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Apr 1, 2004
Quasar Studies Keep Fundamental Physical Constant Constant

ACSA Cans Sea Mission 92

Russian, American and Dutch astronaut to blast off on April 19

Molecular Midwives Hold Clues To The Origin Of Life

Hunt For Extrasolar Earth-Like Planets Intensifies

Why Teams Of Co-Operating Robots Make Good Planetary Explorers

Europe Targets Human Exploration Of The Moon And Mars

Analysis: Mars methane bodes big news

MarsExpress Commissioning Now In Final Phase

A UK-Led Micro-Mission To The Moons Of Mars?

Life Beneath The Ice In The Outer Solar System?

Does Huygens Face A Wipeout After Splashdown On Titan

Orbimage Ramps Up Operations And Expands Staff

Space Technologies Aid Solar-Powered Global Flight Bid

Taiwan to develop ballistic, cruise missiles: Jane's

Taiwan asks to buy two early warning radars

China wants to name celestial body after space hero Yang Liwei

AeroAstro Awarded SBIR Contract For Reconfigurable Spacecraft

Smiths Introduces Innovative Autonomous Refuelling To The UK

Marines Hail New Lightweight Multi-band Satellite Terminals

New Marking Process Traces Spammers, Pirates And Hackers

The Web: A White House plan for broadband

Japan, China, SKorea to discuss Linux use

New members to be feted at NATO HQ, but Russia could spoil the party

Cricket spurs Indo-Pak trade bonhomie

US can deter any North Korean attack, says US military commander in SKorea

Britain, France, Germany condemn Iran's work on nuclear fuel cycle

Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals

Toyota's Prius, VW's Lupus top France's green-car list

Commentary: Kremlin's anti-demonstration law

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April 9, 2002
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Cape Canaveral - Apr 8, 2002
The US Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Center Monday, carrying a team of seven US astronauts en route to the orbiting International Space Station. The shuttle took off at 4:44 pm (2044 GMT) despite high winds that had led NASA to anticipate a delay to lift-off.
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Paris - Apr 8, 2002
SES Global, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., as well as Alcatel Space and SkyBridge, subsidiaries of Alcatel, announced Monday the formation of a new company that will provide two-way satellite broadband communications services to enterprises, consumers and small office/home office (SOHO) users throughout Europe.

Civilian EO Birds Help Plan Afghanistan Attacks
New York - Apr 8, 2002
The U. S. military has begun to use pictures from advanced new NASA civilian satellites to help plan attacks on Al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan and to prepare for future military strikes possibly against Iraq, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports in its April 8 issue.
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Space Tourist Hopes To Do Real Science
Moscow (AFP) Apr 08, 2002
South African space tourist Mark Shuttleworth will conduct scientific experiments to help combat AIDS and other diseases while onboard the International Space Station (ISS), Russian media reported Wednesday.

Orbimage Completes Voluntary Bankruptcy Filing
Dulles - Apr 8, 2002
Orbimage announced Monday that it has acted on its previously announced plans and filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the Eastern District of Virginia.

New Study Reveals Twice As Many Asteroids As Previously Believed
Paris - Apr 5, 2002
Asteroids in our Solar System may be more numerous than previously thought, according to the first systematic search for these objects performed in the infrared, with ESA's Infrared Space Observatory, ISO.

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Doing Maintenance Work Seven Billion Miles From The Office
Pasadena - Apr 09, 2002
Astronauts can make service visits to the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, but what do you do if the spacecraft needing a replacement part is the farthest human-made object from Earth, more than twice as distant as Pluto?

The Beagle Will Land
Los Angeles - Apr 8, 2002
Over the past week, there have been two important developments connected with plans by NASA and the European Space Agency to land as many as three spacecraft on during 2003-04 Mars window, as Bruce Moomaw details in this latest report for SpaceDaily readers.





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