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  Solar-Studying Spacecraft Successfully Launched

  October 26, 2006 — NASA's STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) spacecraft -- en route as the first mission to capture the sun in 3-D -- successfully launched Oct. 25 aboard a single Delta II vehicle from ... > full story
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  Space Radiation Threats To Astronauts Addressed In Federal Research Study

  October 25, 2006 — A better understanding of solar storms and how best to protect astronauts from space radiation is needed as NASA pushes toward manned missions to the moon and Mars in the coming decades, according to ... > full story
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  No Evidence Of Ice Reserves On The Moon

  October 18, 2006 — Using the highest resolution radar-signal images ever made of the moon -- images from the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Telescope in Arecibo, P.R., and the NSF's Robert C. Byrd Telescope in ... > full story
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  New Lunar Meteorite Found In Antarctica

  September 14, 2006 — Although last year's inclement weather resulted in fewer Antarctic meteorite recoveries than usual, scientists have recently discovered that one of the specimens is a rare breed -- a type of lunar ... > full story
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  SMART-1 Impact Flash And Debris: Crash Scene Investigation On The Moon

  September 11, 2006 — Timing, location, detection of a flash and of ejected material, and a firework generated by the lunar impact of ESA's SMART-1, are the latest results gathered thanks to the ground observation ... > full story
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  U.S., Chinese Researchers To Collaborate On China's Moon Missions

  September 8, 2006 — Amid a bevy of international space exploration missions to the Moon, the Washington University Department of Earth and Planetary Science in Arts & Sciences and ShanDong University at WeiHai (SDU ... > full story
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  SMART-1 Swan Song: Valuable Data Until Final Moments

  September 4, 2006 — Right up to its final orbits, SMART-1 continued delivering valuable data, extending the mission's legacy as a technology and scientific success. Scientists and engineers met today at ESOC to review ... > full story
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  Impact Landing Ends SMART-1 Mission To The Moon

  September 3, 2006 — Early Sunday morning, a small flash illuminated the surface of the Moon as the European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft impacted onto the lunar soil, in the 'Lake of Excellence' region. The planned ... > full story
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  Smart-1: Smackdown In Moon's 'Lake Of Excellence'

  August 24, 2006 — The European Space Agency's Smart-1 mission ends on September 3, 2006. Appropriately for such a successful mission, its final resting place will be an area of the Moon known as the "Lake of ... > full story
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  Spacecraft Designed to Capture 3-D Views of Sun Set For Launch

  August 20, 2006 — Two nearly identical spacecrafts, destined to capture the first-ever 3-D views of the sun, are scheduled for launch on Aug. 31 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ... > full story

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