From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sun Nov 16 2003 - 15:56:08 PST
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Subject: Europe's first step for Mars sample return / Young star forming Jupiter-like planet
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EUROPE'S FIRST STEP TOWARDS MARS SAMPLE RETURN
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What is the next best thing to humans landing on Mars and exploring the
wonders of the Red Planet? The answer: touching, imaging and analyzing
carefully preserved samples of Martian rock in a state-of-the-art
laboratory on Earth.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15marssample/
NASCENT STAR IS FORMING JUPITER-LIKE PLANET
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University of Arizona astronomers have used a new technique called nulling
interferometry to probe a dust disk around a young nearby star for the
first time. They not only confirmed that the young star does have a
protoplanetary disk -- the stuff from which solar systems are born -- but
discovered a gap in the disk, which is strong evidence of a forming
planet.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/14nascentstar/
CHINA PUTS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE INTO ORBIT
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China has successfully launched a communications satellite into
geosynchronous transfer orbit using a Long March 3A rocket. The Zhongxing
20 spacecraft lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the
Sichuan Province of southwest China.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/14china/
NASA NAMES LEADERS FOR NEW SAFETY CENTER
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe has announced the team that will lead the
new NASA Engineering and Safety Center. The NESC is an independent
organization, chartered in the wake of the space shuttle Columbia
accident, which will coordinate and conduct robust engineering testing and
safety assessments to support critical NASA projects and programs.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15nesc/
KSC DEVELOPS EARTH-FRIENDLY FIRE SUPPRESSION AGENT
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Fire usually doesn't come to mind when thinking of preserving the ozone
layer and preventing global warming. However, at NASA-Kennedy Space Center
those objectives were ever-present in the development of a new fire
suppression agent.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15suppression/
NASA MODIFIES JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE CONTRACT
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NASA has issued a change order, effective November 10, to the James Webb
Space Telescope Near Infrared Camera contract with the University of
Arizona. The change implements a re-plan to the instrument program to
reflect the planned launch date of August 2011, and changes to the NIRCam
detector subsystem, design and development requirements.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15jwst/
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<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15marssample/">EUROPE'S FIRST STEP TOWARDS MARS SAMPLE RETURN</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/14nascentstar/">NASCENT STAR IS FORMING JUPITER-LIKE PLANET</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/14china/">CHINA PUTS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE INTO ORBIT</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15nesc/">NASA NAMES LEADERS FOR NEW SAFETY CENTER</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15suppression/">KSC DEVELOPS EARTH-FRIENDLY FIRE SUPPRESSION AGENT</a>
<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/15jwst/">NASA MODIFIES JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE CONTRACT</a>
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