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Important developments...
Shuttle ready to fly July 13
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  Mars Orbiter to fly in Augiust
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  Venus Express to fly in October
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  Stardust arrives in January
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  Deep Impact into a comet
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  Cassini tours Saturn system
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  Water evidence found on Mars
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  Mars Express surveils planet
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Large dark red body Out There
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  Private ship sails to space
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  Genesis buried stardust in Utah
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  Rosetta to land on comet
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  Scouting the ice moons
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  American plans for Moon, Mars
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  Quadracentennial of the looker
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  NASA will not repair Hubble
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2006:
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          to fly January 11
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          to fly February 11
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          to fly March 22
   Dawn asteroid orbiter
          to fly June 17
   AIM Earth ice sat
          to fly September 29
   THEMIS five aurora sats
          to fly October 19
   Lunar-A Japan Moon probe
          may fly in 2006
   Jules Verne ISS ATV-1 freighter
          may fly in 2006
2007:
   Phoenix Mars Lander
          to fly August 28
2008:
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          to fly in September
   Planet-C Japan Venus orbiter
          may fly in 2008
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