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NASA Spacecraft Seeks Solar Atoms

NASA is going after its first extraterrestrial samples since the Apollo moon landings. This time, instead of lunar rocks, the prize will be atoms from the sun blasted into space on the solar wind.
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Evidence Of Water Ice Observed On Mars

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Space news // 29 July, 2001 04:26:19
 Evidence of water ice has been detected on Mars in a location that indicates the planet’s climate has changed relatively recently – during the last 100,000 years.

Launch Of NASA Genesis To Be Webcast

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Space news // 27 July, 2001 03:07:10
 Web viewers can watch NASA's Genesis mission, set to catch a piece of the Sun and return it to Earth, launch July 30 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida.

Toy Inventor Plans to Launch Himself

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Space news // 22 July, 2001 11:53:47
 Next summer, Brian Walker will strap himself into the 24-foot rocket he's building in his back yard, ignite 9,000 pounds of fuel and hurl himself toward the edge of space.

Space Shuttle Astronauts Head Home

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Space news // 22 July, 2001 11:45:07
 Their mission accomplished despite some ``bumps in the road,' space shuttle Atlantis and its crew left the international space station on Sunday and set off for home.

Solar-Sailing Spacecraft Fails Test

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Space news // 22 July, 2001 11:42:06
 The test of a prototype spacecraft that sails on the sun's rays failed because it did not separate from the rocket used to launch it, officials said Saturday.

Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalk

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Space news // 19 July, 2001 06:53:23
 Astronauts at the international space station got a breather from high-tech electrical and plumbing duties early Friday as they prepared to use a new $164 million portal for the first time.

Air Leaks Plague Space Station

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Space news // 19 July, 2001 06:52:12
 Astronauts struggled with more air leaks aboard the international space station on Thursday, this time inside the newly attached portal for spacewalkers.

Astronauts Replace Leaky Valve

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Space news // 18 July, 2001 10:38:43
 Astronauts replaced a leaky valve leading into the international space station's new entryway, then turned their attention Thursday to getting the portal ready for its debut as a corridor for spacewalkers.

Russia: More Space Tourists Sought

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Space news // 18 July, 2001 10:34:54
 The head of Russia's space agency said Wednesday that more tourists will visit the International Space Station to help finance his country's cash-starved program.

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