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	Iran launches rat and turtles into space www.spacedaily.com Tehran (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 – Iran hailed on Wednesday the successful launch of a home-built satellite carrying a rat, turtles and worms, amid Western concerns Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.
	NASA Extends Cassini’s Tour Of Saturn www.saturndaily.com Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2010 – NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. The agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget provides a $60 million per year extension for continued study of the ringed planet.
	A Little Telescope Goes A Long Way www.spacedaily.com Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2010 – NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like planets around other stars. …
	Dragon Spacecraft Completes Cargo Loading Milestone www.space-travel.com Hawthorne CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted a three-day long demonstration of cargo loading and unloading procedures for its Dragon spacecraft, which NASA …
	Merging Galaxies Create A Binary Quasar www.spacedaily.com Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – Astronomers have found the first clear evidence of a binary quasar within a pair of actively merging galaxies. Quasars are the extremely bright centers of galaxies surrounding …
	The Stars Behind The Curtain www.spacedaily.com Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – ESO is releasing a magnificent VLT image of the giant stellar nursery surrounding NGC 3603, in which stars are continuously being born.
	New Technique For Detecting Earth-Like Planets www.spacedaily.com London, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – Astronomers have discovered a new ground-based technique to study the atmospheres of planets outside our Solar System, accelerating our search for Earth-like planets with life-related molecules. Their work is reported in the journal Nature.
	atrexx Offers Restoration Of Services Following Anomaly On IS-4 Satellite www.spacemart.com Remagen, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – atrexx is offering to restore the services of Intelsat-4 customers after the satellite experienced an anomaly resulting in the switching off of the communication payload to conserve battery power. Intelsat is working to resolve the problem.
	Spirit Prepares for Winter www.marsdaily.com Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – Sol 2151-2158 : Spirit is still embedded in the area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. Energy levels for Spirit have been decreasing rapidly as winter approaches. …
	Twenty-Fifth Series Of German-Russian Plasma Physics Experiments www.spacedaily.com Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – From 27 to 29 January 2010, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov will be running the 25th series of complex plasma physics experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). …
	Astronomy On The Rails www.skynightly.com Parkes, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – Who would think you could talk about planets and stars, telescopes and even show people the night sky, all from a moving train while indulging in 5 star service at …
	Craters Young And Old In Sirenum Fossae www.marsdaily.com Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 – The High Resolution Stereo Camera, operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board the Mars Express orbiter has imaged craters, both young and old, in this view of the Southern Highlands of Mars.
	Kazakhstan To Diversify Satellite Suppliers In Future www.spacemart.com Astana, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Feb 04, 2010 – Kazakhstan will not name Russia as a privileged supplier of satellites and will announce international tenders after the launch of its KazSat-2, the head of the Kazakh space agency said on Tuesday.
	Russia Sends Space Freighter To ISS www.space-travel.com Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 04, 2010 – Russia launched on Wednesday a Progress cargo spaceship on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said.
	Space Operations Institute Backs Up NASA’s WISE Mission www.spacedaily.com Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2010 – At Capitol College’s Space Operations Institute (SOI), astronautical engineering students will have impressive experience to add to their resume when they graduate. In …
	Earth science, deep space probes get budget boost spaceflightnow.com NASA’s new proposed budget includes $5 billion for science, bolstering the agency’s fleet of Earth science missions and restarting production of plutonium to power robotic probes to the outer solar system.
	Kennedy Space Center hit hard by NASA course change spaceflightnow.com The director of the Kennedy Space Center said Tuesday the spaceport’s two launch pads, mammoth Vehicle Assembly Building and other one-of-a-kind facilities will be upgraded and made available to private space companies after the space shuttle’s retirement.
	Endeavour crew sees place in history for the space shuttles www.spaceflightnow.com With just five space shuttle missions left to fly, the astronauts who will launch aboard Endeavour this weekend are sharing their thoughts on the venerable spaceplanes that’ll soon be history.
	Moon Tourism by 2020, Entrepreneurs Predict www.space.com Space industry executives hail new government funding for commercial spaceflight and counter critics who question its safety.
	Virginia Meteorite Sparks Ownership Debate www.space.com A meteorite that crashed through a Virginia doctor’s office last month is now igniting a legal debate over who owns the valuable rock.
	Methane Glows in Alien Planet’s Atmosphere www.space.com Methane fluorescence detected in hot Jupiter exoplanet atmosphere with ground-based telescope.
	Weather Looks Good for Next Space Shuttle Launch www.space.com The weekend weather looks good for NASA’s predawn Sunday launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.
	NASA Administrator Names Braun NASA Chief Technologist www.nasa.gov NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden named Robert D. Braun the agency’s Chief Technologist.
	NASA Administrator Names Woodrow Whitlow Associate Administrator for Mission Support www.nasa.gov On Wednesday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden named Dr. Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., the associate administrator for Mission Support at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
	Earliest Light in the Universe Refines Its Age www.usnews.com Satellite images reveal new aspects of Big Bang’s relic radiation.
	Shuttle astronauts arrive at the Cape for launch spaceflightnow.com Ready to begin counting down to their blastoff aboard the space shuttle Endeavour this weekend, the six astronauts traveled from the Houston training base to the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday night.

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