Space News for April 27, 1999

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High-Resolution Satellite to Launch The first commercial high-resolution imaging satellite it due to launch tomorrow. Launching on a Lockheed Martin…

Space News for April 26, 1999

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Blanket Could be Blocking Surveyor's Hinge Engineers are trying to determine what's causing the malfunctioning hinge on the Mars Global…

Space News for April 23, 1999

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Delta III Launch Aborted The Boeing Delta III continues to disappoint, after the latest launch attempt of the Orion 3…

Space News for April 22, 1999

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Hubble Gyro Fails Known to be on its last legs for almost 3 months, an ailing Hubble gyro has finally…

Space News for April 21, 1999

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Surveyor Transmitting, But Still Not Fixed Unable to fix the malfunctioning hinge on the Mars Global Surveyor's high-gain boom antenna,…

Space News for April 20, 1999

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Hubble Captures Images of the Moon Designed to catch light from the dimmest stars, the immense light-gathering power of the…

Space News for April 19, 1999

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Astronauts Complete Partially Successful Mir Spacewalk Russian cosmonaut Viktor Afanasyev and French astronaut Jean-Pierre Heignere spent six hours "spacewalking" outside…

Space News for April 16, 1999

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First Multi-Planet Star System Discovered Astronomers have discovered a group of three Jupiter-sized planets orbiting around the star Upsilon Andromedae.…

Space News for April 15, 1999

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Search Begins for Mercury Capsule Undersea salvage experts are looking for the Mercury 4 space capsule that almost drowned astronaut…

Space News for April 14, 1999

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Scientists Discover Medium-Sized Black Holes Astronomers have discovered several examples of medium-sized black holes located in nearby galaxies - probably…