Representatives from French Aerospace manufacturer Arianespace
tell ANN the final Ariane 5 flight of the year is almost ready to
send its cargo into orbit, as the mission has entered the final
preparation phase at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Communications Lost After Thruster Malfunction Puts Probe Into
Spin
An official with Japan's space agency announced Wednesday the
Hayabusa space probe's original June 2007 return date will be put
off for approximately three years, after a thruster problem put the
probe into an unexpected spin as it hovered over the Itokawa
asteroid it was sent to collect samples from.
Apparently, America doesn't hold exclusive rights to
denser-than-average contestants on reality television shows (we're
as surprised as you are) as a British television show was able to
successfully dupe four unwitting contestants into believing they
had gone where no English plasterer had gone before: earth
orbit.
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