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Hubble Plays with the Spirograph Nebula. |
   | September 7, 2000 Bad Weather Threatens Shuttle Launch Ariane Launches Eutelsat Satellite Hubble Plays with the Spirograph Nebula BAD WEATHER THREATENS SHUTTLE LAUNCH Lightning has struck the Space Shuttle Atlantis twice already this week, and it looks like that's just the beginning of some weather that could very well delay Friday's launch. Forecasters are predicting a 40% chance of rain or clouds that could interfere with the 12:45pm GMT launch. The launch window is extremely short, only two and a half minutes, so they don't have time to wait for clouds to move past the launch platform. The lightning strikes didn't cause any damage to the shuttle. Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/index.html Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/09/07/shuttle.preview.01/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/science/090600/shuttle.sml http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/2000b/090700b.htm http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts106/000906lightning/ Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/shuttle.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/spaceshuttle.html ARIANE LAUNCHES EUTELSAT SATELLITE An Ariane 4 booster successfully launched an Eutelsat Eurostar 2000+ communications satellite yesterday from Kourou, French Guiana. The launch occurred at 10:33pm GMT, and separation of the satellite from the booster occurred 20 minutes later. Wednesday's launch was the sixth successful Ariane launch for the year. Original Source: http://www.arianespace.com/news_missionlog.html Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/09/07/space.ariane.reut/index.html http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/2000b/090700f.htm http://www.spacedaily.com/news/ariane-00i.html http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v132/ Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/ariane.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/satellites.html HUBBLE PLAYS WITH THE SPIROGRAPH NEBULA The Hubble Space Telescope recently took a stunning image of IC 418, also known as the "Spirograph" Nebula. This planetary nebula lies 2,000 light years away from the Earth in the constellation of Lepus, and was obtained using Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. It's likely that our own Sun will form a nebula like this in a mere 5 billion years. Original Source: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/2000/28/index.html Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0009/07hubble/ Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/hubble.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/Astronomy.html *********Another space society Big Sky Astronomical Society - (Alberta, Canada) http://www.bigsky.ab.ca/ The astronomical society for kids, their parents, and teachers. Lots of fun and interesting web pages to explore! Have your own space & astronomy web page posted for FREE. New "Junior Astronomer" program for kids and "Senior Astronomer" program for adults. Spend quality time with your kids while you both learn your way around the night sky. All educational programs are conducted by a professional astronomy educator.
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