spacetoday.net http://www.spacetoday.net/ Space news summaries and links to articles published around the web. en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:57:57 GMT jeff@spacetoday.net jeff@spacetoday.net spacetoday.net http://www.spacetoday.net/images/spacetoday120x20.gif http://www.spacetoday.net/ 120 20 Space news summaries and links to articles published around the web. Ariane 5 launches massive communications satellite http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/4634 An Ariane 5 rocket launched the heaviest commercial communications satellite on Wednesday. The Ariane 5... Shuttle passes tanking test http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/4633 NASA carried out a successful tanking test with the space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday, clearing... Proton launches satellite radio spacecraft http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/4632 A Proton rocket launched early Wednesday a new spacecraft for US satellite radio company Sirius... NASA announces new astronaut class http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/4631 NASA announced Monday a new class of nine astronauts, the first exclusively post-shuttle group... Delta 4 launches weather satellite http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/4630 A Delta 4 rocket successfully placed the latest US weather satellite into orbit Saturday evening....