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China Considers Woman Candidates for Space Missions

After the first great success China plans to launch its second manned spacecraft next year. Xinhua News Agency reported that China is considering a plan to select woman candidates and train them for space ...

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China to Launch Moon Satellite and Manned Space Flight by 2007

China will launch its first lunar satellite in two years' time, the Beijing Morning Post has reported. China plans to launch its second manned space flight next year and a fly-by lunar satellite by 2007. A top ...

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Trajectory Maneuver Brings Spacecraft Closer to Home

Thirty days before its historic return to Earth with NASA's first samples from space since the Apollo missions, the Genesis spacecraft successfully completed its twentieth trajectory maneuver. ...

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Cluster Spacecraft Catch Crashing Waves in Earth's Magnetic Bubble

A bevy of satellites buzzing around in the Earth's magnetosphere has found at least part of the answer to a long-standing puzzle about the source of the charged particles that feed the aurora. The charged par ...

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