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SPACECRAFT AT MARS PREPARE FOR NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
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Three Mars spacecraft are adjusting their orbits to be over the right
place at the right time to listen to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander as it
enters the Martian atmosphere on May 25.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0802/28phoenix/
POTENTIAL LUNAR LANDING SITE EXPLORED BY RADAR
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NASA has obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the
moon's rugged south polar region. Scientists collected the data using the
Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar located in California's
Mojave Desert.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0802/28moon/
SCIENTISTS PROBE INTRIGUING PHENOMENON ON ENCELADUS
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An enormous plume of dust and water spurts violently into space from the
south pole of Enceladus, Saturn's sixth-largest moon. This raging eruption
has intrigued scientists ever since the Cassini spacecraft provided
dramatic images of the phenomenon.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0802/27enceladus/
LAKE ERIE CREW DESCRIBES SATELLITE SHOT
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The crewmembers of the USS Lake Erie were calm as they fired the latest
shot heard round the world. The Aegis-class cruiser fired the missile that
destroyed a dead spy satellite that posed a threat to humans.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0802/28lakeerie/
RIGOROUS TEST COMPLETED FOR FIRST AEHF SATELLITE
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Lockheed Martin has successfully completed acoustic testing of the first
Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications
satellite. The Advanced EHF system will provide survivable, highly secure,
protected, global communications for all warfighters serving under the
U.S. Department of Defense.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0802/28aehf/
CONCEPT VEHICLE TAKES OFF-ROADING OUT OF THIS WORLD
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In a car commercial, it would sound odd: active suspension, six-wheel
drive with independent steering for each wheel, no doors, no windows, no
seats and the only color available is gold.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0802/27lunartruck/
NEW THEORY OF STAR FORMATION
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In order for a rare, massive star to form inside an interstellar cloud of
gas and dust, small "helper" stars about the size of the sun must first
set the stage, according to a new theory proposed by astrophysicists at
the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0802/27starformation/
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