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One of four science instruments aboard NASA's Hubble's Space Telescope
suspended operations earlier this week, and engineers are now looking into
possible recovery options.
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Our Sun and solar system are embedded in a broad pancake of stars deep
within the disk of the Milky Way galaxy. Even from a distance, it is
impossible to see our galaxy's large-scale features other than the disk.
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The Cassini spacecraft, which began its tour of the Saturn system just
over a month ago, has detected lightning and a new radiation belt at
Saturn, and a glow around the planet's largest moon, Titan.
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A frigid ball of gas in the blackness of space, Cassini's new home,
Saturn, appears cool and serene in this natural color image. The
spacecraft obtained this view as it sped outward from the planet on its
initial orbit. At the left, Saturn's shadow stretches almost completely
across the rings, while at the right, the planet's illuminated face
appears to gaze down at the far-off Sun.
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Scientific findings from the NASA rover Spirit's first three months on
Mars will be published Friday, marking the start of a flood of
peer-reviewed discoveries in scientific journals from the continuing
two-rover adventure.
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The Canadian da Vinci Project Team has notified the ANSARI X PRIZE of its
intention to launch its rocket on October 2, marking its official entry in
the international, commercially-funded space race competition.
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NASA will extend operation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) through the end of 2004, in light of a recent request from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The extension, to be
undertaken jointly with NASA's TRMM partner, the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency, will provide data during another storm season in the
U.S. and Asia.
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PANAMSAT's Galaxy 10R communications satellite, a Boeing model 601 HP
spacecraft, has experienced an unexpected shutdown of its xenon ion
propulsion system. Now, the satellite is operating on its backup
bi-propellant propulsion system, which has a limited lifetime.
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