Space News for March 30, 1999

Hubble Views Stormy Uranus
New views of Uranus by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown the planet to be colourful and stormy. A timelapse movie created from Hubble's images shows moons circling, rings wobbling, and storms raging across the surface of the distant planet.

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Mars Surveyor Deploys High-Gain Antenna
Although the Mars Surveyor has already sent back stunning images from the surface of the Red Planet, communication with the probe is about to improve, as it deploys its high-gain antenna. Using this and its other instruments, the spacecraft is mapping the surface of the planet, determining potential future landings sites.

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Sea Launch Satellite Achieves High Orbit
With a successful test launch of a dummy satellite to an orbit of 23,000 miles above the Earth, the Sea Launch is primed to begin commercial operations.

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Six Month Delay Between Shuttle Launches
Because of Russian delays and a stalled telescope, NASA engineers will have to wait a total of 167 days between its last Space Shuttle launch and the next, scheduled for May 20th. There's only been one longer delay, 975 days, after the Challenger accident in 1986.

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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.