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January 2004	28 Jul 2005 15:34 GMT	3
President of the USA, George W. Bush said: - robotic missions to the moon no later than 2008 - the first manned flight of a new spacecraft by 2014 - a manned lunar mission as early as 2015 and no later than 2020
Awfully Bright Tonight?	27 Jul 2005 22:47 GMT	4
I was looking at the moon tonight and it seemed unusually clear and big in the sky tonight. Is it's orbit changing a bit? Ron --
Space travel problems	27 Jul 2005 21:56 GMT	5
What are the main problems on making a space rocket. Why they cost so much more than planes? Is not having a serie production of space rockets (or spacebusses) the reason? Setting a satellite, for example, i wouldn't think there's much to it.
Space disease	27 Jul 2005 18:59 GMT	4
Astronauts have lost as much as 60% of muscle and bone mass by extended stays in space even with exercise. So what would happen if you just let the body totally adjust to space for several years? No doubt that you could never return to gravity, but so what. Living in spaced for ...
January 2004	26 Jul 2005 21:24 GMT	2
President of the USA, George W. Bush said: - robotic missions to the moon no later than 2008 - the first manned flight of a new spacecraft by 2014 - a manned lunar mission as early as 2015 and no later than 2020
MESSENGER Lines Up for Earth Swingby	24 Jul 2005 20:52 GMT	1
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_07_21_05.html Status Report: MESSENGER Lines Up for Earth Swingby July 21, 2005 MESSENGER's fifth trajectory correction maneuver lasted just 23 seconds
Dust-Enshrouded Star Looks Similar to our Sun	22 Jul 2005 01:57 GMT	2
http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6304 Dust-Enshrouded Star Looks Similar to our Sun, May Have Witnessed 'Cosmic Catastrophe,' Astronomers at UCLA, Gemini and Carnegie Report Date: July 20, 2005
Mars Global Surveyor Images: July 14-20, 2005	22 Jul 2005 00:44 GMT	2
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES July 14-20, 2005 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available:
Astronomers Debate Whether Oldest Known Dust Disk Will Ever Form Planets	20 Jul 2005 21:38 GMT	3
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Release No.: 05-25 For Release: July 18, 2005 Note to editors: High-resolution artwork to accompany this release is
NASA Scientist Finds World With Triple Sunsets	19 Jul 2005 03:10 GMT	19
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Abandoned Spaceships	18 Jul 2005 16:40 GMT	86
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/11jul_lroc.htm Abandoned Spaceships NASA Science News July 11, 2005
Mars Global Surveyor Images: July 7-13, 2005	16 Jul 2005 23:02 GMT	2
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES July 7-13, 2005 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available:
Deep Impact Was a Dust-up, Not a Gusher	10 Jul 2005 22:25 GMT	4
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/press/pr0523.html Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Press Release No.: 05-23 For Immediatie Release: July 8, 2005
Interesting mineral form captured by Spirit on Mars -- repost	08 Jul 2005 17:19 GMT	3
I noticed in the following microscopic image from Spirit Sol 529 an interesting mineralization. The feature I want to point out is in the centre of the picture, a little bit below and to the left. http://mars.lyle.org/imagery/2M173327290EFFACAQP2977M2M1.JPG.html
Russian astrologer sues NASA for impacting that comet	06 Jul 2005 21:59 GMT	2
Was in the Newark's Star Ledger paper. Seems that some Russian astrologer is claiming that NASA has ruined this astrologer's predictions with the impact on that comet. Wants $300 million. Sure... :-)