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'New Planet' Forces Rethink |
| Astronomers are to rethink the system for classifying planets following the discovery of what some claim is the 10th in the Solar System - BBC NEWS |
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Mars Rovers To Embark On Final Mission |
| With their primary goal of finding signs of water on Mars achieved, NASA's twin robot-geologists soon will make tracks across the Red Planet's barren surface until their batteries run out, NASA officials said on Thursday - CNN.com
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Space Rock Makes Closest Flyby |
| Astronomers have watched a small object make the closest approach to the Earth of any space rock yet observed - BBC NEWS |
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Mineral In Mars 'Berries' Adds To Water Story |
| A major ingredient in small mineral spheres analyzed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity furthers understanding of past water at Opportunity's landing site and points to a way of determining whether the vast plains surrounding the site also have a wet history - Spaceflight Now |
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Mars Express Finds South Pole Water Ice |
| The ESA's Mars Express has confirmed that water ice exists at Mars' southern pole - Universe Today |
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New Imagery Of Comet Released From Stardust |
| On January 2, 2004, NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully survived flying through the coma (dust and gas cloud) surrounding comet 81P/Wild 2, captured thousands of fresh cometary dust particles released from the surface just hours
before, and is now on its way home for Earth return set for January 2006 - Spaceflight Now |
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China Prepares For Second Piloted Space Mission |
| China is moving forward on readying its second piloted space mission, targeted for liftoff in June or July of 2005 - Space.com |
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Satellite Solves 30-year Gamma-Ray Mystery |
| ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory has resolved the diffuse glow of gamma rays in the centre of our Galaxy and has shown that most of it is produced by a hundred individual sources - Spaceflight Now |
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Russia Designers Work On New Spacecraft |
| Russian designers are working on a replacement for the veteran Soyuz spacecraft, the mainstay of the nation's space program since the 1960s, officials said Friday - ABCNEWS.com |
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Astronauts Who Fixed Hubble Fight To Save It |
| They risked their lives for the Hubble Space Telescope and did so gladly - CNN.com |
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