Space Weather News for Oct 6, 2013 http://spaceweather com

SPACECRAFT GOES INTO LUNAR ORBIT: Among a select few allowed to work during the US government shutdown, controllers for NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) fired the spacecraft's engines this morning, Oct 6th, slowing it enough to be captured by lunar gravity LADEE is now in orbit Soon, the spacecraft will begin its mission to study the Moon's exotic and diaphanous atmosphere, which is mightily affected by space weather For more information about this development, plus new color images of incoming Comet ISON, visit http://spaceweather com

SOLAR FLARE ALERTS: Would you like a call when solar flares are underway? X-flare alerts are available from http://spaceweathertext com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone com (voice)

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