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		Premium video content for our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. Friday's Mars briefing Scientists explain the Mars rover Spirit's discovery of hematite at the Columbia Hills and Opportunity's work inside Endurance Crater during this briefing from June 25. (40min 17sec file) Play video NASA reorganization NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe explains the space agency's reorganization plans and answers questions during this news conference from June 24. (57min 08sec file) Play video Phoebe science briefing Scientists report scientific results from the Cassini spacecraft's close-up examination of Saturn's moon Phoebe. (31min 53sec file) Play video Space station briefing International Space Station officials preview the upcoming Expedition 9 spacewalk to replace a faulty power control box that supports one of the U.S. control moment gyros. (66min 08sec file) Play video Become a subscriber More video

Sunday: June 27, 2004		0412 GMT

Avionics check delays upcoming Atlas launch Additional avionics testing will delay Wednesday night's scheduled launch of the final Atlas 2AS rocket to ensure the booster is defect-free, officials announced Saturday. A new target launch date has not been established. MISSION STATUS CENTER

Camera to shoot first direct images of exoplanets A University of Arizona astronomer and his collaborators are using a novel camera to hunt for extrasolar planets. Their camera has already made stunning images of Saturn's moon, Titan, and discovered an object just 27 times the mass of Jupiter. They hope the camera will be the first to directly photograph faint gas-giants similar to Jupiter in solar systems beyond our own. FULL STORY

Spacecraft that think for themselves developed There's nothing worse than a satellite that can't make decisions. Rather than organizing data, it simply spews out everything it collects, swamping scientists with huge amounts of information. It's like getting a newspaper with no headlines or section pages in which all the stories are strung together end-to-end. FULL STORY

Saturday: June 26, 2004		0001 GMT

Mars scientists marvel at mysterious rock formation NASA's two Mars rovers, well past their 90-day prime missions, have entered a dramatic new phase of exploration. The Opportunity rover is working its way down a steep slope into Endurance Crater, slowly creeping back in time as it discovers older and clearly different type rocks. Evidence is mounting that shallow seas once pooled in this region, periodically drying out and reforming. On the other side of Mars, Spirit has found one of the strangest rocks discovered to date, one that defies easy explanation. FULL STORY

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Sticky switch to blame for spacewalk abort Russian engineers believe a balky switch in astronaut Mike Fincke's Orlan spacesuit was to blame for what appeared to be an oxygen leak that derailed a spacewalk Thursday evening aboard the international space station. FULL STORY

Getting closer to Titan Irregular bright and dark regions of yet unidentified composition and character are becoming increasingly visible on Titan's surface as Cassini approaches its scheduled first flyby of Saturn's largest moon on July 2, 2004. FULL STORY

Friday: June 25, 2004		0314 GMT

Suit problem ends station spacewalk Station commander Gennady Padalka, U.S. flight engineer Mike Fincke and Russian ground controllers are troubleshooting a problem with Fincke's Orlan spacesuit that forced the crew to abort a planned six-hour spacewalk Thursday. Another attempt could be staged as early as June 29. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER

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Hubble IMAX film gives ride through space and time Take a virtual ride to the outer reaches of the universe and explore 10 billion years of galactic history, from fully formed and majestic spiral galaxies to disheveled collections of stars just beginning to form. FULL STORY

NASA unveils next steps of agency's transformation In the latest of what will be ongoing briefings, Administrator Sean O'Keefe has announced a transformation of NASA's organization structure designed to streamline the agency and position it to better implement the Vision for Space Exploration. FULL STORY

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Thursday: June 24, 2004		0631 GMT

Phoebe moon likely born in outer solar system NASA unveiled a spectacular high-resolution mosaic of Saturn's enigmatic moon Phoebe Wednesday, along with other data from the Saturn-bound Cassini probe showing the moon formed in the extreme outer solar system and later was captured by the ringed planet's gravity. FULL STORY NASA SCIENCE RELEASE

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Delta rocket successfully launches one for The Gipper Finally winning the battle over Florida's summertime weather after three earlier losses, a Boeing Delta 2 rocket roared to space Wednesday and deployed a Global Positioning System military navigation satellite in a mission dedicated to the memory of President Ronald Reagan. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER TUESDAY'S UPDATE STORY

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Launch photo collection This gallery of launch pictures captures Wednesday's successful flight of Boeing's Delta 2 rocket carrying the GPS 2R-12 spacecraft as seen from sound-activated cameras at pad 17B, the press viewing site at Cape Canaveral and more. OPEN GALLERY

Photo collection shows Wednesday's launch preps These photos were taken Wednesday morning as the mobile service tower was rolled away from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B. OPEN GALLERY SATURDAY'S TOWER ROLL BACK GALLERY

Wednesday: June 23, 2004		0114 GMT

Delta 2 rocket team wishing for better weather luck The Boeing Delta 2 rocket will try again Wednesday to launch a military navigation satellite after three consecutive countdowns were thwarted by Florida's summertime thunderstorms. Officials remain committed to launching the mission before NASA's Mercury orbiter, which has a two-week planetary window this summer. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER - updates! TOWER ROLL BACK GALLERY

Chandra finds mystery at Milky Way center A long look by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed new evidence that extremely hot gas exists in a large region at the center of the Milky Way. The intensity and spectrum of the high-energy X-rays produced by this gas present a puzzle as to how it is being heated. FULL STORY

Link found between Earth's oceans and Jupiter's bands Scientists have discovered a striking similarity between certain ocean currents on Earth and the bands that characterize the surface of large, gaseous planets like Jupiter. FULL STORY

Tuesday: June 22, 2004		0431 GMT

SpaceShipOne rockets into history A privately-built rocket plane soared into space Monday, boosting a 63-year-old test pilot on a thrilling, at times scary ride out of Earth's discernible atmosphere and into history as the first non government-sponsored astronaut. But SpaceShipOne will not fly again until the team of pilots and engineers figures out what triggered the failure of a critical flight control system during the climb to space. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER PREVIEW STORY

Ultra-cool diminutive star weighs in The power of the some of the world's biggest telescopes has been brought to bear to directly measure the mass, for the first time, of one of the smallest stars ever seen in the universe. Barely the size of the planet Jupiter, the dwarf star weighs in at just 8.5 percent of the mass of our Sun. FULL STORY

Weather scrubs latest Delta launch attempt The third try was not the charm during Monday's attempt to launch Boeing's Delta 2 rocket carrying a Global Positioning System satellite as stormy weather scrubbed the mission for the third straight day. Another try will come no sooner than Wednesday. MISSION STATUS CENTER - live updates! TOWER ROLL BACK GALLERY

New view of Saturn's rings and moons from Cassini Saturn's magnificent rings show some of their intricate structure in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft's narrow angle camera. Although they appear to be solid structures, the rings are composed of billions of individual particles, each one orbiting the planet on its own path. FULL STORY

Monday: June 21, 2004		0206 GMT

Private spacecraft ready for historic flight Monday Legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan and his small cadre of pilots and engineers fueled the privately-funded SpaceShipOne rocket plane Sunday and ran through a final few flight simulations in preparation for a history-making launch to the edge of space Monday. FULL STORY

Weather keeps Delta rocket on the launch pad again Thunderstorms and lightning over Cape Canaveral forced the launch of Boeing's Delta 2 rocket with a Global Positioning System satellite to be postponed Sunday evening for the second straight day. Another attempt will be made Monday. MISSION STATUS CENTER - live updates!

News Archive
June 14-20: Stardust reveals surprising anatomy of a comet; Cassini maneuver sets stage for Saturn arrival; Phoebe's surface gives scientists clues to its origin; Sweeping changes needed for moon-Mars initiative; Spirit, showing signs of old age, reaches Columbia hills; Spitzer telescope reveals what Edwin Hubble missed.

June 7-13: Cassini preview: 'Flagship mission of our time' nears its destination; Cassini makes close observations of Phoebe; Mars rover Opportunity enters stadium-sized crater; Space shuttle solid rocket motor test fired; Faintest survey of distant galaxies taken by Hubble.

May 31-June 6: Rutan announces manned spaceflight plans; Mars rover Opportunity will drive into Endurance Crater; Great Observatories find black holes, hidden objects; Proof found for gamma-ray burst in Milky Way; Looking to catch stars in the act as planets form; Boeing to study Neptune missions for NASA.

May 24-30: Raw ingredients for life found around young stars; Cassini spacecraft executes crucial rocket firing; Supply ship safely arrives at space station; Suit problems alter station crew's spacewalk plans; Mars lander Beagle 2 was too risky, inquiry concludes; Proposed nuclear-powered Jupiter mission defined; Moon tells of unexpected Earth climate changes.

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