----- Original Message ----- From: NewsAlert Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 5:31 AM To: Newsalert Subject: First pictures after NASA's Spirit Rover lands on Mars NEWSALERT: Sunday, January 4, 2004 @ 0959 GMT
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NASA'S SPIRIT ROVER HAS LANDED ON MARS
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Cushioned by giant airbags, the Spirit rover bounced to a successful
landing on Mars late Saturday and beamed back pictures from the surface
three hours after touchdown. The black-and-white images showed Spirit
landed on a rock-strewn plain, in a relatively level orientation facing
south across the floor of Gusev crater, once the site of a vast lake.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104landing.html
Live updates are available in our Mission Status Center
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/status.html
STARDUST HAS SUCCESSFUL ENCOUNTER WITH COMET
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Blasted by icy particles striking at four miles per second -- six times
faster than a rifle bullet -- NASA's armored Stardust probe flew within
150 miles of a 3-mile-wide comet Friday, capturing primordial debris left
over from the birth of the solar system 4.2 billion years ago.
http://spaceflightnow.com/stardust/040102flyby.html
SCIENTISTS ELATED WITH COMET FLYBY RESULTS
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The Stardust probe flew through at least two significant jets of debris
during its approach to comet Wild 2 Friday and captured a stunning image
of the comet's icy heart showing overlapping pits and depressions where
material boiled off in the past.
http://spaceflightnow.com/stardust/040102success.html
RELIVE THE STARDUST LAUNCH WITH ONBOARD CAMERA FOOTAGE
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When NASA's Stardust probe was launched atop Delta 2 rocket in 1999, a
video camera mounted to the side of the rocket captured spectacular views!
http://spaceflightnow.com/stardust/video.html
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<a href="">SCIENTISTS ELATED WITH COMET FLYBY RESULTS</a>
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