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One Rocket to Launch Two Missions

One NASA rocket will carry two very different payloads into orbit next month from the NASA launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Jason 1, NASA's newest oceanography satellite, will continue the mission started by Topex/Poseidon to monitor global climate interactions between the sea and the atmosphere. It is a joint U.S./French mission. The NASA Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics mission, known as TIMED, will study a little-known region above the atmosphere, some 40 to 110 miles from the Earth's surface. Studying this region has been nearly impossible until now because conventional airplanes and balloons cannot reach this high altitude, and it is too low for direct satellite measurements. Launch is scheduled for Dec. 7 aboard a Delta II rocket during a launch window that extends from 9:58 a.m. to 10:18 a.m. EST. (FullStory) 
(11/20/2001)

Station Crew Prepares to Come Home

The International Space Station's Expedition Three crew has begun preparing for two upcoming vehicle arrivals leading to their return home in December. Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin have begun loading trash into the Progress 5 resupply craft. It is scheduled to undock from the station on Nov. 22, later to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere, where it will burn up. Another supply vehicle--Progress 6--is scheduled to launch on Nov. 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and dock with the station on Nov. 28. Space Shuttle Endeavour is currently scheduled to launch on mission STS-108 on Nov. 29 and arrive with the replacement crew of Expedition Four on Dec. 1. (FullStory) 
(11/20/2001)

Leonids Provide Great Meteor Show

It was a night to remember in the United States and Canada. A stunning display of Leonid meteors erupted after midnight on Sunday, November 18, when Earth entered a dust cloud shed by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1766. Sky watchers in some places--such as George Varros in Mount Airy, Maryland, whose image is pictured here--saw thousands of bright meteors per hour. Earth has since exited that dust cloud and plunged into another, triggering meteor outbursts over Australia and east Asian countries. Follow the link for information about the Leonids and a gallery of photos sent in by interested skywatchers--including information about how they took their photos. (FullStory) 
(11/19/2001)

Don't Miss Leonids Show in the Sky, On TV, and On the Web

Astronomers are predicting a once-in-a-lifetime, spectacular Leonid meteor shower this Sunday morning, peaking at about 4 - 6 a.m. EST over North America, with the best views afforded skywatchers in North America, Hawaii, Australia and Asian countries along the Pacific Rim. A NASA-led team of 20 astronomers is traveling around the globe this weekend to monitor the meteor storm from Huntsville, Ala.; Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; Maui, Hawaii; Sunspot, N.M.; the U.S. Territory of Guam, and the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. You can see their reports live on the Web. NASA will broadcast an all-night Leonid watch on NASA Television and NASA TV on the Web that will feature live images of the sky above NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville; reports from meteor watchers around the world; and trivia questions. Via email, you can ask questions or share your own meteor sightings during the TV show. In addition, the NASA Leonid Multi-Instrument Campaign will take to the sky to monitor the Leonids from above the clouds. Its website will also provide live data. (Full Story) 
(11/16/2001) 

NASA Celebrates International Education Week

NASA joined the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education this week in the second annual celebration of International Education Week. Rod Paige,U.S. Secretary of Education; Roger Crouch, NASA International Space Station Senior Scientist and former space shuttle astronaut; Paul Vance, Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools; and sixth-graders at John Quincy Adams Elementary School in Washington made a long-distance call to the station. During the call, students had the opportunity to learn about living and working in space through a question-and-answer session with the three crewmembers aboard the orbiting outpost. International Education Week was established in 2000, underscoring the importance of international partnerships and international education in today's global environment. (FullStory) 
(11/16/2001)