Dateline June 28, 2006: Space News from the Internet

NASA News

• Shuttle Status
• NASA Expendable Launch Vehicles Status Report 26 June 2006
• NASA board to meet Thursday on Hubble fix
• NASA issues exploration systems report on wind tunnel test of CLV mockups.
• NASA looks beyond Shuttle
• NASA looks beyond shuttle with Mars-bound capsule
• Some politicians are looking to cancel VSE for the same reasons as always.
• Spirit's Status.
  

Astronomy

• Beta Picturois may have a Jupiter size planet in orbit.
• More on Hubble's camera woes.
• Double vortex found at Venus' south pole
• NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Marks Mission Halfway Point
• Asteroid Defense: NASA to Formulate Planetary Protection Plan
• Aerojet is developing a rocket powered landing system for the CEV.

Private Space News

• An article on the tech-rich and the private space industry.
• The FAA is having a public spaceport meeting in Texas next month.

International Space News

• Broadband detector bound for Mercury
• Europe has much riding aboard US space shuttle
• Doesn't look like cooperation between NASA and China is going to work while China keeps helping Iran.