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Until the news about ISON starts heating up in October, I'll be passing along the NASA Science Newsletter.
First up:
Gigantic Hurricane Spotted on Saturn - NASA Science
Video: NASA - Multimedia - Video Gallery
Then:
Cassini Catches Meteors Hitting Saturn's Rings - NASA Science
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Have $200,000 to take a flight?Successful Launch for Antares Orbital Sciences Antares rocket successfully launched at 5 p.m., Sunday, April 21, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Antares' maiden flight serves as a precursor for a demonstration flight of its Cygnus resupply ship to the International Space Station later this year.
Source: NASA - Multimedia - Video Gallery
Fascinating video of engine firing from 1:31 to 1:49MOJAVE, Calif. – Today (Sunday 04-29-2013), Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2).
Source: VIRGIN GALACTIC BREAKS SPEED OF SOUND IN FIRST ROCKET-POWERED FLIGHT OF SPACESHIPTWO | Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic First Powered Flight VNR
If you let the video run into the second video you'll see a few more and different views of the flight.