Possible liquid water on Saturn moon raises question of life

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>Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:07:04 -0500
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>CASSINI DISCOVERS POTENTIAL LIQUID WATER ON ENCELADUS
>NASA's Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water
>reservoirs that erupt in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn's moon
>Enceladus. The rare occurrence of liquid water so near the surface
raises
>many new questions about the mysterious moon, including whether
conditions
>are suitable for life.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com
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>FATE OF MARS PROBE DEPENDS ON FRIDAY ENGINE FIRING
>These are tense days at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed
Martin
>spacecraft control centers where engineers are guiding the sharp-eyed
Mars
>Reconnaissance Orbiter to Friday's maneuvers for entering orbit around
the
>red planet.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mro/status.html
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>SCIENTISTS PIECE TOGETHER THE MOST DISTANT EXPLOSION
>It came from the edge of the visible universe, the most distant
explosion
>ever detected. The result of a massive star collapsing into a black
hole,
>the explosion comes from an era soon after stars and galaxies first
>formed, about 500 million to 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0603/08grb/
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>ULTRASOUND ON DISCOVERY ARM; ENDEAVOUR TILES HIT
>The shuttle Discovery's robot arm is undergoing ultrasound inspections
>after a weekend mishap in which a moveable access bucket bumped into
the
>arm during work to clean up broken glass. Two small indentations were
>found underneath the arm's insulation blankets and NASA wants to make
sure
>the underlying structure wasn't damaged. At the same time, engineers
are
>assessing tile damage to the shuttle Endeavour's body flap caused by
>equipment that slipped off a tray used by workers inspecting the ship's

>rudder/speed brake.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0603/08shuttle/
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>NASA ASSESSES UNEXPECTED READING FROM TANK SENSOR
>Shuttle engineers are studying what, if anything, to do about an
>unexpected reading from one of four liquid hydrogen main engine cutoff
-
>ECO - sensors in Discovery's external fuel tank, officials said
Tuesday.
>The sensors play a critical role during the climb to space by ensuring
a
>shuttle's main engines shut down normally before draining the ship's
>external tank. A malfunction could trigger an early engine shutdown or
let
>the powerplants run too long.
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts121/060307ecosensor/
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>ARIANE 5 TO LAUNCH TODAY
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>After several false starts, Arianespace hopes to finally launch two
>European communications satellites atop an Ariane 5 roccket today from
the
>company's base in South America. Launch time is 2206 GMT (5:06 p.m.
EST).
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v170/status.html
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>CASSINI DISCOVERS POTENTIAL LIQUID
>WATER ON ENCELADUS
>
>FATE OF MARS
PROBE
>DEPENDS ON FRIDAY ENGINE FIRING
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>SCIENTISTS PIECE
>TOGETHER THE MOST DISTANT EXPLOSION
>
>ULTRASOUND ON

>DISCOVERY ARM; ENDEAVOUR TILES HIT
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