Universe Today - December 28, 1999 |
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the U N I V E R S E T O D A Y Space Exploration News From Around the Internet, Updated Every Weekday. December 28th, 1999 - Issue #146 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER". An HTML version of this Newsletter is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Discovery Returns Safely Back to Earth * Russian's Launch Military Satellite * Terra Should Be Working By Next Week DISCOVERY RETURNS SAFELY BACK TO EARTH ------------------------- After a short delay due to high winds around Cape Canavaral, the Space Shuttle Discovery made a safe landing at 7:01pm EST. Over the course of the 8-day mission, the crew of the shuttle performed three spacewalks to repair the broken Hubble Space Telescope - the telescope seems to be working perfectly, and NASA will put it through its paces over the next few weeks. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/shuttle991226.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_579000/579350.stm http://cnn.com/1999/TECH/space/12/27/shuttle.04/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/science/122799/shuttle.sml http://www.msnbc.com/news/330873.asp http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/12/27c.html RUSSIAN'S LAUNCH MILITARY SATELLITE ------------------------- A Russian Kosmos satellite was placed into orbit on board a Tsiklon-2 booster rocket on Sunday. The launch of the military satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was delayed twice; first by bad weather, and then by a technical glitch. In a previous life, the Tsiklon launch vehicle was a ballistic missile, which was converted for orbital launches. http://cnn.com/1999/WORLD/europe/12/26/russia.space.reut/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/science/122699/russia_satellite.sml http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/12/26b.html TERRA SHOULD BE WORKING BY NEXT WEEK ------------------------- Shortly after launch, the Terra Earth observing satellite put itself into safe mode because of a bug in the spacecraft's navigational software. NASA says the problem is correctable, and the satellite should be working fine by early next week. This is the second glitch after the high-gain antenna stopped tracking other NASA communications satellites - that problem was quickly fixed. http://www.msnbc.com/news/329383.asp?cp1=1 To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER". All contents copyright (c) 1999 Universe Today |