A liquid water discovery from Mars lander / Shuttle countdown underway

     NEWSALERT: Monday, March 9, 2009 @ 1844 GMT
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DID THE PHOENIX SPACECRAFT FIND LIQUID WATER ON MARS?
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Post-mission analysis of Phoenix Mars lander data is turning up strong new
"smoking gun evidence" that the spacecraft discovered liquid water on the
Red Planet.

 http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0903/08marswater/


SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE AT FLORIDA SPACEPORT
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The seven men to fly aboard space shuttle Discovery arrived at the Kennedy
Space Center on Sunday afternoon to begin final preparations for Wednesday
night's launch. The countdown began Sunday night and is progressing
smoothly.

 http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts119/090308crew/

LIVE COUNTDOWN UPDATES:
 http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts119/status.html

PODCAST: ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE FOR LAUNCH
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ugRYgW9y64

MISSION VIDEO COVERAGE:
 http://spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=STS-119&s=date


KEPLER LEAVES EARTH TO DISCOVER NEW WORLDS
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NASA's Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like
worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy Friday night, successfully
launching at 10:49:57 p.m. EST aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape
Canaveral.

 http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d339/status.html