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Opportunity Escapes Sand Trap

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission engineers and managers cheered when images from the Martian surface confirmed Opportunity successfully escaped from a sand trap.
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NASA Readies Phoenix For 2007 Launch

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Space news // 02 June, 2005 05:06:10
 NASA has given the green light to a project to put a long-armed lander on to the icy ground of the far-northern Martian plains.

Voyager Spacecraft Enters Solar System's Final Frontier

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Space news // 24 May, 2005 08:05:28
 NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered the solar system's final frontier. It is entering a vast, turbulent expanse, where the sun's influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between stars.

Friday the 13th, 2029

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Space news // 13 May, 2005 10:05:22
 May 13, 2005: Friday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day, the sort of day you trip on your shoe laces or lose your wallet or get bad news.

Mars Express radar to be deployed

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Space news // 07 May, 2005 10:05:55
 Following green light for the deployment of ESAs Mars Express radar, given in February this year, the radar booms are now planned to be deployed in the first half of May.

Observing Einstein's gravitational waves

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Space news // 10 April, 2005 01:04:32
 A hundred years ago, Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity. The existence of gravitational waves stems from Einstein's postulates.

NASA MSFC to Begin Test of Solar Sail

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Space news // 07 April, 2005 05:04:12
 NASA engineers and their industry partners are preparing to test two 20-meter (66-feet) long solar sail propulsion system designs -- a critical milestone in development of a unique propulsion technology using the Sun's energy that could lead to future deep space missions.

New Camera for Extrasolar Planets

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Space news // 05 April, 2005 05:04:29
 It hasn't found planets yet - but in its first year of operation, the instrument has already proved its worth.

Durable Mars Rovers Sent Into Third Overtime Period

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Space news // 05 April, 2005 08:04:24
 NASA has approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers that have already surprised engineers and scientists by continuing active exploration for more than 14 months.

Why colonize the Moon before going to Mars?

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Space news // 21 March, 2005 08:03:41
 NASA has a new Vision for Space Exploration: in the decades ahead, humans will land on Mars and explore the red planet. Brief visits will lead to longer stays and, maybe one day, to colonies.

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