Space News Headlines for December 30, 2004 - Weekend Edition
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ABC says, &quot;When NASA&#39;s Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas almost two years ago, killing its crew of seven, many wondered: What will become of the struggling space agency?
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: MOJAVE, United States ( A private manned rocketship blasted through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere into space after a hair-raising corkscrew ascent on a flight aimed at capturing a 10-million-dollar prize.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and its Russian counterpart worked on two minor problems Monday before starting the countdown clock for Thursday night's launch of space shuttle Discovery on a mission to rewire the international space station.
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There have been two important pieces of space-related news recently, the first of which was the European moon probe&#39;s success in entering the moon&#39;s orbit.
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Also: Stephen Hawking looking for assistant. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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And Iâm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about some of the major space stories of the past year.
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Oct. 4, 2004, on the 47th anniversary of Russia&#39;s launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, history was again made in space.
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Also: NASA officials to make historic trip to China. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20  - NASA launched Saturday its Swift satellite, which will track huge explosions of gamma rays, the US space agency said.
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As an unusual Christmas present to the world, Russia sent the last three of its GPS-compatible GLONASS satellites into space on Tuesday, whose missions range from global military tracking to keeping an eye on civilian-owned pet dogs and cats.
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Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends: the best meteor shower of 2004 is about to peak on a long cold December night. It&#39;s the Geminids.
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HOUSTON - If the weather cooperates, the international space station should be visible at various times during the holidays from the continental United States, NASA said Tuesday.
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(Pasadena, Calif.-AP, December 25, 2004) - Scientists at NASA&#39;s jet propulsion lab are anxiously awaiting to see if a probe will make its rendezvous with Saturn&#39;s largest moon.
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A space capsule set to plunge into Earth&#39;s atmosphere with a piece of the Sun this Wednesday has spawned additional projects ranging from spacecraft design to the detection of dangerous asteroids.
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NASA&#39;s Deep Impact spacecraft has arrived in Florida to begin final preparations for a launch on Dec. 30, 2004. The spacecraft was shipped from Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies in Boulder, Colo.
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