IAF NEWS Monday 17 September 2012

[International Astronautical Federation]

IAF NEWS Monday 17 September 2012
A daily roundup of space news brought to you from the International Astronautical Federation


ISS crew returns to Earth

The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft delivered two Russians and an American back to earth after their mission on the International Space Station (ISS). Touchdown occurred at 2:52 GMT, on a steppe in Kazakhstan some 85 kilometers from the town of Arkalyk.

http://rt.com/news/iss-soyuz-expedition-landed-288/


NASA weighs early deep-space tests with Orion

Planners are studying whether it would be possible to evaluate the capsule�s performance beyond low Earth orbit

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_09_


ATV-3 spacecraft raises Space Station�s orbit by two kilometres

Europe�s ATV-3 unmanned resupply spacecraft raised the International Space Station (ISS) orbit to over 424 kilometers

http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/517315/s/23684afd/l/0Len0Bria


First images from SPOT 6 satellite
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/index.php/earth-observation/12679

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