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First European Astronaut To Begin Long Space Station Mission This Summer
Star City, Russia (AFP) Mar 29, 2005A German astronaut will be the first European to spend a long mission on board the International Space Station, starting this summer, the Russian commander of the next ISS team said Tuesday. International Space Station Crew Set To Test Nuance Speech Recognition 
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2005There's a new crewmember aboard the International Space Station who is never at a loss for words. Clarissa is the International Space Station's new speech-powered virtual assistant. NASA Announces DART Launch Date 
Vandenberg AFB (SPX) Mar 29, 2005NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 1:21 p.m. EDT, April 15 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. |
NASA's Discovery Rolls To Major Return To Flight Milestone
Cape Canaveral (SPX) Mar 29, 2005NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery is now one important step closer to launch with Discovery being moved from its hangar early this morning to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). AERA Releases Animated Presentation Of Altairis Rocket For Space Tourists 
Temecula CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2005An animated presentation of AERA's Altairis rocket, which will begin taking tourists into space in 2006, will be available via satellite to news stations globally on March 30, and on AERA's website. Pakistan To Build, Launch Own Satellite 
Islamabad (SPX) Mar 29, 2005Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has given a green signal to manufacturing and launching Pakistan's own satellite, local newspaper The News reported Sunday. |
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Deep Impact On Course With Blurry Vision
College Park MD (JPL) Mar 29, 2005NASA's Deep Impact has completed the commissioning phase of the mission and has moved into the cruise phase. Deep Impact mission planners have separated the craft's flight operations into five mission phases. Cruise phase will continue until about 60 days before the encounter with comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005. Crossing The Treeline 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2005Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at the Ames Research Center, has long been investigating the coldest and driest places on Earth. These harsh environments - and the ability of life to adapt there - could point the way to finding life on Mars. New Frontier Opens In The Search For Life On Other Planets 
Nice, France (SPX) Mar 29, 2005Scientists recently discovered a new frontier in the race to find life outside our solar system. Dying red giant stars may bring icy planets back from the dead. |
New Image Of Earth, Seen Through Gamma-Ray Eyes
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2005A NASA-funded scientist has produced a new type of picture of the Earth from space, which complements the familiar image of our "blue marble". This new picture is the first detailed image of our planet radiating gamma rays, a type of light that is millions to billions of times more energetic than visible light. Proba Yielding Beautiful Results 
Frascati, Italy (ESA) Mar 29, 2005In orbit for three and a half years now, ESA's smallest Earth Observation satellite is making a big contribution to science, a workshop heard last week. Proba applications range from studying land vegetation to water quality monitoring, assessing productivity of Italian vineyards, even helping hunt for meteorite impact craters. Ubari And Murzuq Sand Seas Of Libya 
Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2005This Envisat image shows two huge sand dune seas in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, close to the border with Algeria. |
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