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From Mythical Omens Of Doom To Object of Great Desire
Paris - Feb 24, 2004The week Europe's Rosetta comet probe will be launched on its long journey through our solar system to meet up with Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 after a 10 year journey that will see three Earth flybys, one Mars flyby and several close encounters with various asteroids. |
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ESA Prepares Mission To Search For Life On Mars
Paris - Feb 24, 2004Before humans can leave their boot prints on the dusty surface of Mars, many questions have to be answered and many problems solved. 
Boston - Feb 24, 2004If alien astronomers around a distant star had studied the young Sun four-and-a-half billion years ago, could they have seen signs of a newly-formed Earth orbiting this innocuous yellow star? The answer is yes, according to Scott Kenyon (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) and Benjamin Bromley (University of Utah). |
Lockheed Martin Forms New Space Exploration Organization
Denver - Feb 24, 2004Lockheed Martin has formed a new organization to manage the company's efforts in support of NASA's space exploration initiative. The organization, which will be called Space Exploration, led by John C. Karas will be based in Denver, Colo., as part of the Space Systems Company. SDL Receives Contract To Research Plants For Space Travel 
Logan - Feb 24, 2004In preparation for current and future space endeavors, NASA awarded the Space Dynamics Laboratory a $750,000 contract to research the best types of vegetables to grow in space, how to clean them and the psychological effects they have on astronauts and cosmonauts. |
Latest Kuiper Object Could Be Biggest Yet
Pasadena - Feb 24, 2004Planetary scientists at the California Institute of Technology and Yale University on Tuesday night discovered a new planetoid in the outer fringes of the solar system. The planetoid, currently known only as 2004 DW, could be even larger than Quaoar--the current record holder in the area known as the Kuiper Belt--and is some 4.4 billion miles from Earth. Is Europa Corrosive? 
Moffett Field - Feb 24, 2004Far from being a haven of ice and water and an ideal spot for the search for alien life, Jupiter's moon Europa may be a corrosive hotbed of acid and peroxide. |
Life In The Universe Takes Orders From Space
Tempe - Feb 24, 2004A century ago, when biologists used to talk about the primordial soup from which all life on Earth came, they probably never imagined from how far away the ingredients may have come. Recent findings have the origins of life reaching far out from what was once considered "the home planet." A Place For Everything In Orbit 
Washington - Feb 24, 2004Do you know exactly where everything in your house is? If you're like most people, you probably don't. With all that stuff in all that space, it's pretty hard to keep track of everything. |
Trimble to Acquire TracerNet to Expand Fleet Management Market Presence
Orlando - Feb 24, 2004Trimble has agreed to acquire privately-held TracerNet Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia, a provider of wireless fleet management solutions, in an all cash transaction. Terms were not disclosed. |
Rugged PDA Line-up Tool for Mission Critical VSAT Communications
Washington - Feb 24, 2004IntegraSys has announced a new military version for its Satellite Terminal Line-up Tool based on Itronix rugged PDA model Q100, specifically built to operate under demanding environmental conditions in the battle field. |
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