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STARS APPEAR AS GRAINS OF SAND IN NEARBY GALAXY
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<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/10hubble/">STARS<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/10hubble/">STARS> APPEAR AS GRAINS OF SAND IN NEARBY GALAXY</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/09saturnstorms/">CASSINI<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/09saturnstorms/">CASSINI> WATCHES AS TWO STORMS MERGE ON SATURN</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html">CONTROLLERS<http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html">CONTROLLERS> GIVING SPIRIT ROVER A SOFTWARE OVERHAUL</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040408extension.html">MARS<http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040408extension.html">MARS> ROVERS HAVE MISSIONS EXTENDED THROUGH SEPT.</a>
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<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/08exploration/">NASA<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/08exploration/">NASA> NAMES EXPLORATION PROJECT DIRECTORS</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/08gps2r11/">LATEST<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0404/08gps2r11/">LATEST> GPS SATELLITE DECLARED FULLY OPERATIONAL</a>
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What appear as individual grains of sand on a beach in this image obtained
with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are actually myriads of stars embedded
deep in the heart of the nearby galaxy NGC 300.
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Three months before Saturn arrival, the Cassini spacecraft caught two
storms in the act of merging into one larger storm. This is only the
second time this phenomenon has been observed on the ringed planet.
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Spirit has begun a four-sol stand-down while the rover receives a flight
software update that should make its remaining martian days even safer and
more productive, mission control reports.
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NASA has approved an extended mission for the Mars Exploration Rovers,
handing them up to five months of overtime assignments as they finish
their three-month prime mission.
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The hunt for space rocks on a collision course with Earth has so far been
pretty much limited to the Northern Hemisphere. But last week astronomers
took the search for Earth-threatening asteroids to southern skies.
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NASA selected Garry Lyles as deputy director of Project Constellation and
Charles Precourt as program director of the Crew Exploration Vehicle.
Lyles is responsible for the development of all exploration transportation
and support systems needed to achieve the Vision for Space Exploration.
Precourt is responsible for developing the CEV -- NASA's first human
exploratory spacecraft since Apollo.
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A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has completed on-orbit checkout of
the upgraded Global Positioning System satellite launched successfully
March 20 from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft, designated GPS 2R-11, has
been declared fully operational for navigation users around the globe.
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The Global Positioning System, the space technology that brought
space-awareness to many civilian and military users alike, marked another
historic milestone April 2 with the unveiling of a new GPS operations
center.
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