SETI bioastro: Fw: Titan 4 rocket to launch Sunday / Rainbow image of a dusty star

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FINAL MILSTAR SPACECRAFT TO LAUNCH SUNDAY
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A 10,000-pound, $800 million satellite that will serve as an orbiting
switchboard for secure communications between senior U.S. leaders and
military forces around the world is slated for launch Sunday atop a
Titan 4 rocket.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b35/030402preview.html

HUBBLE'S RAINBOW IMAGE OF A DUSTY STAR
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Resembling a rippling pool illuminated by underwater lights, the Egg
Nebula offers astronomers a special look at the normally invisible
dust shells swaddling an aging star. These dust layers, extending
over one-tenth of a light-year from the star, have an onionskin
structure that forms concentric rings around the star.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/04hubble/

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GIANT COSMIC LENS REVEALS SECRETS OF DISTANT GALAXY
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Using a radio telescope and helped by a gigantic cosmic lens
conveniently provided by nature, an international team of astronomers
has discovered that a young galaxy had a central disk of gas in which
hundreds of new stars were being born every year -- at a time when
the Universe was only a fraction of its current age.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/04lens/

ARIANE 5 PROGRAM LOOKS FOR SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO FLIGHT
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Arianespace is setting up for a crucial flight next week of the
Ariane 5 rocket that promises to be widely watched throughout the
aerospace industry after the last mission of the heavy-lift booster
ended in failure and prompted a program-wide review.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v160/030403preview.html

Archived Ariane coverage:
    http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/index.html

LAUNCH INDUSTRY DOLDRUMS UNLIKELY TO END SOON
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The current depression in the commercial launch market that has hurt
launch vehicle operators in the United States and Europe will
continue for the foreseeable future, with government support becoming
vital to sustain the industry, a panel of experts recently concluded.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/03industry/

NASA RESEARCHERS PUT NEW SPIN ON RELATIVITY THEORY
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Albert Einstein might be astonished to learn that NASA physicists
have applied his relativity theory to a concept he introduced but
later disliked namely that two particles that interact could maintain
a connection even if separated by a vast distance. Researchers often
refer to this connection as "entanglement."

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/03relativity/

EUROPE STUDIES MISSIONS TO SAFEGUARD THE EARTH
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Early on the morning of June 30, 1908, the vast forest of western
Siberia was illuminated by a strange apparition: an alien object
streaking across the cloudless sky. White hot from its headlong
plunge into the Earth's atmosphere, the intruder exploded about 8 km
above the ground, flattening trees over a vast area.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/03neo/

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The links below make it easier for AOL users to reach our stories.

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b35/030402preview.html">FINAL
MILSTAR SPACECRAFT TO LAUNCH SUNDAY</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/04hubble/">HUBBLE'S
RAINBOW IMAGE OF A DUSTY STAR</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/04lens/">GIANT COSMIC
LENS REVEALS SECRETS OF DISTANT GALAXY</a>

<a
href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v160/030403preview.html">ARIANE
5 PROGRAM LOOKS FOR SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO FLIGHT</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/index.html">ARCHIVED ARIANE
COVERAGE</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/03industry/">LAUNCH
INDUSTRY DOLDRUMS UNLIKELY TO END SOON</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/03relativity/">NASA
RESEARCHERS PUT NEW SPIN ON RELATIVITY THEORY</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/03neo/">EUROPE STUDIES
MISSIONS TO SAFEGUARD THE EARTH</a>

<a href="http://astronomynowstore.com">ASTRONOMY NOW STORE</a>

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