion 2 communications satellite was
launched on an Ariane 44LP rocket equipped with two strap-on solid
boosters Tuesday from the Arianespace launch facility at Kourou in
French Guiana. This is the 48th successful launch for Arianespace,
and the company has contracts for 43 more launches.

http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9910/19arianev122/index.html
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9910/19/france.arianelaunch.ap/index.html
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/10/19a.html
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ariane-99r.html


RADARSAT MAPS ANTARCTICA
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The Canadian-built Radarsat was used to produce extremely
high-resolution images of Antarctica, providing detailed information
about the mysterious continent. Although the photos were taken in 1997,
they were only recently assembled into a complete picture of the
continent as part of NASA's Antarctic Mapping Project.

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9910/19/antarctica/index.html
http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief1.html?ct=380f315f
http://explorezone.com/archives/99_10/19_antarctic_map.htm
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ant-99c.html


BRAZILIAN SATELLITE GOES SILENT
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Although they know its position, Brazilian scientists are
unable to contact the Saci-1 research satellite launched only
last week. The $4.6 million satellite was designed to perform
experiments with plasma and cosmic rays as well as research Earth's
atmospheric emissions.

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9910/20/space.brazil.satellite.reut/index.html


RUSSIAN SPACE STATION MODULE DELAYED AGAIN
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An unconfirmed source within Russia claims that the
Russian-built Zvezda service module probably won't launch
until late December or early January. Officials at Baikonur are
currently targeting a November 12th launch. The source
didn't provide a reason for the delay, but previous delays
have been caused by lack of funds.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/102099/iss.sml


CHINA SETS ITS SIGHTS ON THE MOON AND MARS
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While preparing for its first manned space flight, Chinese
space officials have placed the Moon and Mars on their wish
list of "big targets" for the country's space program. No
further details have been released, including a timetable,
and it's unknown whether they will be manned or not.

http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story.mpl/content/interactive/space/news/99/991020a.html

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