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Phoenix scientists soon will analyze Martian ice (AFP) 4 Jul 2008 at 11:28am AFP - Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on its website Friday. Read more... Dramatic volcanism forged Mercury's surface (Reuters) 3 Jul 2008 at 1:50pm Reuters - Volcanic activity has played a central role in forging the surface of Mercury, scientists said on Thursday based on data collected by a NASA spacecraft that zoomed past the closest planet to the sun in January. Read more... Volcanoes on Mercury Solve 30-year Mystery (SPACE.com) 3 Jul 2008 at 11:16am SPACE.com - A NASA spacecraft's first flyby of Mercury has yielded a wealth of information about the inner-most planet, some of which confirms volcanism occurred there, settling a longstanding debate. Read more... Space probes show solar system dented, not round (AP) 2 Jul 2008 at 1:07pm AP - When viewed from the rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented as if a giant hand is pushing one edge of it inward, far-traveling NASA probes reveal. Read more... 2 men charged in killings of 4 at Calif. home (AP) 2 Jul 2008 at 6:48am AP - A man and his friend have been charged with stabbing and beating the man's ex-wife, her two children and her relative, a NASA scientist, before setting fire to a Mojave Desert home to cover up the crime. Read more... Phoenix Scrapes Up Water Ice Samples (SPACE.com) 1 Jul 2008 at 12:30pm SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped up some icy soil to analyze in its instruments, NASA announced on Tuesday. Read more... NASA Astronaut Readapts to Life on Earth (SPACE.com) 30 Jun 2008 at 8:15pm SPACE.com - American astronaut Garrett Reisman is getting reacquainted with gravity and baseball as he readjusts to life on Earth after three months living in space. Read more... Mars Lander Scrapes Icy Soil in Wonderland (SPACE.com) 28 Jun 2008 at 1:45pm SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on, NASA announced on Friday. Read more... Persons of interest named in Calif. slayings of 4 (AP) 28 Jun 2008 at 3:04am AP - Homicide detectives investigating the slaying of a NASA engineer, a woman and two children stabbed before they were burned in a Mojave Desert house fire named two "persons of interest" in the case. Read more... Space Teacher Barbara Morgan to Leave NASA (SPACE.com) 27 Jun 2008 at 12:30pm SPACE.com - Space teacher Barbara Morgan, NASA's first professional educator astronaut, will hang up her spaceflight wings in August after a two-decade trek to orbit that culminated with a shuttle launch last year. Read more...

Space Shuttle Resources

Return To Flight
NASA's official site about the Shuttle's return to flight. Contains recent news updates and many videos of the return to flight preparations.

Return To Flight Task Group
On June 13, 2003 the NASA Administrator appointed two veteran astronauts to lead an external task group in an independent assessment of the agency's Return to Flight efforts and to help the nation return the Space Shuttle safely to flight. This site documents their work.

Space Shuttle News News

Parsippany native brings himself back to Earth, hometown (Asbury Park Press)

5 Jul 2008 at 8:51am Garrett Reisman is getting reacquainted with gravity and life on Earth. He already has made a visit to his hometown of Parsippany, after returning three weeks ago from a 95-day expedition into space aboard the International Space Station. Reisman launched with the STS-123 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on March 11 and returned to Earth with the crew of STS-124 aboard the Space Shuttle ...
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Fun on Fourth is full of color - Everything Alabama

5 Jul 2008 at 2:17am Storm clouds, gusty winds and drizzling rain didn't dampen Justin Andeerson's Independence Day fun. The 6-year-old Madison resident, along with his father, Alex Andeerson, was ...
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Who are we? - Amplifier

5 Jul 2008 at 12:59am Amplifier.co.nz is wholly New Zealand owned and operated. We are not some large organisation but a collection of people who are supporters of New Zealand music. We operate with New ...
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Terms & Conditions - Amplifier

5 Jul 2008 at 12:59am There is more chance of you being hit by the space shuttle than there is of your credit card details being intercepted from our site. We have Secure Socket Layer encryption through ...
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Parsippany native brings himself back to Earth, hometown - Morris County Dail...

5 Jul 2008 at 12:37am Astronaut Garrett Reisman has made a visit to his hometown of Parsippany after returning three weeks ago from a 95-day expedition into space aboard the International Space Station.
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Big spenders help S.D. weather tourism pinch - Argus Leader

4 Jul 2008 at 11:47pm Increased spending by visitors has masked a decline in visitor numbers at many Black Hills vacation spots, tourism leaders there say. But those officials and many East River also ...
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Barbara Morgan honored by teachers union - Idaho Statesman

4 Jul 2008 at 10:50pm Barbara Morgan, Idaho teacher and NASA astronaut, received the 2008 Friend of Education award Friday at the National Education Association's Representative Assembly. "Barbara ...
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