On September 21, 2011, a Proton-M launch vehicle lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome with a Russian military satellite.
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Juno has to perform a very smart trick when in orbit around Jupiter in order to avoid the radiation belts. The high-energy charged particle radiation can damage the onboard electronics and put an end even to unmanned space missions. Juno will come within 5,000 kilometers of Jupiter\’s upper atmosphere, below the radiation belts.
On September 17, 2011, a Proton-M/Breeze-M launch vehicle rolled out at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Proton-M will carry to orbit KOSMOS, a Russian military satellite.
Alexander Samokutyaev, Andrey Borisenko, and Ron Garan left the International Space Station onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft. They have been on the station since April 6.
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The Liberty Launch Vehicle is offered by ATK and Astrium. Liberty combines a five-segment solid rocket booster (SRB) as the first stage and the Ariane 5 core as the second stage.
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Active region 1283 produced a second solar flare on September 6, 2011. The second flare was an X-class flare, much more disruptive than the first one.
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