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JPL video: What’s Up for February 2013?

NASA JPL’s “What’s Up for February 2013?” video report:

A video guide to asteroid 2012-DA14

The Planetary Society provides this “Guide to the February 15, 2013 Close Pass by Asteroid 2012 DA14“:

Wayne Hale: Enduring lessons from Columbia

Continuing  his series on the Columbia disaster (see earlier item), former Space Shuttle flight directory and program manager Wayne Hale writes about the ten lessons learned: After Ten Years: Enduring Lessons – Wayne Hale’s Blog.

Sunjammer solar sail to fly in 2014

SunjammerSunjammer in orbit. (Image credit: L’Garde)

When it reaches orbit in 2014 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, the L’Garde – Sunjammer will unfurl into the largest solar sail ever flown:

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SES Satellites app

SES Astrium points me to their iPhone App, which provides the location of their many satellites: SES Satellites for iPad on the iTunes App Store

SESapp