An international team of scientists has embarked on a journey
this week to improve modeling of global scale air quality and
climate change predictions by conducting high quality measurements
of the arctic region's atmosphere.
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired today from the
Goldstone tracking station. The Cassini spacecraft is in an
excellent state of health and is operating normally.
Flying near the edge of space, a NASA scientific balloon broke
the flight record for duration and distance. It soared for nearly
42 days, making three orbits around the South Pole.
Fourth Class of Space Shuttle Astronauts to be Inducted into
Hall of Fame
The world's first untethered spacewalker, an astronaut who
snared two crippled satellites on the first space salvage mission,
and a Space Shuttle Commander who overcame an engine failure to
reach orbit have been chosen for 2005 induction into the US
Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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