From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2004 - 12:26:35 PST
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>Subject: Farthest known galaxy in the Universe discovered / Titan 4 launch
>a success
>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:19:40 -0500
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> NEWSALERT: Monday, February 16, 2004 @ 1421 GMT
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> The latest news from Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now
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>+++ ROVER POSTER features some of the best images from Spirit!
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>FARTHEST KNOWN GALAXY IN THE UNIVERSE DISCOVERED
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>An international team of astronomers may have set a new record in
>discovering what is the most distant known galaxy in the Universe. Located
>an estimated 13 billion light-years away, the object is being viewed at a
>time only 750 million years after the big bang, when the Universe was
>barely 5 percent of its current age.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/15lens/
>
>
>NEW SATELLITE TO PROVIDE U.S. WITH MISSILE WARNINGS
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>The U.S. military's newest orbiting sentry was successfully deployed
>Saturday, joining a space surveillance system that maintains a constant
>vigil 22,300 miles above Earth to detect enemy missile launches and
>nuclear weapon detonations. The Titan 4B rocket launched the Defense
>Support Program-22 satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b39/index.html
>
>Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers can view video clips of the launch, DSP
>spacecraft animation and pre-launch activities:
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b39/video/
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>
>PHOTO COLLECTION SHOWS ROLLBACK OF PAD TOWER
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>Just after a dense blanket of fog lifted, the mobile service tower was
>retracted from around the Titan 4B rocket at Complex 40 Saturday morning.
>Spaceflight Now's Justin Ray was at the pad and shot this gallery of
>photos.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b39/040214mstgallery/01.html
>
>
>TWIN MARS ROVERS CONTINUE THEIR SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
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>The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is examining a collection of rocks,
>including a flaky one nicknamed Mimi, on its lengthy drive to a crater.
>Meanwhile, Opportunity is preparing to dig a hole to study the soil at its
>landing site.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html
>
>
>FAR AWAY QUASARS PROBE END OF COSMIC DARK AGES
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>The most distant known quasars show that some supermassive black holes
>formed when the universe was merely 6 percent of its current age, or about
>700 million years after the big bang.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/14darkages/
>
>
>ULYSSES MISSION EXTENDED
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>The European Space Agency's Science Programme Committee has unanimously
>approved a proposal to continue operating the highly successful Ulysses
>spacecraft until March 2008. This latest extension, the third in the
>history of the joint ESA-NASA mission, will enable Ulysses to add an
>important chapter to its survey of the high-latitude heliosphere.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/14ulysses/
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>AOL USERS
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>The links below make it easier for AOL users to reach our stories.
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/15lens/">FARTHEST KNOWN
>GALAXY IN THE UNIVERSE DISCOVERED</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b39/">NEW SATELLITE TO PROVIDE
>U.S. WITH MISSILE WARNINGS</a>
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><a
>href="http://spaceflightnow.com/titan/b39/040214mstgallery/01.html">PHOTO
>COLLECTION SHOWS ROLLBACK OF PAD TOWER</a>
>
><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html">TWIN MARS ROVERS
>CONTINUE THEIR SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES</a>
>
><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/14darkages/">FAR AWAY QUASARS
>PROBE END OF COSMIC DARK AGES</a>
>
><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/14ulysses/">ULYSSES MISSION
>EXTENDED</a>
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