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Space and Astronautics News The sudden emergence of big sunspot 1045 over the weekend has caused a sharp uptick in solar activity. The active region has produced three M-class and almost a dozen C-class solar flares since it appeared on Saturday. The strongest blast, an M6-class eruption on Feb. 7th, may have hurled a coronal mass ejection towa...rd Earth. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras in the nights ahead as a result of this activity. Also, ham radio operators are picking up strong solar radio bursts using shortwave receivers. - http://www.spaceweather.com
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Space shuttle Endeavour’s crew was awakened at 6:15 p.m. ...
"What a beautiful launch we had this morning... the orbiter performed extremely well," said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, during the STS-130 postlaunch news conference...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 4:14EST early Monday morning (Feb. 8). It will deliver the Node 3 or Tranquility Module and the Cupola to the International Space Station. ...
Space shuttle Endeavour lit up the predawn sky above Florida's Space Coast on Monday with a 4:14 a.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle's last scheduled night launch began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station and the final year of shuttle operations...
Space shuttle Endeavour has been cleared for launch this morning at 4:14 a.m. EST. The mission management team, mission control and the launch team have given a unanimous "go" for launch...
Endeavour Commander George Zamka has been told to select the emergency airfield in Zaragoza, Spain, as the primary transoceanic abort landing site in the unlikely event of an emergency early in launch...
The weather conditions at Kennedy are acceptable for launch. There is still concern for low clouds, but Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters said the conditions "look promising" for Endeavour to take to space at 4:14 a.m. EST (09:14 UT)...
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour and crew are nearing liftoff at Launch Pad 39A, prepared to begin the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station. The countdown clock is holding at T-9 minutes...
