From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2007 - 13:51:40 PDT
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>Subject: Mars exploration news / Shuttle fuel tank update
>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:27:10 -0500
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> NEWSALERT: Friday, March 16, 2007 @ 2031 GMT
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> The latest news from Spaceflight Now
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>+++ SPACE VIDEO: New movies from Mars rovers and Cassini
>http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php
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>MARS' SOUTH POLE ICE FOUND TO BE DEEP AND WIDE
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>New measurements of Mars' south polar region indicate extensive frozen
>water. The polar region contains enough frozen water to cover the whole
>planet in a liquid layer approximately 36 feet deep. A joint NASA-Italian
>Space Agency instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express
>spacecraft provided these data.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0703/15marsice/
>
>
>ROVER CHURNS UP QUESTIONS WITH SULFUR-RICH SOIL
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>Some bright Martian soil containing lots of sulfur and a trace of water
>intrigues researchers who are studying information provided by NASA's
>Spirit rover.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0703/14spiritsoil/
>
>
>HAIL-DAMAGED SHUTTLE FUEL TANK ASSESSMENT CONTINUES
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>Senior NASA managers, including agency Administrator Mike Griffin, plan to
>meet late next week to assess the shuttle Atlantis's hail-damaged external
>tank, what will be needed to repair it and when the shuttle, originally
>scheduled for launch March 15, might be able to take off on a space
>station assembly mission.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070315tankassess/
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>
>STUDENTS NAME SPACE STATION CONNECTING HUB
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>The space station's connecting module that will serve as the gateway to
>international science laboratories has been given a name -- Harmony --
>following a nationwide contest for schoolchildren.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/070315harmony/
>
>
>A MIDNIGHT PLUME ON IO
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>This is another dramatic picture of Jupiter's moon Io and its volcanic
>plumes taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during the recent close
>approach with the giant planet. The continuing eruption of the volcano
>Tvashtar, at the 1 o'clock position, produces an enormous plume roughly
>200 miles high, which is illuminated both by sunlight and "Jupiter light."
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0703/14iovolcano/
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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/n0703/15marsice/">MARS' SOUTH POLE
>ICE FOUND TO BE DEEP AND WIDE</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0703/14spiritsoil/">ROVER CHURNS
>UP QUESTIONS WITH SULFUR-RICH SOIL</a>
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><a
>href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070315tankassess/">HAIL-DAMAGED
>SHUTTLE FUEL TANK ASSESSMENT CONTINUES</a>
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><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/070315harmony/">STUDENTS
>NAME SPACE STATION CONNECTING HUB</a>
>
><a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0703/14iovolcano/">A MIDNIGHT
>PLUME ON IO</a>
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