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Pasadena - Jun 25, 2003
Images from the Mars Orbiter Camera aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor capture a faint yet distinct glimpse of the elusive Phobos, the larger and innermost of Mars' two moons. The moon, which usually rises in the west and moves rapidly across the sky to set in the east twice a day, is shown setting over Mars' afternoon horizon.
Foam Strip Hitting Shuttle Most Likely Cause Of Accident
Washington (AFP) Jun 25, 2003
The high-speed impact of a piece of foam insulation hitting Columbia's left wing is the "most probable cause" of the shuttle's burnup on reentry into Earth's atmosphere February 1 and the deaths of its seven astronauts, investigators said Tuesday.
Successful Design Review: ATV Gets Go-Ahead
Paris (ESA) Jun 25, 2003
In early June 2003, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) programme reached a milestone in successfully passing the Critical Design Review (CDR) during which some 140 international space experts expressed their full confidence in the design of the vehicle after analysing 55,000 pages of technical documentation.
Closing The Final Frontier
Scottsdale - Jun 25, 2003
Space pirates, make your fortunes quickly, because the Final Frontier may not be open very long. Take a good, hard look at postwar Iraq: there, today, the dreams of a new era of political and commercial freedom in space are being crushed.
Oskando To Introduce GPS-Based Personal Security Device
Helsinki - Jun 25, 2003
Fastrax Ltd., a developer of industry-leading GPS receivers for optimal utilization of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), and OÜ Oskando, a designer and producer of GSM-based telematics devices, today introduced a new Personal Security Device.
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