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Like a photographer clicking random snapshots of a crowd of people, NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope has taken a view of an eclectic mix of galaxies. In
taking this picture, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys was not looking
at any particular target. The camera was taking a picture of a typical
patch of sky, while Hubble's infrared camera was viewing a target in an
adjacent galaxy-rich region.
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Like a half-full moon, cratered Tethys hangs before the Cassini spacecraft
in this narrow angle camera view. Voyager images showed a large fracture
on Tethys about 470 miles long. Cassini will investigate this and other
features on Tethys during two planned flybys beginning next year.
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The families of the Space Shuttle Challenger's crew has accepted the
Congressional Space Medal of Honor from NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe.
The honors, presented in the name of Congress and on behalf of President
George W. Bush, were made during a private ceremony with the families of
the seven astronauts in Washington.
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The second of two joint Chinese-European science satellites was launched
Sunday to probe the complicated relationship between Earth and our Sun. A
Long March 2C rocket carried the Double Star 2 craft into orbit.
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Using observations of 3,000 quasars discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey, scientists have made the most precise measurement to date of the
cosmic clustering of diffuse hydrogen gas. These quasars -- 100 times more
than have been used in such analyses in the past -- are at distances of
eight to ten billion light years, making them among the most distant
objects known.
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Lockheed Martin has successfully performed a series of drop tests at the
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz., to validate soft landing
technology that can be used for astronaut crew capsules upon return to
Earth.
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The International Space Station's Expedition 9 crewmembers are now past
the halfway point of their six-month mission. This week, they prepared for
a third spacewalk and joined the world in observing the 35th anniversary
of the first landing of humans on the moon.
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The space agency leaders from the United States, Russia, Japan, Europe and
Canada met Friday to discuss International Space Station cooperation
activities. At this meeting, the partnership unanimously endorsed the
station technical configuration and reviewed the status of on-orbit
operations and plans. The new ISS configuration is planned for completion
by the end of the decade and will accommodate on-orbit elements from each
of the ISS Partners. The configuration will enable increased utilization
and will provide early opportunities for an enhanced crew of greater than
three people.
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An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully
launched from North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 0837 GMT
Friday.
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