Elementary Students, Families Invited To Third Sunday
Experiment
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt,
Maryland will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Sunday,
November 20th from 1300 - 1500 EST. It's a free afternoon of
eye-opening, hands-on activities spotlighting NASA's newest
Earth-observing satellite, the NPOESS Preparatory Project
(NPP).
Retired Orbiter To Be Towed Through LA Streets To Its Museum
Home
It is somewhat slower than space shuttle Endeavour was designed
to travel, and might even be a bit slower than the crawler speed
that used to carry the orbiter to launch complex 39A. At some point
next year, the retired spacecraft will be towed through the streets
of Los Angeles to its new home at the California Science
Center.
China Progressing With Plans For Its Own Space Station
The Chinese Shenzhou 8 spacecraft, which twice docked
successfully with the Tiangong 1 module launched separately,
returned to earth Thursday. China says it is working towards
building its own space station, after being denied participation in
the ISS program.
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