ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 05.19.09 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 05.19.09 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature: CFI Bob
Miller: Flight 3407 Part II - Fixing a Broken Training Industry -
05.19.09 (ANN Special Report, with CFI
Bob Miller)
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Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite System (TDRSS)
A network of four communication satellites
used to relay data and commands to and from U.S. spacecraft,
including the Hubble Space Telescope. The Goddard Space Flight
Center provides the day-to-day management and operations of TDRSS,
the first space-based global tracking system.
Aero-Linx: Navigating The DC
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Security-related procedures and requirements are a fact of life for
today’s pilots, especially those who operate in the
Washington, DC metropolitan area Special Flight Rules Area (DC
SFRA) and the DC Flight Restricted Zone (DC FRZ).
"This is a really tremendous adventure that we’ve
been on, a very challenging mission. Hubble isn’t just a
satellite- it’s about humanity’s quest for
knowledge."
Source: STS-125 mission specialists John
Grunsfeld, after he and and Drew Feustel completed the fifth
and final spacewalk on the Hubble Space Telescope Monday at 3:22
p.m. EDT.
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