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NEWSALERT: Friday, October 22, 2004 @ 1552 GMT
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The latest news from Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now
+++ MARS ROVER PATCH: Special collectible honors Mars Exploration Rovers
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PROBLEM WITH SPIRIT ROVER'S STEERING REAPPEARS
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A problem that affects the steering on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover
Spirit has recurred after disappearing for nearly two weeks. Engineers at
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working to fully understand the
intermittent problem and then implement operational work-arounds.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/041021status.html
EXPEDITION 9 CREW HEADING HOME AFTER 6-MONTH MISSION
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There was a ceremonial changing of the guard aboard the International
Space Station today as the departing Expedition 9 crew members handed
control to their replacements in advance of Saturday's return to Earth.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp9/041022landingpreview.html
ASTRONAUT SCOTT HOROWITZ LEAVES NASA
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A veteran of four Space Shuttle flights, Astronaut Scott J. "Doc"
Horowitz, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has left NASA for a position
with private industry.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/21horowitz/
ASTRONAUT DUANE CAREY LEAVES SPACE TO SEE THE WORLD
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After fulfilling one dream to pilot a Space Shuttle and see the world from
space, Astronaut Duane G. "Digger" Carey (Lt. Col, USAF-Ret) has left NASA
to pursue another -- to see the planet up close from the open road.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/21carey/
NASA NAMES NEW CHIEF SCIENTIST
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NASA chief scientist and astronaut John Grunsfeld will return to Houston
where he is training for an assignment to a long duration mission. Jim
Garvin becomes the agency's new chief scientist, effective
immediately.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/21chiefsci/
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