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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | November 15, 2000 A Wolf in Astronaut's Clothing Ariane 5 Launch Delayed Leonids Start on Friday A WOLF IN ASTRONAUT'S CLOTHING Dr. David Wolf spent 119 days on board the Russian space station Mir in 1997. Jennifer Laing reports on a recent presentation by Wolf at Johnson Space Center Houston, in which he spoke on living and working in space and the exciting possibilities offered by the International Space Station for research and development. Read the special article. A universe Today Exclusive http://www.universetoday.com/html/special/davewolf.html ARIANE 5 LAUNCH DELAYED An anomaly in the ground equipment has pushed back the launch of Ariane 5 rocket 24 hours. Originally scheduled to launch today from the Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana with its cargo of a PanAmSat PAS-1R satellite, the launch time has now been set for Thursday morning at 2:07am GMT. This will be the fourth commercial flight for the powerful new Ariane 5 rocket. Original Source: http://www.arianespace.com/news_missionupdate.html Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v135/status.html http://www.spacedaily.com/news/microsat-00z.html Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/ariane.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/satellites.html Related Books: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/satellites.html LEONIDS START ON FRIDAY Look to the sky Friday and Saturday night and you may see a modest meteor shower, estimated to be around 100 meteors an hour. The November 17-18 Leonid Meteor Shower is the time when our Earth passes through the dust trail left behind Comet Tempel-Tuttle, and although this year should be light, next year is estimated to be 100x stronger - 10,000 meteors an hour. Original Source: http://www.leonidstorm.com/ Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1023000/1023291.stm http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/14/leonids.preview/index.html Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/meteorites.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/meteorshowers.html Related Books: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/meteorshowers.html Space-related sites... AnimAlu Productions - http://www.animalu.com Production of high-quality 3D imagery and animation for film, video, and CD-ROM with an emphasis on aerospace and planetary exploration. Andy Nimmo's Homepage - Space Settlers - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy-nimmo/ The Space Settlers' Society, Europe's longest running space-politics society, member of the Space Development Council - UK's largest space group. Astrophotography for the Amateur - http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro Michael Covington's book A Teapot in Paradise - http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~teapot/ Articles and information related to astronomy with an educational emphasis and a New Zealand flavour Ritter Planetarium - http://www.rpbo.utoledo.edu Ritter Planetarium offers many shows and resources for the public. Cerulean Freight Forwarding Co - http://www.nvinet.com/~cffc/page2.htm CFFC provides both sub orbital hops and orbiting flights for passengers and cargo we will be selling kit spacecraft for the high end aerospace homebuilt Martins' black & white Astrophotography - http://home.earthlink.net/~mcgermano/index.htm black and white high resolution photography of many unusual astronomical objects Bert Verstraete's Astrophotography page - http://www.bertcat.com/astro This is an example of astrophotography that can be taken with a $2000 8-inch cassegrain setup and a ton of patience. Break the Secret of Pyramid Text - http://hometown.aol.com/hnishigaki/index.htm How to become a psychic astronaut.Rejuvenation and Unveiled Hidden Phenix: Carlos Castaneda Shamanism Plus after his Death Swinburne astronomy Online - http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/sao Online university astronomy courses (including Masters degree) with multimedia course content and newsgroup communications, taught by professional astronomers. SkyNet - http://pages.prodigy.net/robertmorgan Space, Astronomy, satellite Tracking. Astro and Space news, links, and more. Ersatz stars - http://home.att.net/~asterism Your guide to observing artificial satellites from North-Central Florida.
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