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Spaceflight:

* Race to Mars: Track the Robots En Route
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/race_to_mars_maps.html

Three spacecraft are well on their way to Mars. Closest to Earth is Nozomi, a troubled Japanese orbiter (its label may blot out our planet for some time). Spirit is the first of two NASA rovers. Express is a European orbiter/lander combo.

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Science/Astronomy:

* Sun-Watching SOHO Spacecraft Experiencing Technical Problems
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/soho_problem_030619.html

The Sun-observing SOHO spacecraft is experiencing a problem that reduces its ability to transmit data to Earth and could threaten the mission's science efforts.

* Hubble, Chandra Combine to Verify Cosmic Baby Boom
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/goods_survey_030619.html

The rate of star birth during the first half of the universe's history remained high and steady prior to a sudden drop-off about 7 billion years ago, a new study shows.

* SETI Today: Part of the Growing Astrobiology Community
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_astrobiology_030619.html

I have the best job in the world. That's a pretty bold statement, and one I've repeated often throughout my 30-year career as a SETI scientist, for there has never been a day when I've ever thought about doing anything else*. What could be more thrilling than the search for a sentient, technological civilization beyond our solar neighborhood?

* Physicists Re-Create Primordial Soup
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/primordial_soup_030618.html

Physicists said Wednesday they had created a new form of matter strongly resembling the stuff of the universe one-thousandth of a second after its birth.

* Image of the Day: Veiled Beauty
http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_030619.html

Anyone looking into the night sky long ago when an event generated the seeds of this photograph might have noticed a sudden light as bright as a crescent Moon, astronomers say. The light would have come from an exploded star called a supernova.

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Recent Headlines:

* Two Decades Later, Sally Ride's Mission Continues
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ride_fl_030617.html

* String of Snafus Puts Japan's First Mars Probe Mission Into Doubt
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/nozomi_problems_030617.html

* Tether Technology: A New Spin on Space Propulsion
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/tether_tech_030618-1.html

* New 3-D Pictures of the Sun
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/3d_sun_030618.html

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