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22 - 23 Oct 2008 - Las Cruces, New Mexico
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This week, NASA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo program. In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a bold challenge to NASA and the nation: land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade. The Apollo program was born. From 1968 to 1972, Apollo astronauts tested new spacecraft and ventured beyond Earth’s orbit for the first time. The Apollo program met President Kennedy’s goal, and more. Now, NASA is running an ongoing series paying tribute to each of the manned Apollo missions. (Image Credit: NASA)
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission (IBEX) is set to launch Sunday from the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands. The spacecraft may confirm if the sun's protective bubble surrounding our solar system is about to shrink and weaken; and will image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space. Integration tests are being conducted to confirm communications between the IBEX spacecraft, L-1011 aircraft, Pegasus XL launch vehicle and the Reagan Test Site. The launch is currently on track for 1:48 p.m. EDT, 19 October. (Image Credit: NASA/VAFB)
Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th ISS crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Zarya module at 4:26 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Hatches were opened at 5:55 a.m., and a welcome ceremony and a safety briefing followed. The new crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:01 a.m. EDT Sunday. With Fincke and Lonchakov is spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. Garriott will return to Earth with Expedition 17 crew members, in their Soyuz TMA-12 on 23 October. (Image Credit: NASA)
The Cassini space probe flew within 16 miles of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus last Thursday, a breathtakingly close flyby intended to gather dust and water particles. Project scientists said the team would not have attempted to fly the spacecraft so close to the moon earlier in its four-year exploration, but the scientific and engineering team is now very familiar with the orbit of Enceladus and with its gravitational force. The next flyby later this month will focus on taking images of the fractures that cut across the moon's south polar region. (Image Credit: NASA)
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