Huntsville scientists collecting data from a doomed space probe may keep their jobs at least one to two more years, although NASA plans to destroy the probe as early as June. Officials at NASA headquarters haven't said just how long they will keep paying the researchers to catalog and analyze data from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, but their jobs probably won't end in the next year. 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. New prediction of asteroid's damage from Earth strike.
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