Hi all,

I have added some interesting pages. The first one is about the
Herschel Space Observatory. It is a space-based telescope that will
study the Universe by the light of the far-infrared and
submillimeter portions of the spectrum. If all goes well, it will be
launched in 2008.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/telescope/herschel.html

I have also added some new interesting space books which include:
- Destination Space: Making Science Fiction a Reality,
- After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age,
- Kennedy Space Center: Gateway to Space
and lots more.

If item interests you, then please purchase and support ASG.

http://aerospaceguide.net/spacebook/index.html

The European Space Agency Columbus laboratory is ESA's biggest
single contribution to the International Space Station and is
currently scheduled for launch on Space Shuttle flight STS-122 in
December 2007.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/iss/columbus.html

NASA's Lockheed Martin-built Phoenix Mars Lander has arrived at the
Kennedy Space Center for its launch aboard a Boeing Delta II from
Cape Canaveral in early August. Phoenix will land in the icy
northern latitudes of the red planet in May 2008 and will dig
trenches using the robotic arm, analysing the contents of ice and
soil for indication of organic compounds and other conditions that
might be favourable to life. Phoenix was originally built as the
2001 Mars Surveyor lander before that mission was cancelled.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/phoenixlander.html

The European Space Agency is sending an iPod to the International
Space Station aboard an Automated Transfer Vehicle and has asked
European citizens which tracks it should contain. The iPod will be
one of the forms of entertainment available to the station crew as
they orbit Earth, yet the agency wants to build an 'out of this
world' playlist of only 10 tunes, which satisfy the astronauts needs
when they want to be noisy, quiet or peaceful.

Only citizens of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland were eligible to
submit tracks for inclusion. Other European countries such as
Britain, Greece and Ireland were excluded from submitting their
tracks because they have not invested in the Automated Transfer
Vehicle that will carry the iPod into orbit.

The closing date for entries was May 10, 2007 and the winner will be
announced in June 2007. The entrant who picked the chosen list will
win a trip to Kourou, French Guiana, to see the transporter being
launched. Runner-up will win a day trip to the European Astronaut
Centre in Germany.

Regards,

Vic

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