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Telescope finds possible planetary system forming
The European Space Agency's infrared space telescope, ISO, has found a very young 'baby-star' surrounded by a disk of the same diameter as Jupiter's orbit, in which planets are likely to form in the future.
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Asteroid probe in the groove
NASA's NEAR Shoemaker has returned images that reveal not only what makes asteroid 433 Eros distinctive, but also what it shares with other asteroids. The latest picture shows several "grooves" that mark the asteroid's surface.
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ESA plans biomedical research on space station -- The European Space Agency and researchers from academia and industry in Germany, Italy and Switzerland on Wednesday will sign a contract for a health research project which will lay the scientific and industrial foundations for the development of a space bioreactor for biomedical applications to be set up on the International Space Station.
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Saturday:
April 29, 2000 | |
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Tarlike macro-molecules detected in 'stardust'
The first in-situ chemical analysis of interstellar dust particles produces a puzzling result: These cosmic particles consist mostly of tar-like substances rather than minerals.
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Atlantis cockpit redesigned by Langley technology
The space shuttle Atlantis is now easier and safer to fly because of "glass cockpit" technology pioneered at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
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You can tell astronomers where to point Hubble
If you could point NASA's Hubble Space Telescope at any object in the sky, which one would you choose? The Hubble Heritage Project, a team of astronomers working with the space-based telescope, are asking you to answer this question.
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Friday:
April 28, 2000 | |
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Atlantis slips to May 18
NASA will delay space shuttle Atlantis' mission to the International Space Station until May 18, the next open launch slot from Cape Canaveral. The space agency decided not to bump a weather satellite launch in favor of the shuttle.
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Global Surveyor sees seasonal changes on Mars
New images of the Martian south polar cap and a crater in the Northern Hemisphere show seasonal changes taking place in each region as seen from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, currently orbiting Mars.
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Supply freighter arrives at Russia's Mir station
The Progress M1-2 cargo spacecraft docked to the Russian space station Mir Thursday, bringing two tons of fuel, oxygen, experiment hardware and supplies for the orbiting outpost and and its two-man crew.
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Delta 4 solid rocket motor successfully test fired -- Alliant Techsystems of Magna, Utah, has successfully completed the second of three static test firings to qualify a new solid rocket motor for The Boeing Company's Delta 4 Medium-plus family of launch vehicles.
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Thursday:
April 27, 2000 | |
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NASA seeks next launch attempt for shuttle Atlantis
Senior NASA officials today will begin wheeling and dealing to secure a new launch date for shuttle Atlantis' thrice-delayed space station repair mission. The launch was scrubbed for the third straight day on Wednesday by bad weather.
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First detailed images of early universe revealed
An international team of cosmologists has released the first detailed images of the universe in its infancy. The images reveal the structure that existed in the universe when it was a tiny fraction of its current age and 1,000 times smaller and hotter than it is today.
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Boeing says Delta 3 rocket ready for return to flight
Boeing's new, more powerful Delta 3 rocket is ready for its third attempt at launching a satellite into space now that engine trouble which doomed the last flight a year ago has been fixed, officials said this week.
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U.S. Air Force clears GPS satellite for launch
After halting the launch of its newest NAVSTAR Global Positioning System satellite on Saturday evening for checks of the craft's solar arrays, officials have now cleared the last-minute concern. Follow pre-launch activities in our Mission Status Center.
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Wednesday:
April 26, 2000 | |
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Weather scrubs shuttle Atlantis launch yet again
Bad weather at all three emergency landing sites across the Atlantic Ocean forced NASA to scrub the launch of space shuttle Atlantis today. It was the third straight day weather problems have grounded the shuttle. Follow the countdown in our Mission Status Center.
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Chandra shows new way to measure cosmic distances
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of scientists has attacked one of astronomy's oldest and thorniest problems, determining the distance to a cosmic object.
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Cargo freighter bound for Russian space station Mir
Efforts to renovate the Russian space station Mir took another step forward on Tuesday when an unmanned supply vessel was launched toward the 14-year-old orbiting outpost.
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Tuesday:
April 25, 2000 | |
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Winds scrub Atlantis again
Strong winds at Kennedy Space Center caused NASA to cancel today's planned launch of space shuttle Atlantis nearly 90 minutes before the scheduled liftoff time. The space station repair mission has been rescheduled for Wednesday at 3:26 p.m. EDT (1926 GMT). Follow the countdown in our Mission Status Center.
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Progress resupply craft launched to Mir
The Progress M1-2 unmanned cargo spacecraft was launched successfully this evening from Baikonur Cosmodrome, and is heading for a Thursday docking with the Russian space station Mir.
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Galileo nets best images of Jupiter's inner moons
The Galileo spacecraft has taken a risky spin through Jupiter's lethal radiation belts to capture the highest-resolution images yet of three of the planet's four innermost moons, Thebe, Amalthea and Metis.
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NEAR Shoemaker cruising into closer orbit around rock
A short engine burn over the weekend started NASA's NEAR Shoemaker on a gradual journey toward its ideal scientific orbit around asteroid Eros. The spacecraft fired its breaking thrusters and moved down from the 62-mile orbit it occupied for the previous 11 days.
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Monday:
April 24, 2000 | |
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Atlantis launch scrubbed
Gusty crosswinds at the emergency landing strip at Kennedy Space Center forced NASA officials today to call off the planned launch of space shuttle Atlantis. The launch has been tentatively reset for Tuesday at 3:52 p.m. EDT (1952 GMT). Follow the countdown in our Mission Status Center.
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New launch dates set for Europe's Cluster 2 satellites
Following the authorisation from the ESA Flight Acceptance Review Board on April 18, members of the Cluster 2 team are preparing for the Cluster 2 spacecraft long trip to the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan.
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