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May 09, 2008
  • Next launch will be on May 14th When Progress M-64 (29P) Launches Aboard A Soyuz Booster Out Of The Baikonur Cosmodrome In Kazakhstan. The Next Manned Launch Will Be On May 31 When The Space Shuttle Discovery Launches On Mission STS-124 .
  • The Next Firing Room Event Will Be The Phoenix Mars Lander Press Conference On May 13, 2008. Live Coverage Will Begin At 10:30 am EDT In The Firing Room
Breaking News
Manned Space Missions: STS-124 Crew Practices For Launch, NASA Tests Lunar Breathing System (See Ares Update)
Robotic Update: Saturn Does the Wave in Upper Atmosphere, MRO Context Camera Spots Dust Devils at Phoenix Landing Site
Commercial Update: NASA to Launch GRAIL Satellite on United Launch Alliance Delta II in 2011
The Lounge
Multimedia: Discovery Rolls To The Pad, 40th Anniversery Of America's First Spaceflight - View The Video On The Intertube!
The Reading Room: A Brief History Of The Soyuz Spacecraft
The Firing Room: NEXT EVENT: Phoenix Mars Lander Press Con. May 13, 2008 - Coverage Starts At 10:30 am EDT
















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Interspace News Digest
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