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Jupiter Flyby: NASA's Pluto Probe Set for Gas Giant Rendezvous
SPACE.com   Tuesday, 27 February 2007
SPACE.com - Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is about to welcome a robotic visitor.
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Japan establishes spy satellite network
AP   Tuesday, 27 February 2007

Japan's H-2A rocket, carrying a spy satellite, blasts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007. Japan launched its fourth spy satellite Saturday, stepping up its ability to gather intelligence from orbit and to keep a close eye on neighboring North Korea's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Daisuke Suzuki)AP - After nearly a decade of trying, Japan has succeeded in establishing a network of spy satellites that can peer at any point on the globe, officials said Monday.


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Researchers take poles' temperature
AP   Tuesday, 27 February 2007
AP - More than 50,000 scientists from 63 nations turned their attention to the world's poles Monday to measure the effects of climate change, using icebreakers, satellites and submarines to study everything from the effect of solar radiation on the polar atmosphere to the exotic marine life swimming beneath the Antarctic ice.
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Iran says 'space rocket' was for study
AP   Tuesday, 27 February 2007
AP - An Iranian rocket launched over the weekend that soared to the edge of space was intended for research, an Iranian space official said, in comments that appeared intended to show that the program is aimed at launching satellites, not missiles.
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European space probe swings past Mars during eclipse
AFP   Monday, 26 February 2007

A image released by ESA is one two-colour composite image of Mars collected by Rosetta's Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS). The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has been sending back "beautiful new images" after swooping over the surface of Mars overnight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Sunday.(AFP/ESA)AFP - The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has sent back "beautiful new images" of Mars after swooping over the surface of Red Planet overnight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Sunday.


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European space probe swings past Mars
AFP   Sunday, 25 February 2007

A image released by ESA is one two-colour composite image of Mars collected by Rosetta's Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS). The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has been sending back "beautiful new images" after swooping over the surface of Mars overnight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Sunday.(AFP/ESA)AFP - The European comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta has been sending back "beautiful new images" after swooping over the surface of Mars overnight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Sunday.


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Iran successfully launches a rocket
AP   Sunday, 25 February 2007
AP - Iran said Sunday it successfully tested a rocket that went into space, apparently part of its drive to launch five satellites into orbit by 2010.
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Europe's space probe swings by Mars
Reuters   Sunday, 25 February 2007

In this file photo a European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane V sits on the launch pad before launch in Kourou, French Guiana, March 2, 2004. he European Space Agency's Rosetta probe swooped around the back of Mars early on Sunday, completing a key manoeuvre in its 10-year mission to meet a distant comet. (ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE/Reuters)Reuters - The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe swooped around the back of Mars early on Sunday, completing a key maneuver in its 10-year mission to meet a distant comet.


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Europe comet probe makes key Mars flyby
AP   Sunday, 25 February 2007

Space Scientists at the ESA European Space Operation Center in Darmstadt, southwestern Germany, operate the Rosetta Mission during it's fly-by of planet Mars Sunday, Feb. 25. 2007. European Rosetta spacecraft was on course for a close flyby of Mars on Sunday, a crucial maneuver in its meandering, 10-year voyage through the solar system to make the first soft landing on a comet. (AP Photo/Daniel Roland)AP - A European spacecraft executed a close flyby of Mars on Sunday, a crucial maneuver in its meandering, 10-year voyage through the solar system to make the first soft landing on a comet.


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European spacecraft to pass Mars
AP   Sunday, 25 February 2007
AP - A European spacecraft was on course to zip past Mars on Sunday, a crucial maneuver in its meandering, 10-year voyage through the solar system to make the first soft landing on a comet.
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Japan launches spy satellite
AFP   Sunday, 25 February 2007

The H-2A rocket carrying a satellite lifts off the base at Tanegashima island in Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Japan launched its latest satellite Saturday, giving Tokyo the ability to spy on any location in the world.(AFP/JIJI Press)AFP - Japan launched its latest satellite Saturday, giving Tokyo the ability to spy on any location in the world.


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