It is the first star of its kind to be found and may hold the clues to where the stuff that makes up our bodies comes from and perhaps to the future of the Universe itself. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Mightysat 2.1 technology demonstration spacecraft is making good progress in its orbital checkout after four days circling Earth, officials reported Sunday. A NASA study of Greenland's ice sheet reveals that it is rapidly thinning at a rate of more than three feet per year in some areas. Next Launch A Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS is scheduled to launch a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Sept. 8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Visit the Tracking Station for a full listing of upcoming launches.
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