Universe Today - July 17, 2001 |
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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. July 17, 2001 - Issue #455 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com An HTML version including pictures is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html For information on unsubscribing or changing your email address, check the bottom of this newsletter. ************************************** A note from Fraser... Just a quick one today; not much happening out there in space. If you want to watch the spacewalk today, including the very cool "helmet cam", watch NASA TV. If you don't have a satellite dish, you can watch it on the web. NASA has a list of links that provide a feed: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ntvweb.html Fraser ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Leaky Airlock Extends Mission * Odyssey is Halfway to Mars LEAKY AIRLOCK EXTENDS MISSION ------------------------- NASA managers have added an extra day to mission STS-104 to give the astronauts time to fix a leaky ventilation valve and blocked water line on the new airlock they installed over the weekend. Although the astronauts were able to fix the water line, they could only temporarily cap the valve - it will probably need a replacement part from an upcoming shuttle mission. Atlantis is now scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Sunday, July 22 and land on Tuesday, July 24. Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts104/STS-104-11.html Internet Coverage: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20010717_475.html http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_space.jsp?view=story&id=news/siss0717.xml http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/07/17/atlantis.alpha/index.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20010716/station.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/shuttle.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/nasa.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spaceshuttle.html ODYSSEY IS HALFWAY TO MARS ------------------------- NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey Probe passed the halfway point yesterday on its 200-day voyage to the Red Planet. Once it reaches Mars on October 24, 2001, Odyssey will study the planet from orbit, looking for evidence of water, and developing mineral maps of the surface. NASA says the spacecraft is in excellent condition, and report no problems with it right now. Original Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_145.html Internet Coverage: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mars_odyssey_updates-1.html http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/odyssey/status.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/marsodyssey.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/mars.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/mars.html ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". If you just want to change your address, just reply to this email with a quick note on what your old and new email addresses are. It's actually a bit of a manual process. :-) All contents copyright (c) 2001 Universe Today |