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Japan - Japan launches probe to Mars
Japan launched its first Mars probe on Saturday (4/7) on a mission to investigate the upper atmosphere of the red planet and its interaction with solar wind. A 31 metre-high, four-stage M-5 rocket carrying the Planet-B spacecraft lifted...
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Scientists discuss possible results of Mars probe
1. Scientists at Mars Rover news conference at Goddard Space Center
2. NASA animation of various of Rover space craft plunging toward Martian surface
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Theisinger, Project Manager:
(Partially overlaid with...
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NASA's new Orion spacecraft streaked into orbit Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars. (Dec. 5)
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NASA's new Orion spacecraft streaked into orbit Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars.
The unmanned journey began...
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Archaeologists claim discovery of oldest Christian church
1. Prisoners cleaning mosaic floor
2. Various of prisoners using sponge to clean mosaic floor
3. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Ramil Razilo, prisoner from another prison in Israel who is working at the dig, and who first discovered mosaic...
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USA - Update on Pathfinder mission
Nearly three months after landing on Mars, the Pathfinder spacecraft's battery might be running down, causing a communications blackout, according to US space officials. They said a brief two-way communication was re-established an...
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NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bull's-eye" Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic journey 3,604 miles beyond Earth. The achievement opens a new era of human exploration aimed at putting people on Mars. (Dec. 5)
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NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bull's-eye" Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic journey 3,604 miles beyond Earth.
The achievement opens a new era of human exploration aimed...
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Mars makes closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years on Wednesday
1. Mid shot of people looking through telescope
2. Close shot of boy looking through telescope
3. Still photo image of Mars taken through telescope
4. Boy inspecting telescope
NASA Animation
5. Medium ground view of Martian surface
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USA: GLOBAL SURVEYOR SPACECRAFT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
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NASA has successfully launched its Global Surveyor spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Centre after bad weather scuppered an attempt on Wednesday.
The rocket took off on time at 1700 G-M-T (noon Eastern time), Thursday, on...
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NASA briefing on Mars mission
Pasadena, California - January 8, 2004
1. Still colour "postcard" photograph from Mars surface
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Jim Bell, member of mission science team from Cornell University:
"Pancam is very healthy, very happily operating...
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Mars Rover sends back new pictures of planet
1. Pan cam image of Columbia Hills from rover Spirit
2. Black and white still image of rock outcroppings
3. Colour still of soft rocks
4. Monochrome pictures of sand dunes in crater from Rover Opportunity
5. Wide of panel
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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NASA's new Orion spacecraft landed with a perfect splashdown Friday following an unmanned test mission that broke records for being the fastest and furthest space fight in a craft built for humans since the Apollo moon missions. (Dec. 5)
NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bullseye" splashdown in the Pacific on Friday following a dramatic test flight that took it to a zenith height of 3,600 miles and ushered in a new era of human exploration aiming for Mars.
The unmanned...
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NASA celebrates successful Mars landing
1. Wide shot NASA officials on stage
2. Cutaway reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean O'Keefe, NASA administrator
"This is a big night for NASA. We're back and I'm very very proud of this team and we're on Mars. It's an absolutely...
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USA: APOLLO 17 ASTRONAUTS US SPACE PROGRAMME PRESS CONFERENCE
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The last two men to walk on the moon think we should go back there -- and beyond.
Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmidt say the future lies in deep space.
The two men were in Washington on Thursday to discuss what...
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Opportunity takes images of bedrock
1. Wide shot of Jet Propulsion Lab briefing
2. Cutaway reporter
3. SOUNDBITE:(English), Dr. Steve Squyres, Chief mission scientist, Cornell University
"When we look hard at the outcrop, from a distance, from mini-test, we don't see high...
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Exhibition conjures up images of the future
1. Pan of House of Future in Budapest's Millennium Park
2. Mid of performance artist 'scientist'
3. Wide of two boys sitting in green box studio
4. Various shots of monitor of boys in studio
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Balint Magyar,...
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First men to walk on moon give presser on 40th anniversary of historic mission
NASA Television
FILE - Tranquility Base, the Moon - July 20, 1969
1. Neil Armstrong steps out on to lunar surface
2. UPSOUND: (English) Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon:
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for...
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Latest on Opportunity rover
NB: no slate at start of story
Pasadena, California - 30 January 2004
1. Wide shot of NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English), Dr. Mark Adler, Mission Manager, NASA's JPL :
"As we know today is Sol...
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Interview with NASA about Moon Habitat project for 2020
FILE - Lunar Surface - July 20, 1969
1. Landing of lunar module "Eagle" on surface of moon
2. Astronaut Neil Armstrong walking on moon UPSOUND "One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind"
3. Armstrong taking samples of the...
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USA: CALIFORNIAN BUSINESSMAN PLANS TO CASH IN ON MARS MANIA
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A Californian businessman plans to cash-in on Mars mania, following the successful landing of the Pathfinder probe on the surface of the Red Planet.
Dennis Hope has been issuing ownership certificates for plots of land on...
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USA - Images of Mars
The Pathfinder probe wakes up to a second Martian dawn Saturday (5/7) with officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena optimistic despite early glitches in the mission.
Pathfinder landed precisely on the target site on the...
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Scientists comment on NASA's successful Mars mission
NASA TV and NASA Animation
1. Animation of Odyssey spacecraft continuing through Martian atmosphere
2. Scientists celebrating success of mission
3. Animation of Odyssey spacecraft continuing through Martian atmosphere
Pasadena,...
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NASA's latest mission to Mars is on the launch pad. Instruments in "MAVEN" will sample the Martian atmosphere to determine how water escaped from the planet. (Nov. 17)
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft is on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
If conditions hold, the Atlas V rocket will be launched tomorrow afternoon on a voyage to the Martian...
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Kim Jong Un Fails to Attend Parliament
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