Kudos and controversy for Mars water story / Shuttle leaves station today

NEWSALERT: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 @ 1620 GMT
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SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION VIDEO!
Full coverage of Discovery's flight
http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=STS-119
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MARS WATER STORY SPAWNS KUDOS AND CONTROVERSY
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Phoenix science team findings that their spacecraft discovered liquid
water on the surface of Mars sailed through their first scientific peer
review unchallenged at the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in
Houston this week.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0903/24marswater/


SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO DEPART THE SPACE STATION TODAY
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The Discovery astronauts prepared for undocking today, working through a
busy timeline of packing and experiment sample transfers from the space
station to the shuttle. After a final joint meal with their space station
colleagues, the combined crews will hold a brief farewell ceremony around
1 p.m. before closing hatches for the shuttle's departure at 3:53 p.m.
EDT.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts119/status.html


DELTA 2 ROCKET DEPLOYS ANOTHER GPS SATELLITE
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Continuing 20 years of building and maintaining the Global Positioning
System, the workhorse Delta 2 rocket Tuesday morning successfully launched
another satellite for the navigation network known the world over.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d340/status.html