Universe Today - July 24, 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 24, 2001 - Issue #459 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. ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Poor Weather Delays Shuttle Landing * Hubble Captures Image of Red Spider Nebula POOR WEATHER DELAYS SHUTTLE LANDING ------------------------- Originally scheduled to land today, it looks like Atlantis will remain in space at least another day because of poor weather at Cape Canaveral. NASA will try again tonight, but failing that, try again on Wednesday. The backup landing site at Edwards Airforce Base, California, is operational, but shuttle managers will use that as a last resort (because of the extra cost to transport the shuttle back to Florida). Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts104/STS-104-25.html Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/07/24/atlantis.delay/index.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20010723/station5.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/598045.asp http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2001b/jul/spa072401waveoff.htm 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 HUBBLE CAPTURES IMAGE OF RED SPIDER NEBULA ------------------------- The newest image released from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the Red Spider Nebula - a fiery swirl of gas wrapped around a dying star in the constellation Sagittarius. As the super-hot star approaches the end of its life, it's shedding its outer material into space with solar winds as fast as 16 million kph, creating the nebula. Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/07/24/hubble.spider/index.html http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/red_spider_010724.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/hubble.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/astronomy.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/hubble.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 |