Sunday:
January 5, 2003 | |
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Titan 2 rocket launch postponed again
Unacceptable winds at high altitudes forced officials to scrub today's launch of the Titan 2 rocket carrying the U.S. military's Coriolis research satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A sixth attempt to launch the $224 million mission is planned for 1418 GMT (9:18 a.m. EST) on Monday.
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Saturday:
January 4, 2003 | |
0200 GMT |
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The Sun does the wave
The mystery of why large features called supergranules move across the Sun's surface faster than the Sun rotates has been solved, according to a team of scientists using the Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. Instead of actually moving faster than the Sun, their apparent rapid rotation is an illusion generated by a pattern of activity, like fans doing the wave at a sporting event.
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Friday:
January 3, 2003 | |
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Earth and asteroid play orbital cat and mouse game
The first asteroid discovered to orbit the Sun in nearly the same path as Earth will make its closest approach to our planet this month before scurrying away for 95 years. The space rock, measuring about approximately 200 feet across, is like a mouse teasing a cat.
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Thursday:
January 2, 2003 | |
0330 GMT |
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Volcanoes on Jovian moon spew salt into atmosphere
Astronomers have solved a nearly 30-year-old mystery surrounding Jupiter's moon Io, showing that volcanoes there appear to be shooting gaseous salt into the moon's thin atmosphere.
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Wednesday:
January 1, 2003 | |
0505 GMT |
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Engine 'destroyed' in Proton mission failure
Russian investigators probing the November launch failure that doomed a massive communications satellite to a worthless orbit say excess fuel in the Proton rocket's upper stage main engine is to blame.
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Preview of 2003 schedule for space station assembly
The coming year will be the most challenging ever for construction of the International Space Station. Already more than two-thirds of the way through the assembly of its core structure, international crews face a full and busy schedule.
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Tuesday:
December 31, 2002 | |
0140 GMT |
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Ariane 5 launch failure investigation delays Rosetta
The European Space Agency's ambitious Rosetta comet explorer will miss the opening of its tight launch window January 12 as the investigation continues into the failure of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket.
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Pluto mission adds student science instrument
It's a 20-year homework assignment, but you won't hear any complaints from the students handed the task. A special instrument, called the Student Dust Counter, has been added to NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
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Monday:
December 30, 2002 | |
0747 GMT |
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Russian rocket delivers Canadian satellite in space
A spacecraft to broadcast TV and communications services across Canada was successfully sent into orbit Sunday night aboard the first commercial flight of Russia's modernized Proton M rocket and Breeze M upper stage motor.
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China launches fourth Shenzhou capsule
The fourth and possibly last unmanned test flight of China's Shenzhou spacecraft was launched at 1640 GMT (11:40 a.m. EST) Sunday aboard a Long March rocket from the Jiuquan base. Observers suspect that if the Shenzhou 4 is successful, the Chinese would press ahead with its first manned space flight in 2003.
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