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NEWSALERT: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 @ 1859 GMT
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The latest news from Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now
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MARS ORBITER SEES ROVER, LANDER AND EVEN TRACKS
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, starting its third mission extension this
week after seven years of orbiting the Red Planet, is using an innovative
technique to capture pictures even sharper than most of the more than
170,000 it has already produced. One dramatic example from the
spacecraft's camera shows wheel tracks of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover
Spirit and the rover itself.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/27mgs/
JEANNE 'KINDLER, GENTLER' TO KSC THAN FRANCES
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The Kennedy Space Center suffered additional wind and water damage from
Hurricane Jeanne, but officials said Monday the spaceport never
experienced hurricane-force winds and that Frances caused considerably
more damage.
http://spaceflightnow.com/hurricane/status.html
BIGELOW'S GAMBLE
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The Bigelow Aerospace project to privately develop inflatable Earth-orbit
space modules is beginning to integrate diverse U.S. and European
technologies into subscale and full-scale inflatable test modules and
subsystems at the company's heavily guarded facilities.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/27bigelow/
MARS EXPRESS HINTS ABOUT WATER LOSS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
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Recent results from the ASPERA-3 instrument on board Mars Express confirm
that a very efficient process is at work in the Martian atmosphere which
could explain the loss of water. Water is believed to have once been
abundant on the Red Planet.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/27marsexpress/
MANEUVER KEEPS MESSENGER PROBE ON TRACK
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MESSENGER marked its 52nd day of flight operations with a burst from its
thrusters, completing a maneuver last week that kept it on course for next
summer's Earth flyby.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/27messenger/
HERDING THE SATURN RINGS
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Saturn's moon Prometheus is seen shepherding the inner edge of Saturn's F
ring. Prometheus is 63 miles across and was captured in a close-up view by
the Cassini spacecraft near the time of orbital insertion at Saturn. A
number of clumps are visible here along the arcing F ring.
http://spaceflightnow.com/cassini/040926herding.html
DESERT ROVER HELPS NASA LEARN TO SEARCH FOR MARS LIFE
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A dedicated team of scientists is spending the next four weeks in northern
Chile's Atacama Desert. They are studying the scarce life that exists
there and, in the process, helping NASA learn more about how primitive
life forms could exist on Mars.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/25rover/
NASA IS SHOWING IN A THEATER NEAR YOU
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As moviegoers wait in line to purchase tickets at Regal Entertainment
Group (REG) theatres across the country, they will also get a lesson in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as NASA becomes part of
the movie preview line up. REG theatres include Regal Cinemas, United
Artists Theatres and Edwards Theatres nationwide.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0409/26nasatheater/
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