More evidence for Mars life / Asteroid probe heading back to Earth

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THREE MARTIAN METEORITES TRIPLE EVIDENCE FOR MARS LIFE
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More meteorites from Mars may hold evidence of life in the early history
of the Red Planet, and scientists believe advanced instruments will in
2010 be able to definitively prove whether the meteorites contain fossils
of alien life.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/09marslife/


DARING ASTEROID PROBE ON COURSE TO REACH EARTH IN JUNE
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Japan's gritty Hayabusa probe isn't the first mission to be called the
little spacecraft that could, but the small robot is on the verge of
concluding a remarkable journey through the cosmos.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/11hayabusa/


NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION COULD CHANGE DUE TO PAYLOAD ISSUE
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Problems with ammonia lines and connectors needed to route cooling to and
from a new space station module scheduled for launch aboard the shuttle
Endeavour Feb. 7 could force NASA managers to modify or delay the assembly
flight, sources said Friday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts130/100108ammonia/


MINOTAUR ROCKET ISSUE TRIGGERS REVAMPED MANIFEST
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A team of industrial and military engineers have designed a fix to the
issue grounding the new Minotaur 4 rocket, but an $800 million space
tracking satellite waiting for launch could be shuffled behind other
payloads in the Air Force manifest.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/07minotaur4/


EUROPE UNVEILS FIRST GALILEO SATELLITE CONTRACTS
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The European Commission has awarded a contract for the first 14 Galileo
navigation satellites to OHB System of Germany and selected the Soyuz
rocket to launch the constellation.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/07galileo/

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