ASU astronomers track Hubble repair milestones
ASU researchers led by Sumner Starrfield and colleagues Jeff Hester Rogier Windhorst and Dave Burstein monitor NASA’s Endeavour mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. They provide updates and study data as astronauts replace gyroscopes install a new telescope computer and correct instruments. The repair, costing 629 million dollars for the mission and parts, is the most extensive space flight effort to date.
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Endeavour
C-Span
Arizona State University
NASA
Hubble
Sumner Starrfield
Jeff Hester
Dave Burstein
Rogier Windhorst
Astronomers
Starrfield
ASU
Hester
Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Telescope
Windhorst
Joe Rothenberg
Hubble repair ends as Costar installed ahead of landing
Akers and colleagues completed the Hubble Space Telescope repair with the Costar instrument after replacing the main camera earlier in the week. Two spacewalks remain, with Endeavour crew on track to land Monday. NASA tempered expectations, noting six to eight weeks to assess overall success and warned not to declare total success.
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Hubble
Endeavour
NASA
Edward Weiler
Air pollution advisory warns of stagnation and health risks
Kosters of the divisions of Air Pollution warns that air may exceed federal standards during stagnant conditions typical of October to January. The National Weather Service issued the advisory, with wind under 1 mph raising pollution concerns as a storm approaches and temperatures dip about 10 degrees Sunday.
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Kosters
National Weather Service
Jeff Davis
Valley eyes stadium deal to lure major league baseball
Investors led by Jerry Colangelo push a county tax to fund a downtown stadium with a public-private financing plan. Supporters tout jobs and regional growth, while opponents call the move a tax grab. Officials consider multiple sites and a mid January proposal amid potential referenda and legal questions.
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Motorola
America West Airlines
DiPippa
Steve Gervais
Phoenix
United States
Robert Brinton
Mesa Convention and Visitors Bureau
Scottsdale
Abe Ziskis
Houston
Astrodome
Arizona Libertarian Party
Rick Tompkins
Colangelo
Phoenix Suns
Joe Duke
America West
40Th Street
McDowell Road
48Th Street
Broadway Road
79Th Avenue
John F. Long
Jim Shumway
Random train shooting leaves five wounded in Nassau County
On a Long Island Rail Road ride from Penn Station to Port Jefferson a gunman opened fire in the sixth car, wounding five people before three passengers overpowered him. The suspect, armed with a 9mm pistol, was captured at Nassau police headquarters. Police say motive is unclear and the incident appears random.
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Diane McCleary
Wcbs-Tv
Ed Marinello
Garden City South
Mel Kenny
Kenny
Nassau County
Mineola
DeSimone
Winthrop Hospital
John Broder
Broder
Erin
CNN
New York City
Penn Station
Long Island
Port Jefferson
New Salt River bridge eases Tempe to Phoenix crossing
The new Salt River span will ease trips for drivers from Mesa Chandler Gilbert and Tempe, with northbound Tempe travelers using the second bridge and southbound traffic moving on the old bridge. The $6.9 million project, part of the Rio Salado plan, includes wider bike lanes and planned rehabilitation of the Mill Avenue Bridge, with traffic realignments and lane reductions during phased construction.
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Phoenix
Mesa
Chandler
Gilbert
Tempe
Mill Avenue
Harvey Friedson
Friedson
Rio Salado
Timeline of Salt River bridges marks Tempe milestones
Staff reports recount the Salt River crossing history from Hayden’s Ferry in 1871 to the new Mill Avenue Bridge opening at 11 30 a m. The piece notes the 1931 completion of Mill Avenue Bridge and its status on the National Register, the 1991 demolition of Ash Avenue Bridge, and the 2024 opening of the second Mill Avenue Bridge amid a modest ceremony with Tempe officials.
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Salt River
Arizona
Tempe
B.B. Moeur
Mill Avenue
Second Mill Avenue
Charles Hayden
Hayden’s Ferry
Phoenix
Ash Avenue
Tempe and Phoenix robbery and rape spree linked to suspects
Investigators tied two men by fingerprints to multiple luxury apartment assaults across Tempe and Phoenix. In Tempe, six or seven residents were robbed at gunpoint and two women were robbed and molested at two separate units. In Phoenix, attacks targeted three luxury complexes with rapes and robberies, spurring arrests and further police coordination.
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Boddie
McMillan
Robinson
Tempe
Southcreek
Baseline Road
Presidio Apartments
W. Wakial Loop
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