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New Russian Docking Port Launches Toward Space Station

SPACE.com - Tue Nov 10, 10:49 am ET

A Russian rocket launched into space Tuesday carrying a brand-new docking port for the International Space Station.

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Ex-astronaut gets 1-year probation in attack
AP via Yahoo! News - 10 minutes ago
A former astronaut has been sentenced to one-year probation after pleading guilty to attacking a romantic rival.
Ex-astronaut pleads guilty in attack on rival
AP via Yahoo! News - 24 minutes ago
A former astronaut pleaded guilty Tuesday to attacking a romantic rival in an airport parking lot after driving 1,000 miles from Houston to Orlando to confront her.
Ex-astronaut, rival to appear in court
UPI - 2 hours 18 minutes ago
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A former U.S. astronaut and the love rival she is accused of attacking were set to appear together in a Florida courtroom Tuesday, observers say.
Former Astronaut Pleads Guilty In Attack On Rival
NPR - 10 minutes ago
Lisa Nowak was charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor battery after driving 1,000 miles from Houston to Orlando in 2007 to confront her romantic rival in an airport parking lot. She was originally charged with two felonies — attempted kidnapping and burglary — along with misdemeanor battery.
Ex-astronaut pleads guilty in attack on romantic rival
Chicago Tribune - 29 minutes ago
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former astronaut charged with confronting a romantic rival in an airport parking lot has pleaded guilty to felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery.
Astronaut Pleads Guilty in Attack on Rival
CBS News - 33 minutes ago
Former Astronaut Lisa Nowak Charged with Confronting Romantic Rival in Airport Parking Lot
Ex-astronaut Nowak pleads guilty in attack
Houston Chronicle - 23 minutes ago
Lisa Nowak had originally been charged with attempted kidnapping and burglary, which are felonies.
New solar-sail mission planned after 2005 failure
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 10:26 pm ET
Backers of a failed mission to launch the world's first solar-sail spacecraft unveiled plans on Monday to try again five years later with a smaller, swifter satellite to test the limits of sunlight propulsion.
New Russian Module Poised to Launch Toward Space Station
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:00 pm ET
A new Russian room that doubles as a docking port for the International Space Station is ready for a planned Tuesday launch toward the orbiting laboratory.
Ex-astronaut pleads guilty in attack on former Oregon boyfriend's love interest
The Oregonian - 8 minutes ago
Lisa Nowak confronted her romantic rival, Colleen Shipman, in the parking lot of Orlando International Airport in February 2007 after driving from Houston. Shipman had begun dating Nowak's love interest, former space shuttle pilot Bill Oefelein, an Oregon State University graduate.
New Module for ISS Launches
Universe Today - Tue Nov 10, 10:13 am ET
A new module for the space station blasted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 9:22 a.m. EST. The Poisk (which means "explore" in Russian) is a combination docking module/airlock/future research module. It will meet up with the ISS on Thursday at 10:44 am. Poisk is the first permanent pressurized module [...]
Fmr. Astronaut Pleads Guilty To Attack On Rival
CBS4 Miami - 16 minutes ago
A former astronaut charged with confronting a romantic rival in an airport parking lot has pleaded guilty to felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery. Lisa Nowak agreed Tuesday to the plea to avoid a trial scheduled next month. She had originally been charged with attempted kidnapping and burglary, which are felonies, and misdemeanor battery.
Lovestruck former astronaut back in court today
The Tampa Tribune - Tue Nov 10, 10:00 am ET
ORLANDO (AP) — The former NASA astronaut charged with confronting a romantic rival will be back in court with her trial only a month away.
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
UPI - Mon Nov 9, 5:47 pm ET
Astronauts to begin pre-launch quarantine ... Rat study: Marijuana may ease PTSD ... FDA issues updated food code ... Blood test may detect Alzheimer's early ... Health/Science news from UPI.
New Antenna May Reveal More Clues About Lightning
Science Daily - Tue Nov 10, 8:22 am ET
Launch scrubs are nothing new at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. In fact, there have been 116 space shuttle scrubs; 72 for technical reasons and 45 for inclement weather. During the summer, bad weather, particularly lightning, seems to strike as the countdown clock nears zero. Maybe it's because Kennedy and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station are well within what meteorologists call, "Lightning Alley."